Back to school shopping

talloulou · 08-05-07, 04:46 PM

So are the teachers out of control everywhere or just here? My kids back to school shopping list had me parading around town visiting store after store because the list is so damn absurd.

Some of the more annoying goofy $hit on this years list for second and third grade:

They don't just need erasers they need and I quote, "Hi Polymer white drafting erasers" WTF is up with that? What the hell is wrong with the pink erasers kids have been using since the beginning of time, huh?

Next up: "1 Tombow MonoAqua dual tip glue" with a helpful note that it can be found at JoAnns. WTF happened to Elmer??

Oh and I need to buy a box of organic fruit leather! Now fruit roll ups are everywhere but this organic fruit leather I'm not finding anywhere.

Back to school shopping shouldn't be akin to hunting down the holy grail.

Why are the teachers so specific? I get insisting on Crayola for all the markers and crayons and what not because cheap wax crayons really suck. But why insist on PeeChee folders? There are a million folders and they all hold paper so why do I have to buy the cheap a$$ PeeChees that the kids don't like and they actually don't hold up all that well.

Pencils must be Ticonderoga! How come?

Anyway I'm just biatchy because THE LIST had me running all over town. Plus it gets longer every year. Doesn't the school supply anything? The best part is the whole, "Don't put your kids name on these things because they are community supplies."

So basically you gotta buy twice as much crap because you gotta have your own supplies at home as you will never again see any of this crap you bought once you hand it in.

CaptainCourtesy · 08-05-07, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by talloulou

So are the teachers out of control everywhere or just here? My kids back to school shopping list had me parading around town visiting store after store because the list is so damn absurd.

Some of the more annoying goofy $hit on this years list for second and third grade:

They don't just need erasers they need and I quote, "Hi Polymer white drafting erasers" WTF is up with that? What the hell is wrong with the pink erasers kids have been using since the beginning of time, huh?

Next up: "1 Tombow MonoAqua dual tip glue" with a helpful note that it can be found at JoAnns. WTF happened to Elmer??

Oh and I need to buy a box of organic fruit leather! Now fruit roll ups are everywhere but this organic fruit leather I'm not finding anywhere.

Back to school shopping shouldn't be akin to hunting down the holy grail.

Why are the teachers so specific? I get insisting on Crayola for all the markers and crayons and what not because cheap wax crayons really suck. But why insist on PeeChee folders? There are a million folders and they all hold paper so why do I have to buy the cheap a$$ PeeChees that the kids don't like and they actually don't hold up all that well.

Pencils must be Ticonderoga! How come?

Anyway I'm just biatchy because THE LIST had me running all over town. Plus it gets longer every year. Doesn't the school supply anything? The best part is the whole, "Don't put your kids name on these things because they are community supplies."

So basically you gotta buy twice as much crap because you gotta have your own supplies at home as you will never again see any of this crap you bought once you hand it in.

I can understand some specifics if a generic would put the child at some sort of disadvantage. But the line that got me annoyed was this, "Don't put your kids name on these things because they are community supplies." If the are community supplies then why doesn't the school pay for them? My mom was a teacher for 40+ years. If there were 'community' supplies ether she or the school provided them. Is it your job to buy supplies for other children?

talloulou · 08-05-07, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCourtesy

I can understand some specifics if a generic would put the child at some sort of disadvantage. But the line that got me annoyed was this, "Don't put your kids name on these things because they are community supplies." If the are community supplies then why doesn't the school pay for them? My mom was a teacher for 40+ years. If there were 'community' supplies ether she or the school provided them. Is it your job to buy supplies for other children?

Are you kidding? Some of the crap on the list this year included disinfectant wipes, paper towels, 5 packs of white wide lined paper, ect. You most definitely are buying for other children. And it's not like they check your student off for having brought the stuff in. The kids whose parents bring in the list of goodies do and the ones who don't simply don't. No one keeps track.

CaptainCourtesy · 08-05-07, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by talloulou

Are you kidding? Some of the crap on the list this year included disinfectant wipes, paper towels, 5 packs of white wide lined paper, ect. You most definitely are buying for other children. And it's not like they check your student off for having brought the stuff in. The kids whose parents bring in the list of goodies do and the ones who don't simply don't. No one keeps track.

I hope you got my post correct, talloulou...I think I was agreeing with you. I think it is absurd that you should have to support other kids with what you buy.

Sergeant Stinger1 · 08-05-07, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by talloulou

Are you kidding? Some of the crap on the list this year included disinfectant wipes, paper towels, 5 packs of white wide lined paper, ect. You most definitely are buying for other children. And it's not like they check your student off for having brought the stuff in. The kids whose parents bring in the list of goodies do and the ones who don't simply don't. No one keeps track.

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I don't understand! Why are you made to buy these things? Shouldn't our gov, state and town tax's be paying for all of this or am I behind times?
First day of school I gave my kids a pad, pencil, a book bag and a kick in the AZZ to get them back to school.
Next will you have to be buying the chalk for the black board?

talloulou · 08-05-07, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCourtesy

I hope you got my post correct, talloulou...I think I was agreeing with you. I think it is absurd that you should have to support other kids with what you buy.

I understood you completely.

For what it's worth though I don't actually have a problem paying for things that go to other kids. I just think if the schools need more money taxes should be raised and everyone should pay. I don't like that the shopping lists keep getting longer and longer every year. It really makes you question how the school budget is set up and how much is going to waste. For my daughters class I had to buy two black sharpie markers. The kids don't use these. They're for the teacher only. So why put it on the list and make 25+ kids bring in two sharpies each? It's just craziness. I honestly just think it's the teachers getting a little out of control with their "lists."

vvx · 08-05-07, 09:58 PM

Sounds like some teacher/school got the wrong idea about what shopping for school supplies is supposed to be for the students. They're making you buy the school's materials. Personally I'd write a letter to the principal on the chance it's just a stupid teacher and not the whole school.

talloulou · 08-05-07, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by vvx

Sounds like some teacher/school got the wrong idea about what shopping for school supplies is supposed to be for the students. They're making you buy the school's materials. Personally I'd write a letter to the principal on the chance it's just a stupid teacher and not the whole school.

Nah it's the whole school. I know 'cause I biatch about it every year. Hell if you look back to the posts this time last year I probably was biatching then too.

CaptainCourtesy · 08-05-07, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by talloulou

Nah it's the whole school. I know 'cause I biatch about it every year. Hell if you look back to the posts this time last year I probably was biatching then too.

I'm almost sure you are right...I seem to remember it. It's bugging me...I've got to go see if I can find it.

Rick · 08-06-07, 01:54 AM

Don't complain - the property taxes of people without kids in school are picking up almost all of your education bill.