My friend said the US kids cannot do math

My reply:

Make it a little harder.

You should be able to count to 20 without the socks on.
When you can sign your name in any language, you're literate.
When you can write your full name in any language, you're very educated.
When you do not collect any welfare, you're in the middle class.
When you do not say 'fxxk', you're in the upper society.
When you're only 100 lb over weight, you're very fit and are envied by your neighbors who are 200 lb over weight.

I wrote the above at the sip of the coffee. So there should be more. I call it permissive society. Or, this is how our politicians fix our problems by setting lower bench marks.