Math classes never allowed calculators, not because they were some sort of unfair advantage, but because if you somehow became reliant on it, it would hamper your ability to learn how to solve the problem.

I really don't get this logic. Calculators don't solve problems they do arithmetic and make it so you don't need to cry because you can't remember the fucking unit square and your masochist calc prof wants you to do trig operations without a calculator.

If you are learning to solve expressions, then sure it makes sense to limit calculator use. I still hate it because I did poorly in math until we stopped using numbers all together and then I ✨ thrived ✨.