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I cheatet so much with my TI. In every class we were allowed to use a calculator I would literally code everything relevant for the test into this small thingy. I still think I better memorized some of the things as my class mates.

Also I loved how it doesn't really communicate except with a cable no one had. So nobody expected me to share my 'cheats'

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You accidentally prepared for the test while thinking that you were cheating.

I did both I guess. And because I could not share it, teachers never bothered.

This gives me food for thought. I have young children, all under 10. The challenge is learning how to inspire them; you found a crutch that made learning less of a chore: converting the syllabus into chunks of code.

I can already see that the my two eldest will both need very different answers, but if I can figure out what theirs is, I can hopefully help them focus where my childhood mind would wander during study sessions.

You sound like a good parent. For me finding these small ways to cope with the boring reality of schooling really made the difference

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