Schools, etc. (was Re: "Dummies" books (was ...))

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:20:29PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> When I was in 7th grade, hand-held calculators were just starting to come
> into the hands of "ordinary people", and I actually bought one for my 13th
> birthday.  <http://www.datamath.org/BASIC/DATAMATH/ti-2500-3.htm>  (Hey, us
> math geeks gotta start early, you know.)  This was also the last year that
> they tought how to use the slide rule in math.  Soon thereafter, the school
> implemented a "no calculators during tests" rule, since it was considered
> "cheating".

I was in High School in 80 and 81, and was permitted by my math
teachers to use my slipstick (a 10" K+E, plastic) over the objections
of classmates, which weren't happy that they did *not* get to use their
calculators.

My teacher informed them that anyone of them who *understood* how to
push a sliderule was welcome to use one.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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