[grayeagle]

We just bought school supplies for our 4 grandchildren. I was a little burnt when my wife told me. The teacher sent home a 8 1/2 x 11 page list of supplies each kid needed. But what really ticked me off is the teacher added this note at the bottom (I paraphrase):

Please do not put names on the supplies, they will be kept in my desk and distributed on an as-needed basis to all kids in the class.

It's a good thing Grandma was their to mediate.

[Starstruck]

Please do not put names on the supplies, they will be kept in my desk and distributed on an as-needed basis to all kids in the class.

Sounds a little like communism.

[Westbrook]

> Please do not put names on the supplies, they will be kept
> in my desk and distributed on an as-needed basis to all
> kids in the class.

Yes, of course. It’s a collective, after all.

Ask your grandchildren the difference between a collective and a cooperative.

Hint: one of them is compulsory and the other is voluntary.