Is there no geometry now, too?
That's the only TRULY functional & useful math for daily life!!!
While that is true, I simply meant geometry helps you play billiards, cut a cake, and mow your yard efficiently. Enough is lost to be giving up knowledge if BASIC skill sets!
Snarky shit like this is why people give up.
Snark ADDS to the "dumbing down" we are trying to correct!
Explain to them in detail why it is a VERY important, life altering deathbed dream of yours that they take your grand piano to Death Valley!