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>"The more intelligent ones reach for their phone to calculate it." and I took so much crap in school for refusing to memorize things I could look up quickly (
by seanp2k2 14y ago
>"The more intelligent ones reach for their phone to calculate it."
and I took so much crap in school for refusing to memorize things I could look up quickly (like multiplication tables).
What now 3rd grade math teacher; I have Wolfram Alpha in my pocket.
- scrabble 14y agoOn the other hand, I refused to use a calculator all through elementary school and high school. I figured if I couldn't learn to do basic math in my head then I'd be screwed later in life. I don't think I'd be screwed anymore, but I'm happier having those skills without needing to rely on electronics.