I assume you're talking about college level there, where you expect to pay for everything...I'm talking about high school, although this isn't the 1st time I've had to spring for a sci-calc, just the 1st time they were so fussy about what kind...

And WI, welcome to the new order, where schools don't have the stupid pencil sharpener in the classroom anymore...I remember every classroom I was in had one, with the directive that we were not to sharpen crayons in it (they didn't bother to tell us what the penalty for doing so would be, just left it to our imaginations)...

The flash drive, I guess, is just a sign of how technology moves ahead so quickly that some of us who think we're pretty savvy can't even keep up...

__________________
Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.