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My all time favorite was when I took the SAT (long time ago) and the proctor confiscated my calculator. At the end of the test there was a final question: “Wh
by rcurry 4y ago
My all time favorite was when I took the SAT (long time ago) and the proctor confiscated my calculator.
At the end of the test there was a final question:
“Which of the following approved calculators did you use on this test?”
My calculator was option B.
- copperx 4y agoDid you complain? Sue?
- account-5 4y agoI genuinely thought you were calling the OP Sue, went searching to see if Sue was the new Karen, couldn't find anything, came back and realised you meant sue them... FML.
- copperx 4y agoWouldn't that be "Did you complain, Sue?"?
- arcticbull 4y agoIt's the same thing both ways! Chalk up another win for English.
- sirsinsalot 4y agoNot quite the same: "Didn't you complain, Sue?" - A question to Sue "Didn't you compain? Sue?" - A question to Sue who is inattentive
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoBut not Sue, did you complain?
- Orlan 4y agoSurely you weren’t the only one who read it that way.
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- pnemonic 4y agoI'd have been all over that proctor like shit on velcro
- cronix 4y agoWas it a basic calculator or a graphing one that could store data on it?
- feet 4y agoIt doesn't matter. It was approved calculator option B
- cowtools 4y agocalculators like TI-84 are programmable and you can even store programs to flash. You could literally type out plain text (like formulas, instructions, etc.) and store it as a BASIC program. A lot of teachers don't know that there is a simple way to disable programs, and a lot of students don't know about the programming functionality. They don't understand that allowing a programmable calculator is basicially making the test open-book, not to mention it allows students to solve problems computationally (e.g. numerical analysis, euler's method, etc) that they would otherwise have to solve algebraicially.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoThis point is, it was approved for use. Typing out it's features here doesn't change that.
- IshKebab 4y agoHa we had to clear our calculators memory before tests. So of course I wrote a program to draw the "memory cleared" screen.