That has got to be a joke. I find it hard to believe anyone is quite that stupid.
I would agree, if it weren't for the fact that this kind of stupidity has become commonplace.
I see people at the store all the time buying groceries and trying to figure out how much money they have by counting on their hands. That's preoperational thought and you would have thought they'd have outgrown that by the age of 11-13. Nope.
I don't think the issue is just the schools. I think somehow many people's cognitive level of thought is stunted.
Quite honestly, I'm not even fully convinced the school system is that bad. I think the problem lies elsewhere - but where I don't know.