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- From: ramos@engr.latech.edu (Alex Ramos)
- Subject: Re: Using programmable calcs in exams
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.012718.20648@engr.LaTech.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:27:18 GMT
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- The only class in which I have ever been prohibited to use my 48SX was
- a freshman-level half-credit chemistry class (which I took recently as
- a junior). The major part of the final test would involve numerical
- approximations and something to do with matrices.
-
- Heh Heh.. revenge time!
-
- I used my "non-programmable" old 15-C (if it doesn't have an alpha
- keyboard, it's not programmable), and as a protest I spent about 6
- hours writing two 'do-it-all' programs. I think I even developed an
- entirely original algorithm for one of the methods. Of course, I could
- have just studied the material for one hour and would have done just as
- well in the test.
-
- What some professors fail to understand is that a student with a good
- calculator (i.e. an HP) is not in advantage unless: 1. He knows the
- material thoroughly; AND 2. He knows the calculator thoroughly and has
- the extra time to program it.
-
- Fortunately, here, all the EE professors can see that!
-
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