DB: "X = Just about Everything I Learned..."

Dave's math skills LACK PERMANENCE, so they're

If you lack the ___ math skills to calculate the tip, you'll find your lunch bill _____.

It's ironic that a man with such inferior math skills ____ Pres. Bush's weak grammar skills.

Americans are prone to sue in court; we are a ___ society.

One must keep ___ records of expenditures in order to balance a checkbook accurately.

Dave is confused and LACKS self-confidence ; where math is concerned, he's

My dad's tech skills are archaic; he decries the ___ of the VCR and DVD. Streaming eludes him.

Dad ____ those who fail to keep the requisite record of expenditures in their check registers.

The supercilious head waiter in Ferris Bueller's Respite is particularly __to the protagonist.

A person who never leaves the requisite tip for waiters can justly be called