Education--kids were dumb back in 1961

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From: hanc...
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:30

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I often hear oldsters complain, "when I was a kid we could do
math in our head" (among many other feats they could accomplish).

Yet back in 1961 there were complaints that young people--today's
oldsters--were just as inept as people complain today.

https://books.google.com/books?id=XEIqAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=%22ibm%20701%22&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=%22ibm%20701%22&f=false

(article on far right side "Too many can't figure simple interest")

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