Comment Re:Forget about "teaching technology" (Score 1) 272
Sorry for posting to my post But!
Also, my father was an estimator - used a slide rule daily
my brother a carpenter- used a slide rule daily
myself trained as a carpenter - used a slide rule daily moved to sysadmin and programming- can usually use the slide rule faster than the new kids can use the calculator.
Math is math how you come to the solution is the trick and all the great people in math didn't have calculators they did it with the work written down. Your will never be great at math until you can prove the equations the long way.
Also, my father was an estimator - used a slide rule daily
my brother a carpenter- used a slide rule daily
myself trained as a carpenter - used a slide rule daily moved to sysadmin and programming- can usually use the slide rule faster than the new kids can use the calculator.
Math is math how you come to the solution is the trick and all the great people in math didn't have calculators they did it with the work written down. Your will never be great at math until you can prove the equations the long way.
