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I would love something like this to become standard, but I recall needing a specific calculator in HS. Our math classes were based on the TI-83, and people with

I would love something like this to become standard, but I recall needing a specific calculator in HS. Our math classes were based on the TI-83, and people with an 84 or 86(?) would struggle because the interface isn't exactly the same. Maybe there is more variety now and classes can better handle other calculators. My wife is still using my old TI-89 about 20 years later, but if that ever dies I will probably pick up something like this for general use. I would also much rather my 6-year-old learn python instead of spending her time making goofy games in TI-BASIC like I did.

FriedrichN 5y ago
> I would also much rather my 6-year-old learn python instead of spending her time making goofy games in TI-BASIC like I did. There is something about programming in very restrictive environments though (granted it's for fun). Trying to see what you can make a small device do if you're creative enough can be a lot of fun. Btw, the newest TI-84s and Nspires also have Python.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  Casios already had it first. :)
salamandersauce 5y ago
I find it wild that US HS classes seem to demand specific calculators at all, let alone graphing calculators which can do a bit too much of the work for you IMO (for education purposes obviously). In HS we used the class set of TI-83s for like 1 week to easily play around graphing some functions something that could probably be done on most student's phones with a free app these days. My HS classes let you use a scientific calculator but I think honestly that's a bit too much too for most purposes. In university we were almost never allowed a calculator for the exam on tests and questions were just designed to be doable without one which is a much better test of how well you know concepts than how well you know your TI.
- chrisBob 5y ago
  > let alone graphing calculators which can do a bit too much of the work for you IMO I can no longer do calculus because I got a TI-89. Granted I don't have to do much calculus day to day, but if someone walked up to me and demanded I tell them the derivative of 2xe^2x I would have no idea what to do.

FriedrichN 5y ago

> I would also much rather my 6-year-old learn python instead of spending her time making goofy games in TI-BASIC like I did. There is something about programming in very restrictive environments though (granted it's for fun). Trying to see what you can make a small device do if you're creative enough can be a lot of fun. Btw, the newest TI-84s and Nspires also have Python.

pjmlp 5y ago
Casios already had it first. :)

salamandersauce 5y ago

I find it wild that US HS classes seem to demand specific calculators at all, let alone graphing calculators which can do a bit too much of the work for you IMO (for education purposes obviously). In HS we used the class set of TI-83s for like 1 week to easily play around graphing some functions something that could probably be done on most student's phones with a free app these days. My HS classes let you use a scientific calculator but I think honestly that's a bit too much too for most purposes. In university we were almost never allowed a calculator for the exam on tests and questions were just designed to be doable without one which is a much better test of how well you know concepts than how well you know your TI.

chrisBob 5y ago
> let alone graphing calculators which can do a bit too much of the work for you IMO I can no longer do calculus because I got a TI-89. Granted I don't have to do much calculus day to day, but if someone walked up to me and demanded I tell them the derivative of 2xe^2x I would have no idea what to do.