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Re: INNUMERACY, was Re: Use of Calculators



Uri Ganiel shares an anecdite:

Since all kinds of stories came up, here is my own experience at a
supermarket check-out in Clumbus, Ohio some three years ago, while we were
on sabbatical...

Uri, is it any better in Israel? Canada is just as bad as the US. Mental
arithmetic is no longer an admired skill, and it is not encouraged in our
schools.

Leigh