• Dandroid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Only bad teachers have ever said that. But I doubt they do now that everyone has a calculator on their phone.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve heard the “won’t always have a calculator” line, but more impressive was the one time our math teacher demonstrated the ability to solve the problem on the blackboard faster than we could whip out our calculators and punch in the numbers.

      She showed her work, too.

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      1 year ago

      From family members now in elementary/middle school, yeah they still do. Or they use brain training as an excuse.