[Edu-sig] seasonal challenge to calculator dominance in high schools

[DL Neil]

On 24/06/19 6:08 AM, kirby urner wrote:
> 
> Somewhere every summer, I tend to call into question the wisdom of 
> buying the kids another scientific calculator at the drug store (we call 
> them that here, pharmacies have calculators hanging on racks at the 
> checkout, to cash in on gullibility and impulse buys).


The surprise here is that kids still buy calculators. Can't 'everything' 
be done on their ubiquitous smart-phones?


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Regards =dn