OK CAPTAIN MY SPARKLE PENCIL..... You are now in charge of 20 eight year olds. You say... get out your scissors. What do you think is faster? Having those 20 kids pawing through their desks of varying degrees of cleanliness or plunking down the communal bucked and saying, come get a pair"???????
I asked parents to spend an average of less than $2 a month on school supplies. Stop bitching. Want fancy pencils and sharpeners shaped like pikachu? Well there is always homework. Use them at home when you do your assignments. Nobody is saying you cant have a freaking one direction folder. Im just asking you to keep it at home.
No wonder kids are getting harder to manage. Their parents are a bunch of spoiled brats!
That's why when mine were in elementary school i didn't buy any specialized school supplies that were just for them. I knew they were all put into a bin, or whatever.
I agree with you. It's really not a battle parents should waste their time on.
So very true!
And go to jail for assault over school supplies?
Quoting Anonymous:
I would smack you if you were my kids teacher
The only reason I wouldnt want that to happen is it would make me sad to have one of my students parents arrested in front of the whole school. Im guessing your kids have seen worse though. =(
Quoting Anonymous:
I would smack you if you were my kids teacher
2012-2013 Supply List
Second Grade
1 8 oz. bottle Elmer’s school glue
2 Elmer’s Glue Sticks - Jumbo
1 pkg. 12 x 18 manila paper (40-50 count) (BOYS) *
1 pkg. 9 x 12 manila paper (50 count) *
1 pkg. 12x18 colored construction paper(40-50 count)(GIRLS) * 1 pkg. 9 x 12 colored construction paper (40-50 count) *
1 pkg. notebook paper wide-ruled, 200 count
2 PLASTIC 2-pocket folders
1 1 inch 3-ring binder with side pockets
2 spiral notebooks (70 count, wide-ruled, single subject)
1 pkg. notebook dividers with pockets
2 dozen #2 pencils (made in the USA), presharpened
1 pencil bag
2 pink erasers
2 highlighters
2 24 count (not larger) boxes Crayola crayons
1 box of 12 colored pencils
1 pair Fiskars scissors – pointed
1 box gallon size zip-lock freezer bags (GIRLS)
1 box quart size zip-lock freezer bags (BOYS)
2 boxes tissues
Seems reasonable to me.
So, why is it all about what makes the teacher's life easier? I don't see anything wrong with that cute pencil or the decorative folder.
I also don't see anything wrong with expecting your child to use what you paid for rather than some other child paying for it.
I don't get what is the big deal with just keeping your own stuff and expecting other parents to get their kids their own stuff. We never shared in any of the classrooms I was in and there were never any problems.
You are one of the parents that make it harder on the teachers. My goodness!
Quoting Anonymous:
I would smack you if you were my kids teacher
At what age should I tell my son dh is not his bio dad?
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on Jul. 21, 2012 at 8:22 PM