Buy School Supplies From The List

RE: Buy School Supplies From The List Post By Veronica (Guest Post) (08/31/2007) About teachers giving stuff to kids. My mother used to be a teacher (of children 13-16 years old). She collected pencils and pencil stumps she found on the floor of the school. Then she sharpened each pencil, cut off the tip plus ca 10mm of the painted part, then sharpened it again, cut off the tip plus 10mm, etc, until she had a bunch of tiny, but sharp, pencils. Then she took a piece of paper and rolled it around the non-sharpened 10mm of each pencil and fastened it with a little tape (so that it formed a "handle" for the pencil). Then when some kid came to class without a pencil she could offer them a functional but horrible "pencil". The kids soon learned that "forgetting" a pencil in her classes would not mean an extra five-minute break to go and fetch one, and it would not mean being lent a more or less new pencil, which they could then "forget" to return... RE: Buy School Supplies From The List Post by aprilconnett (7) | (08/17/2007) Contact As a former teacher and current substitute, I have to respond to the comment about schools providing. My first year teaching, I had to purchase my own: stapler, staples, pens, pencils, chalk, copy paper, etc. If the school cannot provide basic supplies for the teachers to use, where are they going to get the money to provide for the students? Not to mention, that as I did not give birth to ANY of my students, I'm not sure why my piddly little paycheck should go to provide paper, penclis, pens, erasers, notebooks, for all 125 of my students. As a sub, I see upwards of 1200 kids a year. I am still expected to provide, pens, pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, paper, etc. out of my own pocket. Silly me, I always thought that the parents were supposed to be responsible for their own offspring. None of my teachers ever provided me with any of my school supplies when I was in school. That said, Crayola 24 packs are .20 at Wal-Mart. one subject notebooks are .10. I already bought up pencils, erasers, and pens. Since I have to supply them. You can get Bic pens for .50. Staples is having their back-to-school sale until tomorrow. RoseArt 24 pack is .05. Folders are .02. Parents, please take responsibility for you your own children. Teachers are already responsible for self-esteem, manners, and paying for lunch. The least you can do is send some paper and a pencil. RE: Buy School Supplies From The List Post by meoowmom (1085) | (08/04/2007) Profile | Contact I feel that the schools should provide like they used to. I have no kids, but I see parents with kids trying to get the correct items and I have heard about the "amended" which should NOT be allowed. In college I had a prof who would give an "F" if some one used the tear out sheets for lined paper. She did not like the litter it created. I just had to vent!!! RE: Buy School Supplies From The List Post By (Guest Post) (08/03/2007) Our area puts "lists" in places like Wal-Mart...etc. My grand daughter always insists on getting eveything on it!! Only to get to orientation where the teachers then give you the "amended" list. This year our schools are suppose to "provide"...this should be good...in the past they never even had A SHEET of paper to spare if the kids forgot!! RE: Buy School Supplies From The List Post By Mary Wilson (Guest Post) (08/02/2007) I know exactly what you mean. My daughter has decided that she will take a pen and a notebook the first day and find out what she needs. She is junior in high school, so she is about done. I am not looking forward to the shopping for school stuff again. $ RE: Buy School Supplies From The List Post by cookwie (847) | (08/02/2007) Profile | Contact I have found that buying the pre-packaged bags of stuff at the school's PTA fundraiser has turned out to be not quite what I expected. Every year, I had to go back to the store and replace the cheap items (crayons that barely color, markers that dry out way too fast, tissues with a scratchy texture like wood, scissors that don't cut...). The person in charge of the sale told me that she had been given a budget and she filled it as best as she could with cheap stuff. Every teacher would always request a few special items, so I was back at the store anyway.