“That’s, more or less, my position. By the time a child graduates from high school, he should be able to solve most math problems with a pencil, paper, and appropriate charts.
The new calculators virtually guarantee no learning at all, as you only have to type in the question, as it is written in the book, and write down the answer.”
Agree. My kids were given pencils, paper, and appropriate tables (i.e., Trig and Log). That got them just short of Calculus. From there, they finally got calculators, as I couldn’t find a math text that didn’t use them.
Needless to say, they were (and are) many years ahead of their peers.
Seen the X-Box lately, by the way, really cool. (LOL)
I bought a bunch of first generation playstation games, when I was younger and I’m still working on those. :)