Why don't American schools use grid paper?

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Schools don't use any kind of paper, students do. Why don't students use the kind of paper best suited for what they're doing?

 

[Numenorean]

I used graphing paper. What is this grid paper you speak of?

 

[disappoint]

It's practically impossible to find at office or department stores unless you are looking specifically for graph paper, which is in its own class entirely.

What's the difference between grid paper and graph paper? A quick google search makes no distinction between the 2. And yes we used it in school a lot.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I never used it in high school. I went through many piles of green-tinted engineering paper during my university years.

Now, I use my company's grid paper...

 

[HeXen]

we used them all the time in my schools. especially in elementary

 

[Red Squirrel]

Really they don't use it? odd. I remember using it for geometry and such. Usually we'd separate it in 4 sections (x and y axis) and number them 1 2 3 4 etc -1 -2 -3 -4 etc... and then graph stuff.

I guess now all that stuff is done at the computer though. When I was in school we had computers and all, but still lot of stuff was on paper.

 

[Platypus]

I definitely used it in school, just not exclusively.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

we used grid paper in high school as punishment.

detention in my highschool was called "judgement under god" -- you had to report to a classroom after school where a bible verse was written on the blackboard and you were given a sheet (or two, I don't remember) of grid paper.

you had to fill the page, both sides, one letter per box writing the bible verse over and over again before you could leave.


but outside of that, I only remember using it in geometry (and when I was drawing dungeon maps for D&D )

This is really, really fucked up. Take a step back and look at what you were forced to do from an objective point of view.

 

[Newbian]

I think the only time I used it was during woodshop where you used it for drafting homework before you were allowed to get on the machines.

 

[Spikesoldier]

Two reasons:

1) The D&D club used it all for mapping dungeons

2) American schools don't teach math and science.

this.

punnet squares and x-y axis algebra are out of the grasp of most american high school students.

 

[Soundmanred]

this.

punnet squares and x-y axis algebra are out of the grasp of most american high school students.

Do you really believe this?

 

[Schadenfroh]

We were required to use it in math classes in high school. I have no difficulty finding it in department stores...

 

[BladeVenom]

Two reasons:

1) The D&D club used it all for mapping dungeons

Get the large sheets used for easels with 1" squares. Great stuff for games that used miniatures.

Of course what the OP is talking about is usually referred to as graph paper. Not hard to find at all. http://www.officedepot.com/catalog/s...tt=graph+paper

 

[Leros]

I prefer to use unlined paper for math and science notes. No restrictions.

 

[nageov3t]

This is really, really fucked up. Take a step back and look at what you were forced to do from an objective point of view.

it's a more effective deterrent to breaking school rules than having a detention that consists of sitting in a room goofing off for an hour.

I only had to do it twice during my 4 years of high school that I can remember... once for a dress code violation (which most teachers weren't hardasses about, but I ran into the one who was whilst not wearing my uniform jacket) and once for cutting class.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

what would you use graph paper for in science?

or at least the standard biology/chemistry/geology stuff taught at the pre-college level.

Thank you for proving my point.

 

[nageov3t]

Thank you for proving my point.

thank you for answering my question?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

it's a more effective deterrent to breaking school rules than having a detention that consists of sitting in a room goofing off for an hour.

I only had to do it twice during my 4 years of high school that I can remember... once for a dress code violation (which most teachers weren't hardasses about, but I ran into the one who was whilst not wearing my uniform jacket) and once for cutting class.

It's not a deterrent at all. I was regularly "punished" in grade school by writing 500 times, I will not ... in the classroom. I owe my studly printing and writing skills to do doing that 2 to 3 times a week.

 

[FoBoT]

now you can make your own
http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/

 

[shortylickens]

We're too busy solving the rest of the worlds problems to invest in our own education system.
Also, paper is inferior to computers anyway, and we got tons of those.

 

[shortylickens]

now you can make your own
http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/

Your link is inferior to my link:
http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

 

[FoBoT]

Your link is inferior to my link:
http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

i do love the 'Axonometric Perspective' option

 

[MovingTarget]

We use it, but only to graph things. Usually by high school students are expected to write legibly in math class. Although, I do have one or two students that probably should use "grid paper". American students aren't prohibited from using graph paper, they just typically choose not to.

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

In Russia you probably drank vodka for breakfast too growing up. We don't do that here son... welcome to America.

 

[Ronstang]

I always used engineering paper (a type of grid paper) because my dad brought it home for me. The only time I didn't use it was if the teacher specified something specific. I still have pads of this in a drawer 20+ years later. It is my preferred paper for doing just about anything.