Why should the 3 R's be rehabilitated?

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. If, by the 3 R's, you mean "Reading, Riting, Rithmetic" you would be illiterate without them. Aside from their being so much enjoyment in reading, what would happen if you could not read street signs? Writing is also important to learn to be literate. Arithmetic is actually a "universal language!" You dont' have to understand another spoken language to work a math problem. Now, what is YOUR opinion?