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                               "Graphing                            "The hardest
                       Trig functions - they                 thing forme was turning                        "The thing
                       were so hard to do."                  my  homework in  on                    that  was  most
                       Senior Amy Mitchell                   time."                                 difficult  for  me
                                                             Senior Tracy Sperry                    would have to had
                                                                                                     been homework.  I
                                                                                                     hated homework!"
                                                                                                    Junior Chris Hix







                                                            alculators



                                                                 Vital  To  Learning




                                                                        -   Dana King
                                                  Walking through a  department  Armiger said  that when  she  had  a  lot  of
                                           store,  I  noticed  a  sale  rack  so  I  looked   things to add , the calculator did itfasterthan
                                           through it.  I noticed a really cute dress for  she could . Also, Armiger liked using graph-
                                           only $56 plus 30% off.  So I whipped out my   ing calculators because it allowed her to get
                                           calculator and  quickly figured  out  I'd  get   her graphs done quicker.
                                           $16.80 off the dress.                          However,  there  were  some  stu-
                                                   My  mom  starred  at  me  and  said   dents that weren't quite so  dependent on
                                           with  disgust, "Can't you  figure  that out  in   their calculators.  Sophomore Mike Dodd
                                           your head?"  I just said it  was quicker this_ only  used  his  calculator for  math  two  or
                                           way and didn't think anything else about it,  three times a week to get his work done. "I
                                           or did I?  Are people becoming too reliant on   didn't use it once this year because I'm in  a
                                           their calculators? Maybe so.            geometry class,"  said  Freshman  Josh
                                                   "I couldn't do  anything  without it,"   O'Donnell. This was similar to Sophomore
                                           was Senior Heather Halls response about  Zach King 's situation, but he used  it once a
                                           her calculator.                         quarter to  average out his grades.
                                                   Seniors  Rob  Lafave  and  Becky       Then there were people who didn't
                                            Barrett both  used  their calculators every-  have a math  class for this year like  Senior
                                            day.  "I used  it  everyday for two  or three   Natalie Smothers.  "I use  it once a  month
                                            classes, and I would have been lost without  for balancing my checkbook,"  said Smoth-
                                            it," Barrett said.                     ers.
                                                   Some students needed calculators       However, the majority of  students
      Math  teacher Jeff Pulverenti explains a section to hi s   for specific things in  certain classes.  "I'd   used  their calculators everyday.  Calcula-
      class  so  they might understand everything for their   have failed calculus without my calculator,"   tors were slowly taking away the "old-fash-
      homework  assignment. (Dana Zucker)   said Senior Tera Hocevar.  Junior Tracy  ioned"  paper and  pencil method.
      Huddled  around a graphing calculator, Seniors Kevin
    1  Ridley, Chris Hesse, and Molly Andersen try  to figure
      out a graph together in Mr. Thomas's Algebra V class.
      (Melanie  Goddard)




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