Reminds me of all the many hours I spent being forced to do long division of 3 digit numbers into 5 and 6 digit numbers. What a waste of time.

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IAmBroom 6 days ago | parent [-]

Not predicting the computer revolution, and specifically the calculator revolution, is not their fault.

It's like complaining that you were taught how to ride a horse, but it's 1921 now and NOBODY in New York City rides horses!!!

I absolutely have done long division, when a calc wasn't handy - back when that was possible.

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UltraSane 5 days ago | parent [-]

This was in the 1990s so calculators were common. I was born at the worst time for math education, when calculators and Computer Algebra Systems were becoming common but math education hadn't adapted yet.

	▲	IAmBroom 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		OK, valid point then. Teachers are reactive, and slowly so, to changes in societal needs.