"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:17:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Could be. I am old enough that I remember when calculators came out.
>> They
>> were very expensive. We were never allowed to have them in school.
>> These
>> days they are a requirement.
>
> Have you seen those scientific calculators? You needed to learn how
> to use them in school because your parents certainly couldn't teach
> you. My kids were required to have one when they were in HS almost 15
> years ago when the cheap TI ones cost $100. OUCH! Then they traded
> calculator games and played during class time (or so they claimed).
> Double Ouch.

They were a requirement for my daughter's school the past two years.
Thankfully not this year! I had to get one for home and school and then I
had to get one for myself as well! She was always having questions that
involved various procedures on the calculator. Eek!