No they don't!
I know from experience (I'm a high school student myself) that very few kids know how to program their TI calculator. In fact, they don't even know what their TI calculator is capable of.
Also, my school is offering a programming class where students learn Java (there's also a VB class but I haven't taken it), and even though the class is full, only about 4-5 kids actually know what they're doing. Some students in the class can barely use a computer!
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It takes very little computer knowledge to do the things you listed there... It's not *that* amazing.
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No they don't! I know from experience (I'm a high school student myself) that very few kids know how to program their TI calculator. In fact, they don't even know what their TI calculator is capable of. Also, my school is offering a programming class where students learn Java (there's also a VB class but I haven't taken it), and even though the class is full, only about 4-5 kids actually know what they're doing. Some students in the class can barely use a computer!
It takes very little computer knowledge to do the things you listed there... It's not *that* amazing.