I'm not trying to give Sam a hard time!
Maybe I did miss the point, but when my girls went to college they could use the calculators and stuff while they were testing, because not all of it was about the right answer but also how to use the tools to arrive at it. I guess the expense is part of the 280,000 dollars per child they say it takes to raise a child now from birth, to the age of 18. A Lot different than when we were kids to say the least. Anyway that's all I was saying. It is what it is, not just for Sam, but everyone. Yes I have seen the store employees that can't count a lick. But hopefully with a good education his children won't be there taking money, they will be at a good job making money like my girls (thankfully). They are all very smart (after their mother) and they use computers everyday at their jobs. I would like it to be like it was too, just ain't gonna happen. LoL