Core studies in school should be math, English, reading comprehension, and science. The repetitions of math used in school should be reduced so that the higher maths are introduced at an earlier time. By repetitions I refer to things like basic addition, and subtraction. If the rules for 2 column addition are understood, then 3 or more columns should be easily accomplished. The same logic for subtraction.

As for a negative, only the foolish, or lazy would offer anything against math in school, or any other discipline. The computer is a tool, but not an end all. If you don’t understand the foundations of anything, you soon lose the ability to advance in anything. Actually, if I had my way, computers would not be used in school at all. We have become lazy with our dependence on computers. Please recall, when we were putting men on the moon the only aid in math in common use was a slide rule for the engineers. Paper, pencil, and for only a few functions that required a lot of time to accomplish were ever done on a computer which were extremely basic machines.