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Calculator Flaw Forces Recall in Virginia

Posted by timothy on from the slight-bump-to-the-gravy-train dept.

Jivecat writes "CNN is reporting that TI is recalling 11,000 calculators issued to students in Virginia because of a flaw that would give them an unfair advantage on standardized tests. A 12-year-old discovered that by pressing two keys at once, the calculators will convert decimals to fractions. The tests require the students to know how to do this with pencil-and-paper." So the calculator is being recalled because it's not crippled enough. Maybe it's a good time to question the wisdom of issuing expensive electronics to students in the first place, though I'm sure the calculator companies would rather you didn't.

2 of 687 comments (clear)

  1. Re:log books by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you're full of fucking shit

  2. Re:It's not really about the math. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you are a fucking asshole. i hope some "idiot" mechanic cuts your brakelines.