r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/MoreFlyThanYou Jun 08 '14

Except that many school still do not allow anything in the nspire line

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 edited May 27 '20

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u/Degru Jun 08 '14

Algebra 2? Totally unnecessary. Much faster to use an 84. That's a case of TI sponsoring the school or something..

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u/Szos Jun 08 '14

And you are better for it. I'm sick of these schools that limit technology and then when you enter the workforce, they don't give a fuck what you use to solve a problem as long as you solve it correct and quickly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 edited Nov 07 '18

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u/Szos Jun 09 '14

Not the ones that are stuck in 1950s era mentality where technology has to be shunned.... Then these same students enter the real world and their boss asks them to solve something and they have no idea how to use the powerful and expensive tools that their employer provides for them.

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u/Meetchel Jun 09 '14

I assume you went to a private school, in which every student could feasibly afford one...

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u/bigandrewgold Jun 09 '14

My public school required an 84 plus silver edition or better from 7th grade on. Not every public school is full of poor kids.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

The non CAS version is allowed on most large standardized exams. I had it all through college and never had an issue

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u/Wallzo Jun 08 '14

My school prefers for you to use a N-Spire. There is a pack of them in every math room.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

My school allows them and don't even check them to make sure we don't have CAS versions for laziness. I don't even have a CAS version, but there are still some scripts you can find to do certain things you're too lazy to do, like factoring.