HAHAHAHA. IM a ninth GRADER i have a TI-89 !!hehe. soon i will have the money to buy myself a nuclear bomb! hahahaha. and duck tape it on my TI-89 ! hehe!

TI Calculators are REQUIRED in my math class. I have a TI-92 and would like 2 get a plus, and my graphlink needs replacing so I can start playing games again.

wow ! It may be a fool ! I'm not fool enough to put radium in my calc !
I'd rather add a G4 450Mhz instead !

HA!!!
your calculator would burst into flames and fry your hand!

Hey yeah! Let's try to sound smart by saying words like "programming," and "G4!" Hehehehehehehehehehe............real smart. Anyone with above an 83 in 6th through 9th grade needs to get a few things:
1) A swift kick in the butt.
2) Parents that won't spoil them.
3) A swift kick in the head.
4) Yet another swift kick in the head.
5) A TI 83 and give their good calculator to some one who would actually use it for what it is intended to do.

I got my 85 in seventh grade..... having an 86 in eighth wouldn't hurt either.
Besides, the 83 sucks :)

--BlueCalx

tha 85 sux and the 83 rules.. i dont see no lotus challenge for either of thoes calcs but i do bow down to tha power of the 86 and above
the 83 doesnt match up to thoes

That's right....the 86 rules!!!! I like it better them my 83 and my 89 (though those both have their good points). Go 86'ers!

I am sorry but i must object to your comment. I am a professional burger flipper at my local Mcdonalds restaurant. I make a whole $5.15 an hour. I worked for a whole 3 weeks to buy my 89. I am a high school freshman. Um, so there and stuff.

so do you think that someone in say 4th grade should have a calc above a ti-83

No, they should get those ultra-kewl slime calculators that they give as premiums in Kids Meals at Burger King. Four-functions rock, man.

Instead of a TI-83, why not give them something a little better suited? Like a TI-73? Cuz aren't those specially made for middle-schoolers?

I'd like to let you know that I paid for my Ti-89 myself. I had to ref about 6 soccer games every Saturday and Sunday for about 3 weeks to get my TI-89 and it has helped me a LOT. I'm glad I got it. Why not get a calculator thats above a TI-83? As long as you use them and know how to do a lot of the stuff the calculators provide why shouldnt you use them? I haven't wasted my TI-89.
-Adam Curtis

All the more power to you. I had to ref soccer games as well to earn my TI-89. I don't regret the work i put in.

Personally, I think that younger people don't need a 83 or above, but if they want to waste their money on a calc that will be oudated and most likely ( middle schoolers aren't too bright you know ) lost, I say go for it. TI could use the extra income to develop better calculators for the people who actually know how to use them.

I'm in 7th grade [although I take Algebra I(8th-Grade Honors)], and I have a TI-86.
U suck! We are not jerks! And I know how to program in 86 asm (for all those retards who think we can't program in even (ugh!) BASIC)! F____ you!

Oh yes, bjkramss from IRC. I wonder why you guys didn't come up with this earlier :P

Actually, bjkramss is a friend of mine here in CT :)
And yes, we did use his name on purpose.
--
Phil

Why?

When writing this, I asked Phil for the name of a total dork that he knew in real life.

For some reason, this name sprung instantly to mind :)

--BlueCalx

I hold no responsibility for the action of my brain.
--
Phil

or the lack of one ;-]