As part of my Gratitude Project I wrote the following letter to Mrs. Margaret Marcou which I share with her permission. Dear Margaret; I believe teachers teach more than their subject matter. They may teach manners- i.e. how to behave in this classroom. They also impart something of their own’s life lessons or experiences to…
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Slide Rules, Calculators and Reverse Polish: How HP and TI foiled my Math Exam
When I tried to use my friend, Marion’s, calculator I quickly realized I had made an assumption that all calculators worked the same. Alas, I fell victim to a common assumption with computing machines–that they all work the same. At home my Mom had an HP calculator; Marion, my classmate, possessed a TI calculator. While…