Re: ok, the big question
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Re: ok, the big question
My teachers are afraid that the calc is smarter than they are : )
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Britt Selvitelle
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Samuels <JESSE.SAMUELS@ASU.EDU>
To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM <CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM>
Date: Friday, July 25, 1997 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: ok, the big question
>why *are* teachers scared of the ultimate power? doesn't it just let you
>get to the good stuff in math? I think so. You can always emphasize
>fundamentals, but I'd rather move on.
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>Jesse.Samuels@asu.edu
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>On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Michael Chan wrote:
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>> You should get the TI-86, it's new right now, but soon it will be loaded
with progs, just look at the TI-83.....I got an 86 instead of an 85 (I too
had a 92, but teachers are scared of it's ultimate power)...so far, I have
had no regrets...remember that the TI-86 is just a suped up 85, and the
support thingy, well that just takes time....
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>> Hope you get an 86!!!!
(it's better!)
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Selvitelle [SMTP:frozen@POPHOST.COM]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 1997 7:39 PM
>> To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
>> Subject: ok, the big question
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>> Ok, here's the big question. I am goin into my junior year in highschool
so
>> I will be taking the SAT and the ACT this year. I have a TI-92 but it is
not
>> allowed on those tests, plus it is inconvenient in class sometimes
>> (size...plus I think it intimidates the teachers : ) ). Now, should I get
an
>> 85 or an 86? The 85 is more well supported, but the 86 has more memory,
>> etc. Oh yeah, something else to take into consideration are games. I want
to
>> be able to play/program games too. Which is better for this?
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>> Britt Selvitelle
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