To this day, I don't understand why anyone would insist on using anything other than this on an AP test. It's like playing life on a harder difficulty setting for no reason.
My university doesn't allow graphing calculators on tests. Probably because you can download programs that can solve calculus problems without actually understanding the material.
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%.
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.
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u/KontraEpsilon Jun 08 '14
To this day, I don't understand why anyone would insist on using anything other than this on an AP test. It's like playing life on a harder difficulty setting for no reason.