Why Students Have to Buy a $100 Obsolete Calculator

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The TI-83 graphing calculator is pretty much mandatory equipment for high school math students, but why? And why do teens have to buy a hundred dollar calculator that hasn't really changed from when it was introduced in the mid 90s when there is cheaper, better technology readily available?

Kim Horcher breaks it down.

Read the article from Mic.com: http://mic.com/articles/125829/your-old-texas-instruments-graphing-calculator-still-costs-a-fortune-heres-why

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