I would ban computers and calculators from school....the point of education is to train the mind on what to do with facts, and not just teach people how to use a calculator.
Eh, I don’t think they need to be banned. I think their use should be strictly limited.
While you *can* figure out most derivations by hand, it takes forever. Once you’ve gotten the concept and methodology down, it is instructive to be able to quickly show the result of a derivation and how alterations affect them.
As for computers - if it weren’t for the relatively high tech nature of my highschool I wouldn’t have entered my career path (software development). Same goes for accountants, office workers, administration, IT, networking, etc etc etc.
Saw six boys at our local library doing homework on the computers. Like hell they were....they were playing games.
Math via computers at grade school level take away clerical errors.
We had to show our work as a means of showing that we actually knew how to do the math.
A correct answer wasn’t enough.
>> “I would ban computers and calculators from school....the point of education is to train the mind on what to do with facts, and not just teach people how to use a calculator.” <<
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Amen!
We’re headed for a huge failure.