“”When I went to elementary, all I brought was a spiral notebook, loose leaf paper, and a pack of pencils and a ruler. That was IT! Now it’s everything from hand sanitizer to white board markers.””
I was reading this and trying to remember THAT LONG AGO! We went to elementary school with pencils in a pencil box and I believe that was it.
For junior high - probably the same thing along with a notebook and notebook paper. Same with high school.
NEVER was a list sent home to tell a parent what they needed to provide to the school for the classroom.
You know what? That was when we were there for an education and got it! Somewhere along the line, someone decided that schools were better run as dictatorships..
We didn’t need anyone to tell us what we needed to have to carry our books in. We carried them in our arms and that was even when we had to walk to and from school. What slobs we must have been to be so ignorant of what it took to get an education.
My biggest problem in high school was getting my tenor sax home to practice with an armload of books but I did it.
If parents today know they have to provide supplies for their own children, other people’s children and for the school as a whole, why aren’t they shopping for the best deals all year long? I’ve heard parents just recently talk about supplies running out in the stores because everyone is out shopping. No kidding!!
Have to add that we lived in a farming community. There wasn’t much to go around but when neighbors needed help, everyone was there to help. No bureaucrat came around to tell us what we HAD to do for others!
I don’t even have kids in school any more but this still gripes me!