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From: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Langford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Handheld for school use..?
Message-ID: <3154@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Nov 89 10:32:42 GMT
Reply-To: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Langford)
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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My daughter is 12. She's been using a - very basic - solar calculator
for maths at school, and the time has come to replace it with something
a little more advanced. 

Her teacher has advised a pretty limited Casio Scientific, suggesting
that this'll be enough for the next four years or so. I'm not so sure,
given the uses a handheld can be put to; but i don't have the
knowledge to advise her.

Ought I to go for the most expensive and feature-full machine I can
afford, in the expectation (Maddy's keen on maths) that she'll grow
into it? Or would it be more sensible to buy a cheap calculator, and
wait a few years until she /really/ needs programability, and won't get
confused by too many options?

I really want to encourage her use of computers, but I don't want to
put her off... anyone out there with advice?

- duncan

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 dl1@ukc.ac.uk  duncan langford computing lab., university of kent, uk
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