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I learned programming on that calculator. I learned programming because of that calculator. I owe so much to that calculator.
by IIAOPSW 5mo ago
I learned programming on that calculator.
I learned programming because of that calculator.
I owe so much to that calculator.
- jjcm 5mo agoSame. I distinctly remember my teachers having a debate around whether or not the functions I had programmed into my calculator were "cheating". On one hand, it was a tool and notes that I had access to my peers did not. On the other hand, I had created those tools myself, and if school was supposed to train me for the real world, wouldn't I be able to use the tools I created in the real world?
- BoorishBears 5mo agoHa in my school's math department the cheating thesis won and my silly single variable CAS system (which in retrospect did nothing you couldn't do with the graph functions!) got calculator programs banned. Luckily enough my specific math teacher that year didn't care enough to enforce it and it was soon forgotten
- IIAOPSW 5mo agoWow, there were actually principles behind the rules and they bothered to reason about them. That's way different than my experience with school teachers.
- phatskat 5mo agoI faced a similar issue with my teachers in high school - iirc I was able to argue that by programming the formulas, I was demonstrating an understanding of them. Being able to show that understanding in our testing was the concern from my teachers’ point of view.
- BoorishBears 5mo agoThere are many of us, I make a living today because my dad brought home a Ti-83 Plus and I kept messing with the "PGRM" menu
- eagerpace 5mo agoSame. I hid custom calculators behind game levels so my teacher couldn't find them.