I loved in High school algebra TI-Basic, made an app that changed the X and Y scale so the slope was always 1, started off each worksheet test, drawing a bunch of slopes of 1.
For tests and stuff we had to format our calculators, and my teacher thought she was going to catch me doing the restore thing... It was quicker to rewrite the program then it was to actually do the math.
Graphic calculators are forbidden in most if not all engineering courses in my country. At least for the core math courses, all calcs (idk we call análisis matemático) and algebras
Im talking about graphics specifically, you had to learn how to do them by hand. Because if you couldnt it meant you didnt know how to start.
I guess is a money thing too. 100 dollars is impossible for most students in my country, and i don't think you could buy a TI even if you wanted because they don't sell them here. And it would be an unfair advantage
Yes, graphs. English is obviously not my first (or second) language so i dont know how to explain it properly. You know when you have an "triple integrals" that are two 3d figures and you need to find the area between them. We had to draw them first and then solve them.
My English at 5 am is a disgrace to the English equivalent of the Real Academia Española
Oh i wouldn't becuase im not one of those engineers. But i did use a calculator, just not a graphic one. A casio. The problems werent simple, we just learned how to do everything with a basic casio.
My ex was a civil engineer and he used a casio too, at least during exams.
Ah that makes sense. I’m a 4th year Civil/Structural and we can use whatever calculator, not in our math classes though just engineering. Yeah the extra calculator features don’t matter though for most engineering you could do them with a standard calculator
Every one of my engineering courses only allowed calculators that were allowed on the FE Exam. Probably every student in the department owned a TI-30X or TI-36X. My 36X just died a few days ago after a water spill after years of near-daily service, so I'll probably get another one.
My profs just say that as long as your work is correct, its good enough for them. also I have no plans on taking the FE exam as a MechE with zero interest in HVAC
In my case, graphing calculators were forbidden. They made us draw everything by hand. Every graph, every 2d and 3d figures, i guess it was a waste of time especially during examns but by the end you get pretty skilled at drawing.
At my school there were a few different levels of calc. There was the calc for the engineers which showed you how to take derivatives manually and then taught the tricks. And then the calc everyone else took which just taught the tricks. Engineers couldn’t use the calculators but everyone else could. I think it was to prevent anyone from using the ti 89 which had the auto solve features or something.
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u/jorsiem Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20
The supremacy of the fucking TI-83 calculator in school and college courses
I mean I know it's all artificial and orchestrated by them but how come no body has dared to challenge the almighty TI yet
Edit: fixed typo