by "Marvel" <goh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 19, 2008 at 10:03 PM
"Jim Langston" <tazmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:znuOj.1671$pH1.338@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dom wrote:
>> Recently I received a letter announcing a one-day "exciting workshop
>> on the new handheld, the TI-Nspire." The letter concludes with:
>> "You'll be amazed at what this handheld can do for you and your
>> students."
>>
>> For almost two decades I have been truly amazed by what students could
>> not do with their graphing calculators. Most of my current students,
>> the majority of whom have been shamelessly pseudo-educated, possess
>> one of the following models, which they were required to buy in high
>> school:
>>
>> TI83 Plus
>> TI83 Plus Silver Edition
>> TI84 Plus
>> TI84 Plus Silver Edition
>>
>> As I correct their quizzes and examinations, I keep asking myself:
>> "What on Earth were they doing in high school with these calculators?"
>
> Not learn math.
>
>> I can't wait to see the amazing things that future students will be
>> able to do with the lastest s**** oil.
>
> Not know how to multiply 7 * 3
>
> --
> Jim Langston
> tazmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
So what is the point of being required to have these calculators?
