I felt that I did understand you there, #32, but that you are also avoiding the fact of the dumbing down of America's children. Has some educational philosopher appeared lately that has lauded said "dumbing down" since America's students were being somehow damaged by learning more abstraction at an earlier age IN THE PAST?
Reserving the Calculus for collegiates is part of the modern crime being committed against high school students. But it's also become part of the same crime how lesser abstractions like Algebra are being moved upward in the age ranks.
Where YOU are lacking a sound basis of reading is in HISTORY.