Ah, well, it varies: from sixth grade my middle school permitted calculators in math class. In high school honors classes there was a class set of graphing calculators--you checked one out for the year, and if you broke it, you paid a replacement fee--or you could use a regular scientific calculator if you owned one and preferred it. We had the set of Ach tests (subsequently SAT II) without calculator, and likewise no calc for AP Calculus, but the teachers were cool with it because they wanted us to be able to do things both ways: prepare for the standardized exams without, prepare for imminent college homework with.
Then too, it was one high school in a small public district with a gifted-program coordinator who was very good at writing grant proposals. I think the larger takeaway is that our overlapping youth years were a time of transition. :)
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Date: 2015-01-26 02:38 am (UTC)Then too, it was one high school in a small public district with a gifted-program coordinator who was very good at writing grant proposals. I think the larger takeaway is that our overlapping youth years were a time of transition. :)