[bawolff]

I had a test once where we had to do RSA by hand (with 4 digit numbers), no calculators allowed. There was a lot of handwriting on scrap pieces of paper.

Do humanities have to do handwritten essay tests in the modern world. I had to do those in middle school/high school. No idea if that is still a thing.

[WalterBright]

> scrap pieces of paper

The exams I took were done in blue books where you were required to show your work.

[peterfirefly]

You didn't have both? Scrap for trying out ideas, double-checking, making mistakes and then "blue books" for the stuff you hand in (with the answers + all the steps you choose to show).

[WalterBright]

No need. I just X'd out failed approaches. There were always plenty of pages in the blue book.