The TI-83 and I go WAY back. It all started back in Integrated 2, first year of high school. It served me well until the day I lost it. On the bus. The day of my Integrated 3 math midterm. It was a terrible feeling, my trusty calculator gone. I was going to have to do the quadratic formula on my own. I had to borrow a dreaded TI-82 from the teacher. Embarrassing. I never did find that TI-83 and had to buy another. Needless to say, I put my Anne Geddes address labels all over that thing.
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took me through the rest of high school, college and graduate school. I swear I only replaced the batteries a handful of times. When folks upgraded to the TI-83 Plus, I said “No Thank You.” To the TI-89, “I don’t need your indefinite integral solver!” TI now makes the TI-Nspire….interestingly enough, the prices are still about the same. I know, because I had to have work buy me one (~0).
took me through the rest of high school, college and graduate school. I swear I only replaced the batteries a handful of times. When folks upgraded to the TI-83 Plus, I said “No Thank You.” To the TI-89, “I don’t need your indefinite integral solver!” TI now makes the TI-Nspire….interestingly enough, the prices are still about the same. I know, because I had to have work buy me one (~0).
I bring up the TI-83, because I just pulled it out today. Had to replace the batteries, but that was expected. Actually, I had borrowed 2 of its batteries for an iPod speaker…..so the TI wasn’t running on all cylinders if you get my drift. I put in 2 new batteries and the TI-83 helped me do my taxes. I did them by hand, not Turbo Tax help. Well, I compared my answer with turbo tax and they were the same. Go me. I no longer need the awesome computing powers of the TI-83 while at home, but I’m so glad it’s here to help me do my taxes. I love math, and my TI-83.
This weekend I successfully used both sides of my brain. As evidenced by this post and the previous post. Over and out.