Monday, June 29, 2009

Stealing my idea - almost! (Pat Craig)

Check this out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm

Now tell me it wouldn't be the coolest thing in the world to do a week-long swap out of some kid's TI-83 Plus graphing calculator for a slide rule and then have him or her report on it. Or better yet - a table of logarithms!

Sure, the poor youth would be traumatized for several years at the least, but it'd be cool anyway... ;)

2 comments:

  1. That would be like swapping out my pt cruiser for a horse and cart. You are a cruel man. LOL. I think kids need to learn the math, and EARN the right to the gadgets.

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  2. I may have reversed the technologies - I should have suggested the table of logarithms first, and then "even better yet: a slide rule!"

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