Global Schooling

[AtW]

The standards are clearly slipping - too many computers in schools I say.

In my time we weren't even allowed calculators.

[stingman123]

The standards are clearly slipping - too many computers in schools I say.

In my time we weren't even allowed calculators.

Hadn't the abacus been invented yet then?

[AtW]

Hadn't the abacus been invented yet then?

We had to divide and multiply (numbers) on paper

[original PM]

so did I

as I have taught my daughters too.

One of the biggest problems with the kids of today is they have no number bonds - because all they ever do is punch numbers into a calculator/computer and get an answer

with no idea of how the answer is worked out.

[AtW]

so did I

as I have taught my daughters too.

One of the biggest problems with the kids of today is they have no number bonds - because all they ever do is punch numbers into a calculator/computer and get an answer

with no idea of how the answer is worked out.

I did not have weekly allowance also - there was no such thing in Soviet state

[Paddy]

We had to divide and multiply (numbers) on paper

You had paper in the Soviet Union?

http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=7040,1553789

[TimberWolf]

Did anyone here use a slide rule in earnest? I remember being taught to use log tables at school, although I just caught the end of that as calculators were available, but not able to be used in exams. Although come t think of it, by the time exams did come up, calculators were allowed. Or maybe I'm mixing them not being allowed at 'O'' level and being allowed at 'A' level.

[Clippy]

Did anyone here use a slide rule in earnest? I remember being taught to use log tables at school, although I just caught the end of that as calculators were available, but not able to be used in exams. Although come t think of it, by the time exams did come up, calculators were allowed. Or maybe I'm mixing them not being allowed at 'O'' level and being allowed at 'A' level.

You're making this up aren't you - you never went to school.

[doodab]

Did anyone here use a slide rule in earnest? I remember being taught to use log tables at school, although I just caught the end of that as calculators were available, but not able to be used in exams. Although come t think of it, by the time exams did come up, calculators were allowed. Or maybe I'm mixing them not being allowed at 'O'' level and being allowed at 'A' level.

I remember being taught to use a calculator instead of tables to obtain the value of the logarithm. Which in retrospect seems a rather long winded way of going about it.

[mudskipper]

I was surprised (I was going to go with 'shocked' but that implies caring a bit more than I do) to find that today's curriculum doesn't cover base numbers. So your GCSE maths passer hasn't a clue about binary or hex.