Ok, I doubt anyone could do that without a significant amount of work. But I'm sure its possible. I'm not saying that calculators are evil and shouldn't be used. I just think that in "standard classroom applications" they are not necessary.
And that's a freakin' ugly problem...If I didn't have a job to occupy my time, I'd work on that...
Who needs a calculator to find intersections? They aren't that hard...
I bought a TI-89 about 3 years ago for my high school calculus class. I could never use it, but I had it. I couldn't use it in my college calc classes...or my electrodynamics class...I finally pulled it out about a week ago to do some simple calculations I could have done with my trusty TI-30X, only because I didn't have a pen and paper handy. I've used my slide rule more in the last 3 years than I have my 89! And that slide rule was just a gag gift for my graduation...
I think having to actually do the problems and think about them is much better in the long run. You'll remember more of it than just punching buttons.
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Ok, I doubt anyone could do that without a significant amount of work. But I'm sure its possible. I'm not saying that calculators are evil and shouldn't be used. I just think that in "standard classroom applications" they are not necessary.
And that's a freakin' ugly problem...If I didn't have a job to occupy my time, I'd work on that...
Who needs a calculator to find intersections? They aren't that hard...
I bought a TI-89 about 3 years ago for my high school calculus class. I could never use it, but I had it. I couldn't use it in my college calc classes...or my electrodynamics class...I finally pulled it out about a week ago to do some simple calculations I could have done with my trusty TI-30X, only because I didn't have a pen and paper handy. I've used my slide rule more in the last 3 years than I have my 89! And that slide rule was just a gag gift for my graduation...
I think having to actually do the problems and think about them is much better in the long run. You'll remember more of it than just punching buttons.
I bet its still intelligible after a million rot13s...
2001-03-16 02:34:54
Ok, the lameness filter really isn't funny...