Re: TI-92 controversy
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Re: TI-92 controversy
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997 12:15:04 -0600, "Andy"
<grandmastera@montana.campus.mci.net> wrote:
>Why in the hell would Texas Instruments make such a worthwhile instrument
>like the TI-92 if you can't use it anywhere? Now, I love my TI-92 and I
>wouldn't trade it for any other calc, but this world is really getting
>cynical. The world (including mathematics) must catch up with technology.
>Gone are the days of paper and pencil math! Today, interactive math with
>the use of computers and sophisticated calculators is the trend. If
>teachers and professors don't start recognizing this trend, they're going
>to start losing students to more "trendy" instructors.
...and what about when those students don't have any calcs or
computers around? I'm not saying they're not great, but any student
should be able to do exactly the same things on paper as on the calc,
with the exception for those heavy calculation jobs computers were
invented for...
>I just think that it is crazy to have such a great tool such as the TI-92,
>and not be able to use it. I didn't pay $180 to have it sit around and do
>nothing.
Well, you *did* know you wouldn't be allowed to use it before you
bought it...
A calc as advanced as the 92 can't be aimed at students. I don't know
who TI had in mind when they designed it - but I like it!
Niklas Brunlid - http://www.efd.lth.se/~e96nbr
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