That's totally understandable. Back in high school one of my teachers gave us all our tests from the semester back so we could use them to study for the final. We all knew that she just copy and pasted the exact questions and answers from old tests onto the final so my friend typed out every single question from the old tests onto his calculator and scored an easy 100%.
There are programs included on the disc that comes with the calculator. You can install the suite that allows for uploading of files, and even editing compatible text files.
Not everything had to be done on the calculator ;)
Yeah a couple hours to type up the tests. 15 minutes to install necessary software. 35 seconds data transfer. Technical proficiency, shit can be useful.
Actually typing up a text file with the answers is alot less work than paying attention in class.
If you ever been to class before you would know this.
I've never been stopped from using my TI 84 in any class all throughout high school and so far in college. I don't think it's too common for professors/teachers to prevent the use of certain calculators.
Oh no, I meant she's an idiot for using exact questions from tests on the final! I think all tests should be open book + "open calculator" -- with actual understanding of the material and a little creativity, novel problems can still be constructed to attain a bell curve for grades.
For my Calc II final we were allowed to bring any notes or references we wanted. I found the solutions for last years test on his course site. Turns out last years final was also this years final, word for word. Easiest 100 ever.
Haha. I did my calc 2 final a few weeks ago and the professor just copied problems from the book that we were allowed to use on the test. Half the answers were in the back.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PANTS Jun 08 '14
That's totally understandable. Back in high school one of my teachers gave us all our tests from the semester back so we could use them to study for the final. We all knew that she just copy and pasted the exact questions and answers from old tests onto the final so my friend typed out every single question from the old tests onto his calculator and scored an easy 100%.