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<DIV><SPAN class=398215114-26022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>NYS
has standardized tests, called Regents Exams, for HS students. for
math & sciences, high-tech calculators are required. plotting a graph?
use the calculator. look up a logarithm or trig function?
fugetaboutit. 2 clicks and you have it to as many decimal places as
you can handle.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=398215114-26022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
flip side is that when we were young, the fractions always worked out to easy
numbers, and a little thought would save you a ton of work. nowadays, you
can't make that assumption. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
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class=398215114-26022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Who uses maps
these days? you want to know where something is, you go to mapquest or
google. last week, my daughter took a wrong turn and got lost. she
called me for directions. i had her drive around a bit just to get my
bearings and then i told her how to get home. Once home, i said to her,
"you know there are maps in the door pocket, don't you?" Her response:
"Like I know what to do with a map??!"</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=398215114-26022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>BTW, that's one
blessing of the cellphone: when getting directions, the person giving
directions can know exactly what the driver sees and can point out
landmarks in real time. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV>Good for your mom! ?Calculators were big, rare and expensive when I was in
school, but my current philosophy is, nobody should use a calculator until they
can do basic arithmetic in their head, know multiplication tables, etc. THEN
they can start using calculators when the simple arithmetic is NOT the point of
the exercise, just something that incidentally has to be done to get to the
solution.</DIV>
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