DAD-BURN school supplies....I've been hornswaggled
We have three....
The oldest is 15....she doesn't have a list like the others but manages to have fees for things like lockers, lab fees, "donations" and books that add up to a hefty amount. She is costing us about $200 in things we HAVE to pay. Not including the usual clothes and all we suddenly have to buy (like she was naked all summer long.)
The middle child (11 yr old) has to have.....5 one subject notebooks, 3 composition notebooks, 3 five subject notebooks, hand sanitizer, clorox wipes, garbage bags, paper towels, 12 inch ruler, expo dry erase markers, colored copy paper, white copy paper, 5 two pocket folders, mechanical pencils, #2 pencils, ball point pens, erasers.
The last child....he is 10 and we haven't gotten the list yet for him. I can just imagine it looks a lot like the other child of mine's....but with zip lock bags instead of clorox wipes. For some strange reason I will always have ONE that has wipes on the list....and the OTHER will have zip lock on theirs.
I became a volunteer to get Chris' school supplies. I will get all of his things together and get his books so he can be working from home....so he won't be behind in school. (The 10 yr old friend of my son's who was in a car accident not long ago.)
WOW....is this getting expensive!!! I had a little "mad money" to pay the young people who SAY they are going to help us move pretty soon....but that is gone way WAY gone!
The oldest is 15....she doesn't have a list like the others but manages to have fees for things like lockers, lab fees, "donations" and books that add up to a hefty amount. She is costing us about $200 in things we HAVE to pay. Not including the usual clothes and all we suddenly have to buy (like she was naked all summer long.)
The middle child (11 yr old) has to have.....5 one subject notebooks, 3 composition notebooks, 3 five subject notebooks, hand sanitizer, clorox wipes, garbage bags, paper towels, 12 inch ruler, expo dry erase markers, colored copy paper, white copy paper, 5 two pocket folders, mechanical pencils, #2 pencils, ball point pens, erasers.
The last child....he is 10 and we haven't gotten the list yet for him. I can just imagine it looks a lot like the other child of mine's....but with zip lock bags instead of clorox wipes. For some strange reason I will always have ONE that has wipes on the list....and the OTHER will have zip lock on theirs.
I became a volunteer to get Chris' school supplies. I will get all of his things together and get his books so he can be working from home....so he won't be behind in school. (The 10 yr old friend of my son's who was in a car accident not long ago.)
WOW....is this getting expensive!!! I had a little "mad money" to pay the young people who SAY they are going to help us move pretty soon....but that is gone way WAY gone!
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wait till college... 0 -
Cheaper just to put them up for adoption. [:D][:D] I remember the days, but I can't figure out why a kid has garbage bags on a school supply list. 0 -
Its beauty school or vocational school.....well, I hope not.....kinda. 0 -
Sounds like they are a drain on society. I don't know why in the hell you had more than one..... 0 -
I'll be writing a couple of big checks in a few weeks for my son's tuition and books. In a few years you'll long for these days. 0 -
iluvguns....you are just an A$$ if you don't agree with every little thing someone else does aren't you. Mine will be just fine. I have the clorox wipes and hand sanitizer....maybe all of the rest....who knows....I quit trying to check the list and just went off what I remembered toward the end. 0 -
When I look at your lists it is clear your school is going the way of many. It appears you are buying some general supplies for the whole classroom to use. They will be collected by the teacher and used by the school and the classroom. Paper towels and trash bags are not educational supplies. Next thing the kids will be taking their own TP and who knows what else so the school can keep the "budget" down. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by William81
I'll be writing a couple of big checks in a few weeks for my son's tuition and books. In a few years you'll long for these days.
Don't know if this makes me a terrible parent or not, but I told my boys if they wanted college after they turned 18 and graduated from high school, that they could get $50,000 for college and 3 hots and a cot if they joined the military. My thinking is this would make them more responsible.0 -
and it all comes from CHINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 -
Not an ass...just agreeing with YOU! 0 -
So we are in agreement that it is rediculous what all the schools call..."supplies." Also that if you go to buy these things for more than one child you can spend a small fortune.....that is all I was saying. I guess we DO agree then. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by sarge_3ad
quote:Originally posted by William81
I'll be writing a couple of big checks in a few weeks for my son's tuition and books. In a few years you'll long for these days.
Don't know if this makes me a terrible parent or not, but I told my boys if they wanted college after they turned 18 and graduated from high school, that they could get $50,000 for college and 3 hots and a cot if they joined the military. My thinking is this would make them more responsible.
Absolutely not - military service is great! I told my kids the same. I retired from the USAF 10 Jul (currently on terminal leave until end of Aug). As I end my career, my oldest (18) started his 28 Jun at the US Air Force Academy. It's always his dream since I can remember. His total scholarship package is valued ~ $300,000 (academic is around $120,000).
I have another son (15) that until recently is considering following big brother's foot step. My wife and I are blessed with two wonderful sons and are very proud of them.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
So we are in agreement that it is rediculous what all the schools call..."supplies." Also that if you go to buy these things for more than one child you can spend a small fortune.....that is all I was saying. I guess we DO agree then.
Just a thought but have you considered school supplies (pencils, notebook, packs, etc ...) with your business printed on them [:p][}:)][^].0 -
I often wonder at this time of year what the school district does about all those kids whose parents don't have the money (which averages about $200/kid) into school supplies at the beginning of the year. And a lot of those "supplies" are at the discression of the teacher, not required by the curriculum.
I mean, "clorox wipes," "gabage bags," "a box of tissues"? WTH?!? Are we supplying our kids or the kids' classroom?
When I worked for the school district, on my first day, I went to the front office to inquire with the main office secretary about supplies for my desk, you know, paper clips, post-it notes, staplers, etc... She about laughed me out of the office. Was I nuts? School district does not supply "supplies," bring your own....
Government can find the money to fire off a probe to Mars, and send another shuttle into space, but to fix crumbling bridges or supply schools with what they need to teach our kids? Heck no!0 -
same here LF my wife just did the school shopping for our 2 , they are 15 & 11 , sounds like we got off a little cheaper than you did but its still way more that it needs to be 0 -
I will trade with you. I am spending $700 on text books next month. 0
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