# The evolution of math **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 9, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-evolution-of-math/192918 "2007-10-09T07:44:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![spektator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@spektator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spektator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-evolution-of-math/192918/15 "2007-10-10T08:24:47Z")
> [@New shoes for the E30](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-shoes-for-the-e30/32945/2): > > Same here, we had to “earn” the use of a calculator. We had to prove that we could do the math correctly without the calculator and show that we understood the calculations going on within the machine before we were allowed to use one. thats the way it should be. This is probably going to open a whole other book, but IMO catholic/religion schools (at least back in the day) were the best way to go bc of their strick learning/teaching ways. The kids bitched and moaned about how hard it was, but I bet it made them better off later in life. Sometimes I wonder if its the best route to go… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-evolution-of-math/192918)._