Should Basic Math Be on the Endangered List?

Does anyone out there know how many items are in two dozen? This should be a ask that any second grader could acknowledge easily. The fancy I am asking is that once again I have been amazed at the lack of common daily knowledge that our young population are suffering from.

I visited a Dunkin Donut shop today and asked for two dozen Munchkins, my dog's favorite treat. I admittedly didn't expect to stump the young woman behind the counter but that is exactly what happened. It seems that Dunkin Donuts sells their Munchkins in a quantity that exceeds two dozen; twenty five of these tasty treats is the acceptable package. So the phase "two dozen" just sent this lady into a quandary of confusion. Thankfully there was an older woman laborer handy to rescue her as I when I jokingly said twenty four to her ask - jokingly said as I was under the mistaken impression she was looking for price information not a definition of numbers - she repeated the ask to her co-worker once again. I wonder what would have happen if I asked for three dozen. Total pandemonium for sure.

12 OUNCES EQUALS HOW MANY CUPS

It a sad situation when our youngsters are not given the basics of math before sending them off into the world. No matter what we do in life we need math skills. I am not talking about algebra or advance calculus, but easy daily measurements. A dozen equals twelve, so two dozen equals twenty-four, a cup is eight ounces, two cups equal a pint, two pints equal a quart and four quarts equal a gallon. admittedly every young child knows this - or maybe not as it seems not every young adult has acquired this knowledge.

This is a call to teachers and parents alike, unless you want to be spending your time and hard earned money supporting these kids you need to take their instruction seriously. No skills equals no job which increases the risk that these young population will fill their lives with emptiness and trouble. One cannot even get ready a meal without this knowledge - oh I forgot we are all eating at fast food restaurants so no one cooks. As our waist lines increase does our quality to learn and maintain decrease? admittedly not a direct correlation, but even the easy task of feeding ourselves has come to be something someone else does and therefore the required information is lost to the daily person. A small number of time invested now in a child's instruction will consequent in a great return for the future. Get out those pots and pans and teach your kids how to measure!

Does Dunkin Donuts need to be testing their applicants to resolve if they admittedly know the definition of a dozen? How silly is that?

Should Basic Math Be on the Endangered List?

12 OUNCES EQUALS HOW MANY CUPS