I noticed the other day that I couldn’t add and subtract a few numbers together without some difficulty. Thought it might have been a result of my being in a real hurry that day. I promised myself to look into that when I had some time.
Thought about it for a bit. Seems that over the years and with the general disuse of my skill to add, subtract and divide numbers; I became one of people that really needed a calculator to do simple math.
I looked into it this morning doing what most of us do and running a search on the Google search engine.
After doing the Google search I discovered that most of the adult population in the US seems to have gone the same way. The “experts” state that it is due to a general disuse of this skill in our everyday life. Seems we don’t exercise it enough. The “experts” say it’s not the level of education we have received but at that our “basic skills” erode without continual usage. (Great, another thing we need to exercise or “it” falls apart.)
OK - basic math; I’m agree I need it and I'm ready to do it. Now lets do 10 minutes of math problems every day and get back to the shape I was in when I was younger. (Now if I can just find some paper and a pencil so I can start my exercise routine.)
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