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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by monocasa on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:59PM (#21052301)
> This also would align with driving costs down since schools will not want to pay $100 per calculator for their student body.

Lol, I don't think I've seen that argument made before. They already pay near college prices for the text books.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by thaumasiotes on Monday September 23, 2019 @05:41PM (#21054034)
When the quality of a school is rhetorically judged on its per-pupil spending, obviously administrators will want to pay more, not less, for whatever they happen to purchase.
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