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Reminds me of all the many hours I spent being forced to do long division of 3 digit numbers into 5 and 6 digit numbers. What a waste of time.
by UltraSane 1y ago
Reminds me of all the many hours I spent being forced to do long division of 3 digit numbers into 5 and 6 digit numbers. What a waste of time.
- IAmBroom 1y agoNot predicting the computer revolution, and specifically the calculator revolution, is not their fault. It's like complaining that you were taught how to ride a horse, but it's 1921 now and NOBODY in New York City rides horses!!! I absolutely have done long division, when a calc wasn't handy - back when that was possible.
- UltraSane 1y agoThis was in the 1990s so calculators were common. I was born at the worst time for math education, when calculators and Computer Algebra Systems were becoming common but math education hadn't adapted yet.
- IAmBroom 1y agoOK, valid point then. Teachers are reactive, and slowly so, to changes in societal needs.