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[Accname]

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But even then, beyond a few sciences subjects, most things would be better studied and worked on in group settings. What's better, sitting at home reading the history book and answering my homework based on what I just read, or being with a group of people who are also familiar with what I just read and capable of expressing opinions and rationales that I did not come to? That would obviously allow for a more significant and deeper understanding of the concepts at hand as well as potentially differing viewpoints regarding whatever it is you're working on. Even in sciences it provides new ways to think about and handle complex problems and situations in different ways.

Plus, we still do have exams and it'll be obvious as fuck you don't know what you're doing when you get all of the questions wrong.

I never said we dont have course work / homework / group works. We have all of that, but they are not important for your final grade. In the end the exam is all that matters.

 

[Varine]

I know what you're saying, and I'm stating a difference of opinion on whether that single exam should be the only factor. I would personally prefer that, but that doesn't make it a perfect system.

 

[Accname]

Never said it is. I personally dont like it that much, but I have to get through regardles.

 

[Varine]

Don't we all? I wouldn't mind it so much if half my degree wasn't shit that has no relevance to my degree. I have no interest in history, art, or social sciences, but I need to spend about two years studying that shit. And the unfortunate part is I actually have to do it.

 

[seph ir oth]

Back in 8th grade we had to memorize the preamble to the constitution.

I found a pencil in my house that was unsharpened, fresh, and had the full preamble on it.

It was a good day.

 

[WildTurkey]

My calculator reads pdfs so I just put solutions to everything on their and in exams just follow the steps I did at home. Never failed anything thanks to my trusty calc.

 

[Varine]

I had a really nice calculator in middle and high school, as I actually kind of liked math and my mom let me get one of those badass ones that did 3d graphs and stuff so I could do calculus and trig. But the school wouldn't let me use it even in most math classes and I think I would have had a hell of a time trying to find a way to have it out for English or History.

 

[Accname]

We had really high class calculators funded by the school. We got them for like 25€.
Really fancy, but I am not allowed to use it in university (because its practically a small computer) and in school we mostly just played tetris on it.

 

[Varine]

I was allowed to use it in college no problem. Even on tests.

 

[Slapshot136]

you can play pokemon (red I believe) on a ti-89

 

[Accname]

The ones we got were TI-nSpire's. Pretty neat.

 

[Varine]

I had a ti 89 titanium. It isn't as cool as the nspires and those ones. Those didn't come out until I was in college

 

[Slapshot136]

what games could you play on the nSpire ones?

 

[Varine]

The same ones, only with a higher resolution and shading. I want a nSpire CX CAS but I can't really rationalize spending 200 dollars for a color display I don't really need.

 

[Accname]

what games could you play on the nSpire ones?

We didnt have too many. Tetris, Mario, Pokemon.
If I had to guess I would say anything that a normal Gameboy could do.

 

[Varine]

You can write games for it, the language is just a modified form of BASIC. So whatever you can find that will install.