I'll be homeschooling this year, so this will no longer apply, but I still think it's wrong...
I remember my daughter's Kindergarten year. We bought all brand supplies because, well, we can afford them and they are better quality and last longer so that's what I wanted her to have.
Then I saw what she was actually using and it's not what I purchased!
Second grade, everyone was supposed to bring their school supplies to orientation. We brought ours and were faced with buckets for each type of supply where everything gets dumped in together and is redistributed. Seriously? I opened up DD's crayon box and were Crayola crayons and markers in there? No. Roseart and some non-brand markers.
This irritated the shit out of me because I paid extra for those and she wasn't even the one using them!
I saw that another mom had labeled all her child's supplies at home with permanent marker. Wish I would've thought about that. But it doesn't really do any good because my daughter's 3-prong folder had some other kid's name written on the inside.
Quoting I_told_you_so:
Quoting Anonymous:
Quoting BrighteyedAsh:
Wow. No way! See, republicanism should be treated like a religion. It's a belief system and that violates it entirely. And if we then lower our own 'quality' it's wrong, but to ask for the BETTER option that someone else pbviously wants but doesn't want to PAY FOR IT...and then WE'RE yelled at and called 'in the wrong' for wanting it enough to 'prioritize' it. They don't have to raise THEIR value system, why would they when they can get it free. So they're
in the right for using something WE cared enough about to PROVIDE our child, and we're 'selfish' and 'in the wrong' for wanting what WE bought to go to OUR own children. I wouldn't stand for it. That communist bs is only 'poor' interested and leaves the ones with higher values beaten down to be 'equal' because it's WRONG to have 'high standards' and work for them and 'RIGHT' to have them and just rob the proclaimed 'narcissistic' other side...okkkkk? Says who? The one only out for liberty so ling as it PROFITS them, but if it robs US, we're 'the bad guy'? UUUGHHH. Disgusting.Actually taking wealth (or in this case, premium school supplies) from a person and then redistributing as a leader sees fit is definitely more of Liberal/Democrat scenario. Republicans would say "you bought this expensive shit and you are entitled to have it!" You won't find a Liberal/Democrat that approaches the country this way,
So now we're politicizing a bunch of crayon sharing? Have you ever thought that one of the reasons they want them to share the crayons and other supplies is so the haves don't flaunt it in the face of the have nots? Then when the have kids lose their crayon they accuse the have not kids and then it starts a real classroom management nightmare. I'd suggest that you raise taxes to pay so all the supplies are met for everyone, but the Republicans don't want to even pay the taxes they already pay.
It's not my kids' problem if another student's parents cannot afford to buy them a brand name item and it shouldn't be when these kids are that young. And what are we teaching these kids who do come from a household that doesn't have an income as high as ours? It would appear that we are teaching them to just sponge off somebody else who has more than they do. Woo Hoo! More future welfare recipients that feel entitled to someone else's money because hey, why work hard and earn money if you can sit on your ass and expect to let the gov't distribute wealth to people who didn't work for it!
People and children need to learn to live within their means. So, no Air Jordans for your lil ghetto babies, and no more menthols and 40oz's for you either, mommy,
Hi ladies, hi Amanda,
You should know that one of the democratic principle is EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. Translated this means all kids have to have the same opportunities for studies, especially when they are in the same class. The communist classroom is MUST for kids, because they have to be treated equally. If you had bought something much better to your kid, you have to expect other kids to take it first if they have that opportunity. It is not fair for the kids to feel the social inequality before they can do something in life and prove that they deserve more than someone else. So, calm and don't leave your shit out of you, because it is your mistake.
I never said the teacher should pay for the supplies. How did you pull that out of your ass?
My kids ARE homeschooled, but not for this reason. I homeschool my children because I have seen what the public school produces. People like you, who lack basic reasoning skills, are pouring out of their doors and I want my children to be better educated than that. I do not have an entitled attitude, at all. You thinking that my child's property is up for division by the teacher is the entitled mindset.
Quoting Anonymous:
So she should pay for all the supplies out of the money SHE makes from YOUR taxes? Talk about a PA mentality. If you are so councerned that another kid MIGHT touch your precious child's crayons then take Junior out of public school and put him in a private school (where some of them do the same thing) or better yet homeschool so you can pass that entitled attitude right along.
Quoting Anonymous:
No, she is teaching in a classroom that our collective taxes pay for, earning a paycheck that our collective taxes pay for. She does NOT have the right to take MY property from MY child.
Quoting Anonymous:
But those supplies are being used in HER room. A teacher has every right to decide how to run her classroom and decide how to most effectively have supplies utilized. She is educating your children. If a communal system works and your child is learning, let it be.
Quoting Anonymous:
I have read every post in this thread and I still don't think a teacher should get to decide what she does with MY property. Items I purchased. What's next? My kid's coat, hat, gloves because it's easier for her to grab them all and pass them out at random to whatever kid is next in line? It's not anymore organized, it's just easier for the teacher. And you would have no idea what the classroom would be like if the teacher gave the children their own property since you have not seen it done. I can tell you, from being in classes that the kids keep their own supplies, it is every bit as efficient as any other class. Try seeing both types of settings then form your opinion.
If EVERY child does not bring supplies in, then they don't get mine and the teacher needs to report the parent for educational neglect. They can do that, they just won't. It might interfere with their Cafemom time. And yes, I'd love to smack you in the head. Maybe that would knock the comprehension part of your brain into working order since I never implied that the teachers take the supplies home. syh
Quoting Anonymous:
Teachers aren't taking the stuff home for their own personal use. EVERY child in the classroom is allowed to use all of the items brought in. It seems many don't get exactly how an EFFECTIVE communal classroom runs. smh Read some of the posts from actual TEACHERS on here who have explained their system. I have to say, I like it. My child's room is set up that way. I parent volunteer, and that is one WELL RUN classroom. VERY ORGANIZED.
Quoting Anonymous:
She's getting the CHOICE to share. The teachers aren't taking it away and giving it to another child to keep. Why don't any of you get this?
If your daughter walked up and took another child's crayons (or whatever), would you not discipline her? Would you just allow her to take it from another child? Teachers are being allowed to just take things from children.
Quoting sharon_ellisa:
I guess I wont have any mommy friends either when my DD starts kindergarten in three years. I thought one of our jobs as parents was to teach our children to share, at least that is what I'm teaching my child. It totally warms my heart to see my 31/2 year old offering to share her Crayolas with other kids at home or even in preschool. That is the proper thing to do
Quoting TigOlBitties:
Oh my fucking goodness.
I don't have a school aged child yet, but I never would have imagined some of the petty shit mother bitch about. Crayola v Roseart!? Bahahahahah man I will have no mommy friends when my son goes to school if the majority are like this. Oh well.
You fail to see anything negative because you can't understand the bigger issue. It isn't about the school supplies. I am not going to argue with you because you'll never understand. You're not bright enough.
Quoting Anonymous:
How is she taking from your child when your child gets use out of the supplies? Honestly, I don't give a damn if the glue is in my kids desk or a class basket. What a petty thing to gripe about. My child's teacher was so organized and ran a fantastic communal room. I couldn't imagine any parent hating her system. From what I have read in here other teachers use a similar organizational system. I fail to see anything negative about it.Quoting Anonymous:
No, she is teaching in a classroom that our collective taxes pay for, earning a paycheck that our collective taxes pay for. She does NOT have the right to take MY property from MY child.
Quoting Anonymous:
But those supplies are being used in HER room. A teacher has every right to decide how to run her classroom and decide how to most effectively have supplies utilized. She is educating your children. If a communal system works and your child is learning, let it be.
Quoting Anonymous:
I have read every post in this thread and I still don't think a teacher should get to decide what she does with MY property. Items I purchased. What's next? My kid's coat, hat, gloves because it's easier for her to grab them all and pass them out at random to whatever kid is next in line? It's not anymore organized, it's just easier for the teacher. And you would have no idea what the classroom would be like if the teacher gave the children their own property since you have not seen it done. I can tell you, from being in classes that the kids keep their own supplies, it is every bit as efficient as any other class. Try seeing both types of settings then form your opinion.
If EVERY child does not bring supplies in, then they don't get mine and the teacher needs to report the parent for educational neglect. They can do that, they just won't. It might interfere with their Cafemom time. And yes, I'd love to smack you in the head. Maybe that would knock the comprehension part of your brain into working order since I never implied that the teachers take the supplies home. syh
Quoting Anonymous:
Teachers aren't taking the stuff home for their own personal use. EVERY child in the classroom is allowed to use all of the items brought in. It seems many don't get exactly how an EFFECTIVE communal classroom runs. smh Read some of the posts from actual TEACHERS on here who have explained their system. I have to say, I like it. My child's room is set up that way. I parent volunteer, and that is one WELL RUN classroom. VERY ORGANIZED.
Quoting Anonymous:
She's getting the CHOICE to share. The teachers aren't taking it away and giving it to another child to keep. Why don't any of you get this?
If your daughter walked up and took another child's crayons (or whatever), would you not discipline her? Would you just allow her to take it from another child? Teachers are being allowed to just take things from children.
Quoting sharon_ellisa:
I guess I wont have any mommy friends either when my DD starts kindergarten in three years. I thought one of our jobs as parents was to teach our children to share, at least that is what I'm teaching my child. It totally warms my heart to see my 31/2 year old offering to share her Crayolas with other kids at home or even in preschool. That is the proper thing to do
Quoting TigOlBitties:
Oh my fucking goodness.
I don't have a school aged child yet, but I never would have imagined some of the petty shit mother bitch about. Crayola v Roseart!? Bahahahahah man I will have no mommy friends when my son goes to school if the majority are like this. Oh well.
I think my husband's a sociopath
- amandae21
on Jul. 21, 2012 at 8:44 AM