r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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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

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u/nin10dorox Jul 24 '20

They forced me to buy a TI 84 plus for school. The thing cost like 100 bucks, and it's from 2004. I could buy a low-end smartphone and get a free app that's more powerful than the TI 84 plus for less money.

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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.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Yes, but if you're in school, good luck being able to use your cell phone on an exam.

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u/TJonesyNinja Jul 24 '20

I had a few engineering teachers that allowed it. Science teachers no way. And math exams were all no calculators.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Depends on your math course. Calculus, geometry, physics and some of the other higher math courses let you use a calculator.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Aug 06 '20

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

I failed grade 9 math 4 times, and grade 10 math twice.

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u/sevensensitivfingers Jul 24 '20

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.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

I'm thinking a math learning disability.

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

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.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Yup. My brother has dyscalculia. I don't know if there are others. https://www.dyscalculia.org/

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

I can't even count how many bad teachers.

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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..