I learned programming on that calculator. I learned programming because of that calculator. I owe so much to that calculator.

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eagerpace 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Same. I hid custom calculators behind game levels so my teacher couldn't find them.

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jjcm 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same.

I distinctly remember my teachers having a debate around whether or not the functions I had programmed into my calculator were "cheating". On one hand, it was a tool and notes that I had access to my peers did not. On the other hand, I had created those tools myself, and if school was supposed to train me for the real world, wouldn't I be able to use the tools I created in the real world?

	▲	BoorishBears 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ha in my school's math department the cheating thesis won and my silly single variable CAS system (which in retrospect did nothing you couldn't do with the graph functions!) got calculator programs banned. Luckily enough my specific math teacher that year didn't care enough to enforce it and it was soon forgotten

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BoorishBears 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There are many of us, I make a living today because my dad brought home a Ti-83 Plus and I kept messing with the "PGRM" menu