And my math classes didn't require a calculator. Still would've been a disservice to ban them, because the point is to prepare you for real life where using a computer is the expectation.
Learning to do high school maths by hand and then doing it on a computer is trivial. Learning everything through a computer and then trying to do it by hand is incredibly hard.
Having your basic education be dependent on the most complicated tech in existence seems a bit too much for me. I don't think 5nm chips made in Taiwan are the best way to teach a kid what division is and who Napoleon was.
Having your basic education be dependent on the most complicated tech in existence seems a bit too much for me. I don't think 5nm chips made in Taiwan are the best way to teach a kid what division is and who Napoleon was.