It’s a bit puzzling to me that we are worrying about replacing a very expensive thing that (some) students own with a very cheap thing. Like, yes of course, give everyone a damn calculator, but really, now you guys feel the sudden urge to advocate for that? If someone can’t afford a 9$ calculator, they also didn’t afford it last week, when phones were not banned. Where was all the concern about students who can’t afford calculators last week? It’s silly.
Why now? Because that is what is being discussed in this thread.
I believe that education should be a 100% free, down to the material used in class. But we are talking about phones replacing calculators, not how we think the education should be.
Nope, the wabbit emu is for replacing a TI graphing calculator which is north of ~$150 in the US. Still cheaper than a phone, but only a third or so the price of my daily driver at the time of purchase.
It’s a pretty standard tool to assist with learning any math beyond algebra, and was a requirement in both my uni and high school classes. I’m fortunate enough to have gone to a high school where there were plenty of calculators provided by the school, but the major exams like the SAT and whatnot did not provide one and would also not have allowed phones.
A calculator is a couple of orders of magnitude cheaper than a phone. Single vs triple digits.
More reason to provide it to students that can’t afford them then.
It’s a bit puzzling to me that we are worrying about replacing a very expensive thing that (some) students own with a very cheap thing. Like, yes of course, give everyone a damn calculator, but really, now you guys feel the sudden urge to advocate for that? If someone can’t afford a 9$ calculator, they also didn’t afford it last week, when phones were not banned. Where was all the concern about students who can’t afford calculators last week? It’s silly.
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Why now? Because that is what is being discussed in this thread.
I believe that education should be a 100% free, down to the material used in class. But we are talking about phones replacing calculators, not how we think the education should be.
So yeah, give everyone a damn calculator.
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Question, were you a student in Quebec?
(Not downvoting you.)
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Nope, the wabbit emu is for replacing a TI graphing calculator which is north of ~$150 in the US. Still cheaper than a phone, but only a third or so the price of my daily driver at the time of purchase.
This is an article about Quebec. Do students in Quebec need this kind of tool?
It’s a pretty standard tool to assist with learning any math beyond algebra, and was a requirement in both my uni and high school classes. I’m fortunate enough to have gone to a high school where there were plenty of calculators provided by the school, but the major exams like the SAT and whatnot did not provide one and would also not have allowed phones.