Yes, me ... the crazed looking mother in Target today with the 2 boys, big and little. One was madly playing his DS while taking the cart away from me so he could zoom through the aisles and the other one who was begging to look at the musical cards. I could not get out of the store fast enough and it still seemed like forever in there. Usually I don't mind a Target trip .... remember, I'm me, but today, 97 degrees, one week until school begins, my nerves shot ... it wasn't a merry journey.Oh and I'm still baffled ... why would you need 20, and they have to be purple, glue sticks for the 6th grade? And why are school supplies so expensive? This is public school for goodness sake ... you'd think they could furnish kleenex, at least.
Thanks for listening to my rant ... tomorrow will be better. Has to be.
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I think teachers overkill on the supply list so the ones that DO bring supplies can make up for the ones that don't. What drives me crazy are the supply lists we get in the middle of the school year for more supplies. I'm like hello?? How could you possibly have gone through so much stuff already??
I understand completely! My oldest daughter(now 34)we went from store to store trying to find everything on the list but by the time my 2nd daughter was in school the PTA at the school district we were in sold bags with all the supplies in them all made up for each grade. It was awesome and less expensive then going to the store!
I don't miss those days!!
Twenty glue sticks, you ask??? Because you're providing not only for your child, but for the class. Just think, 15 kids and each brings 20 glue sticks.
Jose is in 8th grade and I often wonder why he needs 2 packs of erasable colored markers? Hmmmm, maybe because the teacher needs them to write on the boards since most don't use chalk.
I'll tell you, Tanya, public school isn't what it used to be. I hear ya and I feel ya!
Sorry, bottom line, so the school doesn't spend any money. The parents are providing the supplies for the faculty too.
LOL! And purple?! Elizabeth only had 1 glue stick on her list... 20 is really a LOT.
First of all, 15 students would be a dream. Last year Ben's class started with 23 students and by the end, there were 29. Secondly, they do offer school supplies prepaid via the school and I might do that for next year ... it just (used to be) such fun to go out and buy the stuff ... the joy is gone, esp when the list for supplies gets so long and precise. The only thing we didn't find was the crayon AND pencil sharpener combo - puleez. Really?
And yes, mid year they ask for more kleenex, more antibacterial wipes, etc.
Tanya
I thought this is why we pay taxes.
I am so nieve I guess!
I remember the days. My kids went to public school. They seem to be selling something all the time and my kids wouldn't sell the products to raise money. Schools really get enough money, days off and alot of pluses, I don't understand it. What would they do if the students didn't bring those items? They must share. I know high school was a constant drain with marching band, and stuff all the time. But 20 gluesticks? Wow!
Watch for those glue sticks on ebay. What a racket. When I went to school a thousand years ago, everything was provided but pens, pencils and notebook paper. Ahem--I don't think glue sticks had been invented yet (truly--we had a squeeze bottle of Elmers). Oh--and rubber cement, which I adore. Wonder if they still sell that with the nifty brush. Brush it on--peel it off.
Glenna! I too loved rubber cement, ah yes - those were the days of really good school supplies. I think they do have rubber cement at Michaels ... if you want a childhood smell, go there. LOL
Tanya
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Hi Tanya!!! See me waving from across the ocean? I have not visited you in so long. A crazy summer here as we prepare to move in a couple of weeks. Well, not move then but start on renovations in the house and a move in November. I live among packed boxes as I have to space out the work with my health. I cannot wait to be finished and celebrating Christmas in a new house.
I smiled reading this. I think you need to share with us WHY he needs this amount of glue sticks when you find out. Are they planning on gluing their little behinds to the chair...lol? Life is just so expensive.
Love the new design! I have a silhouette wall in my house. Well, I did before it got taken down and packed in a moving box...lol. Great job!
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Heidi
Wow! My daughter started 6th grade last week and they needed three glue sticks. lol I did have to do some additional running to Staples because they wanted a legal size poly envelope. Of course, Target and Wal-Mart carried the letter size.
We go to the 75% off sale that Target has for school supplies to stock up for the next year. lol It works but we still end up having to go out for something out of the ordinary that the teachers request. I think they want all the extra supplies for those kids whose parents can't afford it and because their budgets have been cut so badly. I think they figure that the parents can all supply them and then whatever they can't get they'll use their money on.
From my experience in school, the number of glue-sticks (while overkill) are based on the fact that kids tend to push way too hard on gluesticks and completely mash them into uselessness. They also like to loose them.
Typically, schools won't share your child's stuff with all the other kids... that's why they ask you to label what you bought with your child's name. IF they do have to get them to share there is usually a note sent home to the parent whose child did not have the item.
However, that being said, many schools have programs where each grade brings an excess of a particular item, and the excess are collected from each grade to give to the children who cannot afford school supplies. Unfortunately when these types of programs are in place the only way you can opt out is by refusing to buy your child what is on their list.
Oh and the crayons... that is just a 64-pack of Crayola crayons - it comes with a built in sharpener in the box.
Those stinking lists and supplies and the people. OH the people. That's why I shop early. I have to. Or you'd see me on the news "Women injures stupid mamas during school supply shopping". LOL
Supplies are really funny and silly, but really important to the kids - so I try to get the cool stuff. : ) With the least amount of drama as possible.
My daughter turned 40 today and I spent the morning thinking back to her young-years... Part of that was her going to "first-days" at school - we moved alot and so Jenn attended about 8 schools in her 12 years - ending up in her Jr & Sr years at boarding school in England... I remember those days well, as a single mom the cost of new school clothing and the lists of school supplies was staggering - I had to spend the summer months saving up for those two days of shopping blitz getting ready for the "first-day"... Goodness forbid she didn't have the right pencils or erasers or a ruler that was 12" rather than the 18" on her list... they would be mortified - so better to have 20 purple glue sticks rather than none or red ones or those 3 for $1 at the Dollar store...
PatsyAnne
Nicky's school supply list was also crazy. In total he has over 2 dozen (!!) pencils, a big box of crayons, a big box of markers, three glue sticks, a pencil sharpener, five bucks in specific coins ... and lots more. It was just nuts.
You brought back memories Tanya! Just the other day one of our daughters and I were talking about the loooooong list of school supplies they used to get. A kazillion binders and hand sanitizer and kleenex were on the list too! Aren't you glad it's only once a year!
Mmmmm, i'm a little confused, so schools in the US don't supply these things? We just have to supply the basics, pencils, pens etc. I can imaging how expensive it must get. Thank goodness mine have grown up now, lol
My daughter is a schoolteacher and believe me, the supply list does NOT go to the faculty...I'm a little surprised by all the comments...we're in a recession people...things are tough...they don't pay teachers enough. My daughter spends plenty of her own money on projects for her 29 4th grade students! Off my soapbox now.
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