Rick, I agree with you 100%. Calculators are great, but sometimes, kids take the easy way out which is a calculator over doing it by hand
Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com ________________________________ From: Rick Fochtman <rfocht...@ync.net> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:20 PM Subject: Re: OT to my collegues ----------------------------------<snip>-------------------------------------- Thats like the slide-rule days before calculators... ----------------------------------<unsnip>--------------------------------- Don't knock that old "slip-stick". :-) For me it's faster than a calculator! I sometimes tutor high-school kids in math. We start by doing arithmetic on paper and pencil. Then they "graduate" to using an abacus, then a "slip-stick". Only when they've mastered these are they allowed to use calculators. I've found that calculator drops 90-95% after this basic "indoctrination". (Fingers are not allowed at any time!) :-) Rick ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
