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Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)21:41:08 No.16984145

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Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)21:41:08 No.16984145

Now that the dust has settled, did calculators make kids dumber or not?

Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)21:44:08 No.16984148

Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)21:44:08 No.16984148

>>16984145
watching an engineer type 4+7 into a calculator "just to be sure" is triggering but overall I guess calculator use is good...

Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)21:59:00 No.16984160

Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)21:59:00 No.16984160

kids are dumber today. that's the fact

Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)22:18:22 No.16984187

Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)22:18:22 No.16984187

>>16984145
>calculators off until upper grades
obviously we don't want kids using calculators when they're learning arithmetic.

Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)22:22:31 No.16984191

Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)22:22:31 No.16984191

>>16984145
>until upper grades
They were completely right and that's how it works.

Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)22:24:59 No.16984194

Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)22:24:59 No.16984194

they're right

Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)22:37:51 No.16984203

Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)22:37:51 No.16984203

>>16984160
That's from demographic change and covid, not calculators.

Anonymous
05/22/26(Fri)23:40:14 No.16984276

Anonymous 05/22/26(Fri)23:40:14 No.16984276

>>16984148
i do this

Anonymous
05/23/26(Sat)00:00:30 No.16984294

Anonymous 05/23/26(Sat)00:00:30 No.16984294

>>16984160
Every gen has said this. Lost all meaning.

>>16984191
>>16984187
Most places don't teach arithmetic or general math stuff right early on. The whole thing needa to be redone.

Anonymous
05/23/26(Sat)01:20:06 No.16984360

Anonymous 05/23/26(Sat)01:20:06 No.16984360

>>16984203
/thread

Anonymous
05/23/26(Sat)08:08:39 No.16984571

Anonymous 05/23/26(Sat)08:08:39 No.16984571

I can't calculate logs in my head, so yes.

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