I have to agree with you
@maglil55, I don't think Em, clever as she is in many ways, is anywhere near the level of reading, writing or maths that even her dad and uncle were, never mind me. Not that I was ever any good at memorising anything until I understood how it worked, so I did struggle a bit with tables at her age (8). But that was just me and it was an obstacle I had to overcome not one that hindered the learning of anyone else in my peer group. At the stage when I was in school (1949-1961) Scottish education was famously the best available. Somehow, over the years, it seems to have slipped. Not that I know what English education is like these days - it might have slipped even further.
I am completely off the low carb diet now. All it seems to have done is make me ill so I am back to eating some carbs (sometimes a bit too much probably) and trying to get my systems to play ball. At present - due, I think to unwise medication prescribed by a doctor who hadn't seen me and didn't know me - I am short on potassium. Even on the low carb diet, and having issues with green veg, I should have been getting sufficient potassium in my diet, but the large amounts of diuretics must have leeched it all away. I am to have a chest Xray on Friday to see if there's anything to show why I have such shortness of breath and angina type pain (don't think it is angina, the pattern is all wrong for that). Other tests are planned (ECG and US scan of my heart), just to make sure but no appointment for those yet. Meantime, I have shifted the timing of my meals so that I cook and eat in the early afternoon - before I run out of steam and decide not to bother with a proper meal. Today I had a banana shake for breakfast, fairly early on and lamb korma with some frozen chips around 3 pm! An odd combination, but I enjoyed it.