Count Ibis wrote:
"Kids can be taught a lot more than they are now, but you have to avoid dumbing thing down. What is wrong in today's educational system is that children aren't taught mathematics at all."

Exactly.

Children should be learning Boolean logic, algebra, and second languages in grades 1-6. Our education system holds mind-expaning concepts back often until it is too late for the student to actually "get" them.

DA Morgan