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"you're not going to carry a calculator with you everywhere"
The thing is I believe that statement is a bit misunderstood.
Calculators were already becoming pocket sized back in the day, but using it to calculate things if you don't know how to use it is where the actual problem is.
Hence the reasoning to learn how to math vs only having the device.
I donβt think people realised how quickly tech would advance.
I was being fed that line in 2008 when everyone in the class did, in fact, have a calculator in their pockets