> it's not hard to understand that "3 + 5 = 8" is not something that you'd need to literally memorize
‘Literally memorize’ as opposed to what? Counting your fingers?
‘Literally memorize’ as opposed to what? Counting your fingers?
Our entire society is organised so that even university graduates are very rarely called upon to sum two single-digit numbers.
Adding up purchases in a shop? The till does it automatically. Admittedly, the cashier will need to be able to make up change promptly - but a customer needn't check their change.
Paying for parking? There will be a sign listing how much money you need to put in for 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours and so on.
Picking 14 items in a warehouse? You only need to count one at a time. There's a chance to speed things up by picking 2 packs of 6 plus 2 singles? Then the computer will print that on the pick list. No computer? Then the boss will print a sign with a lookup table like "14 items -> 2 six packs + 2 singles" and tape it to the shelf.
Trying to figure out whether you can get 9 people to lunch in two cars, one of which is kinda small? Add it up on your fingers, or keep your mouth shut and one of the other 8 people will figure it out.
Just don't get into board gaming :)
Then if the maximum parking time is 3 hours, it's 10:15 and you want to know at what time you need to leave you take out a cardboard clock, set the current time, and advanced the small hand one, two, three steps. And to know whether you can afford both the parking and a coffee with the money you have on you you make two piles and keep the parking money in one pocket and the coffee money in another pocket. I got it. [I'm joking, our society is organised in such a way that you don't need to be able to read a clock or handle money.]
Not at all - you simply count hours using your fingers.
A jaw-dropping moment. Maybe school education is more important than we though.
If you are renting a hotel room by the hour, it is highly likely that the staff are poorly educated
The arguments against schools are generally made[1] by people who do not remember how it was before compulsory education.
[1]At least in Europe.