I just want to take a moment of silence for my credit card.
Ok I'm better. I went out today at lunch time to get school supplies for my kids. My daughter had a two page list of supplies. My son only about 10 items. Which is more like it. That's what I remember getting when I was in school. The basics...notebooks, pens, pencils, glue and so on.
Bree's list consisted of correction tape, 9 one subject note books that had to be coordinated with a pocket folder by color. Does any one know where the fuck I can find an orange one subject notebook? Come on...
It just a sad thing anymore. Why does a 6th grader need to have crayons? A 64 count no less.
Here's her list. Am I the only one that thinks that this is insane? Soon we'll have to buy a desk for them as well.
7 1 subject notebook (mmmkay that's fine)
2 yellow 3 subject notebook (check)
9 pocket folders (9??)
2 pk wide ruled loose leaf paper (check)
1 pen/pencil case (Ok)
1 plastic supply case (isn't that the same as above?!?)
5 blue or black pens (check)
2 red pens
5 #2 pencils
3 highlighters (my first thought was 3 yellow? Or Multi colored? Better get the mulit colored - But again 3?
1 box washable markers 8 count (OK)
1 box washable markers fine tip (Why 2 kinds? Can't they use the first kind? They have a tip to them)
1 box colored pencils 24 count
1 box 48 or 64 count crayons (are they going to have a coloring contest?)
1 set of watercolors
1 eraser
1 pair of scissors (I'm sorry but she has about 7 pair from every year of school)
1 correction tape – not correction fluid (Worried about them sniffin the stuff?)
1 bottle of white glue
1 roll of transparent tape
1 pkg of 3 x 5 index cards multi colored (Your just killing me right now!)
1 pkg of 4 x 6 index cards
1 compass (for 6th grade?- I am truly frightened right now)
1 protractor (to be honest I didn't even know what the hell this was)
1 ruler (again she has about ten of these damn things)
1 scientific Calculator (uh oh - I'm in deep shit when it comes to homework)
1 plastic crate (because they don't have lockers yet - So kids get free reign on other kids stuff)
2 rolls of paper towels (I'm used to this - But it's new to our generation)
2 packs of tissue paper
1 container of baby wipes
1 disposable camera ( I have no clue what this is for)
1 hand sanitizer (no pump)
1 terracotta pot 6” (all I have to say is what the fuck?)
1 container of Clorox wipes
** one pocket folder needs to be coordinated with one subject notebook in the following colors:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
The remaining four pocket folders can be of the child’s choice of design.
2 of the pocket folders will be for tests
You must label everything with first and last name.
This isn't including the uniforms, backpacks & lunch boxes that I have to buy.
Okay I'm done crying the blues.
We didn't buy that much and we're homeschooling Bear this year. Yeesh!
Posted by: Jim at August 12, 2004 03:49 PMI kept waiting for it to end:
"Burning credit card? Priceless."
I remember those school lists. Torture. It's so weird here-everything is free. The kids, decked out in uniforms, just show up on Monday. I can get behind that!
Posted by: Helen at August 19, 2004 04:26 AMBaby wipes and Clorox wipes? What are the kids doing in school now-a-days. Schools are too poor to purchase plain ol' soap?
Posted by: ensie at August 21, 2004 09:41 PMher chiropractor will thank you years later after lugging all that stuff around sends her to him.
Posted by: liz at August 23, 2004 09:05 PM