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[walter b]

(08-27-2014 12:33 AM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  Education market = elementary school, middle school, high school, and university.

They all have students.

Thanks for the definitions. Are there no pupils anymore?

(08-27-2014 12:33 AM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  

(08-26-2014 04:17 PM)walter b Wrote:  you don't want to fall back to table books, do you?)

Hey, it worked for us, didn't it?

And our ancestors used stone axes for cutting trees which worked, too . Personally, I think a calculator being a better tool than a table book. YMMV.

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Quote:And in science and engineering at university, well, banning calculators would be off real world - your studies shall prepare you for professional life after all.

My, my, what did those poor engineers who graduated prior to 1972 do without calculators?

IIRC, they welcomed calculators appearing in 1972.

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Quote:Thus, there is a market for solid calculators

I'm sure some said that about slide rules back in 1972!

Slide rules were replaced by better tools. Calculators may be replaced by better tools as well - but certainly not by table books. My, my, I thought being conservative in that matter but you beat me well ...

d:-)