[Gdeaver]

In addition to a calculator, I bought a student version of Mathcad and office for my son. I told him that he should be able to set up every problem he had in high school up in either excel or mathcad. He did learn to use both well in high school and took those skills into mechanical engineering. It was a huge advantage to take into college. Though, he really didn't stress those skills till the 3rd year.