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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by bawolff on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:34PM (#46154809)
I had a test once where we had to do RSA by hand (with 4 digit numbers), no calculators allowed. There was a lot of handwriting on scrap pieces of paper.

Do humanities have to do handwritten essay tests in the modern world. I had to do those in middle school/high school. No idea if that is still a thing.

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by WalterBright on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:47PM (#46154931)
> scrap pieces of paper

The exams I took were done in blue books where you were required to show your work.

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by peterfirefly on Friday December 05, 2025 @09:04AM (#46161425)
You didn't have both? Scrap for trying out ideas, double-checking, making mistakes and then "blue books" for the stuff you hand in (with the answers + all the steps you choose to show).
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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by WalterBright on Friday December 05, 2025 @03:25PM (#46166789)
No need. I just X'd out failed approaches. There were always plenty of pages in the blue book.
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