I think the purpose of learning times table is not to recollect it later in the future but to build and train the brain which is necessary. I started taking some lessons in computational chemistry a few days back, and I had to revisit some topics in Advanced Mathematics to be able to grab the programs. This is where finding the value of x comes into play. People built the technology that we are using now because they possessed the required theoretical knowledge. The generation of future technological inventors need the full knowledge of the theory. If one is preparing to be a user, such theories may not be needed.
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Hmm... This is quite correct. I know a lot of things I learned in the higher institution that would have been too difficult if I didn't have a foundation from my secondary and primary school days. I guess it's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
You are right, bro. The issue is that majority of the people that learn these things will have no reason to use them. Only a few do.