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Originally Posted by jaysay
My other half has invigilated for the GCSE exams at here local secondary school for the last five or six years and it astounded me when I heard that kids are allowed to take calculators into exams  the only thing we were afforded was logarithms back in my day |
And you were allowed to take the Napier log book in with you on your maths GCE, which in effect was a table of calculations i.e. a rudimentary calculator.
Things move on, e.g...no more latin.. duco, ducis, du..(cue 12yr old snigger).
A calculator is no more or less a tool than the log book, slide rule or abacus.
The internet, like a log book, a calculator, abacus or even a power saw, is just a tool. As long as you are informed how to to use it correctly..it's just as valid