I am a First Grade teacher and I am so annoyed with the people on here that are complaining about the school supplies they have to buy for THEIR OWN children! I buy supplies for 22 children that are NOT mine. Believe it or not, as many items as are on those lists, it does not include everything. Nobody pays for the literature we read, the teaching books that we tear pages out of or photocopy to give your children, the "cute" classroom decor that makes for a fun and creative learning environment for your child, the file folders to store your child’s information, and most to-the-point, the school supplies for the kids whose parents are too busy complaining to buy them.
I do not require the name-brand stuff, but I appreciate them because the glue lasts longer, the markers dont dry up as fast, and the scissors dont just rip the paper. As for the baggies, the teacher will be sending things home in them, such as flash cards. I also put snacks that I BUY in them for your kids to eat.
country212531gal:
How about you not make assumptions about things you obviously have no clue about?
First of all, I have no red marking pencils on MY school supply list.
Secondly, I AM buying all of my books for tearing our pages. In fact, I just spent another $75 at Lakeshore today on some Math word problem ones.
And thirdly, I work in a Title 1 (low income area) school and we actually DO buy our own ink and paper for our printers.
To Bunnyrabbit:
I totally understand parents who are on a tight budget. I respect you for doing what you can to help your child, and you are not the type of parent I am talking about here. I am talking about parents who drive nicer cars and live in better homes than I do, but still complain about buying school supplies and expect that I should do it for them.
You do not strike me as one of the "complainers" that annoy me. Thank you for doing what you can!
I’m not a teacher but I completely agree.
You know what’s funny? SOme of the loudest complainers either have questions or have answered questions regarding game systems/video games, etc. It’s really funny. What? You can buy $30-50 games (not to mention the systems) but you can’t spend money to provide the best eduation for YOUR child?
I don’t get it. It’s this attitude that the "teachers are out to get ‘em".
If they only knew how much teachers pay out of their own pocket -it’d blow their mind.
Off-brand items are horrible 9 out of 10 times. The only thing I’ll buy off-brand is RoseArt map pencils. But I still send Crayola to school for my kids.
Thank you for doing what you’re doing. These people should volunteer once in a while at school – it’s painfully obvious that they don’t know the real "workings" of a classroom or school system.