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Subject: Re: Anecdotes - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 20-Nov-83 15:38:30 EST
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uiuccsb!grunwald    Nov 17 17:19:00 1983

  Actually, in that case, I think that they would be justified in marking you
down for not showing your work.
  Basic Physics is not designed to test your ability at proper lab procedure
so much as your understanding of the material.
  I've watched a lot of people bang their data into calculators, applying
any function or eqn they think of. When they get an answer they think is
right, they turn it in.
  Making you illustrate what you're doing makes you stop and think about
your methods. However, they should have allowed the program (although I
imagine the teacher didn't know how to read it).