Reading, Writing and Arithm3tic: Mastering the Three Rs of an Old-Fashioned Education [Arithmetic]

224 pp. "Lesson #1: 3Rs = R+W+A - that's not some mysterious formula. It's just a reminder that the so-called Three Rs- the traditional foundations of a solid education - are not really all Rs: they're Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic. Historians are not sure of the term's origin. (it's probably from Sir William Curtis's 1825 speech to England's Parliament, mocking the emphasis on Latin & Greek in British schools. 'What children need,' Curtis said,' is the Three Rs: Readin', Ritin', & Rithmetic.') But everyone agrees you can't succeed without knowing the Three R's. READING: speed reading, comprehension, & effective skimming; WRITING: sentence structure, punctuation, & spelling; ARITHMETIC: averages, ratios & proportions, & percentages & fractions."