Why do high schools shill these so hard? Also what's the

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>>58966335
I love my TI-84
I'm sure there are better alternatives but I haven't had a need to upgrade my TI-84 yet.

More powerful calculators rob students of.. Understanding of underlying concepts by creating a shortcut.

If you need a calculator, you don't deserve to do math.

>a kid in high school borrowed my TI-84 to make a program that flashed NIGGERS on the screen
>kid killrf himself senior year
>the only reason why I still have my TI-84 is because I don't want to lose that program

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>>58966415
calculators save lots of time doing intermediary calculations

an RPN calculator lets you store intermediary values on a stack so you don't even need scratch paper

RPN master race!

>>58966335
Because they have a monopoly

because they are made in texas.
also, they teach high schoolers assembly language

>>58966335
watch lazy game reviews video on the topic
https://youtu.be/g6jQVqkpjc8
Really explains it well. all his tech tales videos are worth watching

>be texas instruments in the 1990s
>sign long term exclusive deals with textbook companies where your calculator instructions are featured exclusively in all major textbooks
>lobby state education departments and local school boards, convincing them your calculators are the gold standard
>sit back for 20 years
>keep making calculators using 20 year old technology
>production cost of each calculator is now $4.56
>still charge every school student in america $100

>>58966815

this x10,000,000.00$$$$$$

>>58966815
Yeah wtf
>>58966718
Idk why I havent taught myself TI-asm yet. Can you do it on an 83? Cuz thats the one I have

>>58966335
>Why do high schools shill these so hard?
TI's been tossing money left and right for years to have a monopoly on education.
>Also what's the best graphing calculator?
HP 50g