Ping
Normally I would not post an article this old. It's been at least a year since Neal wrote this, but I think it is a good concept for discussion. I espcially like how he used this as an opportunity to educate another adult so that they saw it in a different light. It seems people make mistakes not out of malice but out of ignorance. Part of the reason teachers do this is to prevent the embarrassment of those whose parents cannot afford school supplies. Unfortunately in the process of not wanting to hurt one group, they hurt another.