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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
It's great to get the principles down in MS/HS so that you understand when to use certain functions. I was a working professional in college, though, so when a professor tells me "In the real world, you can't use a calculator," I find it hard to take him/her seriously.
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LOL yeah - I don't use a calculator. I use an excel sheet.
But you have to understand the concepts to put it in your calculator (or excel sheet) correctly.
Also, if he ever gets a part time job he'll use it to figure out how much he makes a week, or to figure out an hourly rate for overtime, anything that takes more than one step.
And if he ever uses a budget. Or makes investments. Or pays his taxes. Anything that's not simple arithmetic or uses algebraic concepts in some way.
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