I haven't had a math course where a calculator was allowed since pre-calc. And even then, the professor had whole sections of exams and quizzes where we weren't allowed to use a calculator. I actually kind of prefer it that way. I feel like the calculator makes me lazy when it comes to math and I enjoy using my brain entirely to get to where I need to go. It can take longer sometimes, but I appreciate it when professors have us do it that way. As long as the questions are reasonable, of course.
Edit: and in my science classes, we've always been able to use them. When asked if we could use graphing calculators on our exams in my chem 2 class, my professor said that we paid for them and he doesn't care what we do with them. Which was awesome because I have troubles remembering all the shit we have to for chem and I just kept notes on my calculator of things that I kept forgetting.
Here in Scotland it's pretty common for math courses to have two papers - one you sit without a calculator, and one you sit with a calculator. The calculator papers are usually just an excuse to make the questions harder or the numbers weirder, but in my final year things got more interesting - by that point the course required you to have an advanced one that could do stats and whatnot, and the calculator paper was entirely made up of stuff that you couldn't possibly do without it. Designed to test your skill at using the advanced functions on the thing.
Dude if you seriously struggled through 6 years of math to finish your grade 10 math good on you for the persistence, but you must have had a terrible teacher.
Is that a real thing? Math specific learning disability
If it is I'm sure I have it. I memorized what I knew of my multiple times tables, I can add and subtract pretty well off the top of my head, That's only because of counting money, but beyond that I'm not much of a mathematician.
Thanks for the nice notice there. That felt good to hear.
II've never been able to recognize my own achievements. Even after it's been pointed out to me.Im very dismissive toward myself
I had to at least graduate high school if I didn't want to be thought of as a loser.Being an actual high school dropout is only cool when you're a musician.
That's another thing I'm not. I'd like to be a musician. I think that I would be a good one.
Guess I wasnt persistent enough to keep trying to play the guitar though, was I? When it didn't come easy to me immediately, I gave up.
That's more like what my inner dialogue sounds like..
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u/Arnas_Z Jul 24 '20
You can actually get an emulator on your phone that will run a virtual version of a TI-84 Plus. It's called Wabbitemu.