on this crap! Every year it burns my arse to buy school supplies. We have to furnish copy paper and tissues as well! As a matter of fact, I am writing to the school board today to ask what exactly my taxes pay for!

I hate the school list! They won't let us label ANYTHING. I labeled ChooChoo's stuff last year and they sent a note home requesting that I NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!

So...I'm buying school supplied in excess to support the parents who aren't buying the supplies. AWESOME! I hate the way they're doing things like this.

I am SOOOO happy you put this blog up! I was JUST talking about this over the weekend with DH. It really chaps my ass to have a supply list a mile long and not be able to put my sons name on any of it. They put all the supplies on a big table and hand them out evenly to all the other children. UGH I could go on and on all day about this it makes me so angry!! I agree with what you wrote 110%

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and that's it! We provide them with one box of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer. We provide one glue stick, 2 pencils. When our kids need more supplies, we furnish it to them. But no, we do not send extras for the whole class. What are they going to do if we don't provide - kick my kids out of school? Don't think so.

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that I murdered someone when I put ChooChoo's name all over his stuff. They have even gone as far as to put on the supply list, "please buy items that are gender neutral" that way the girls won't end up with spiderman notebooks...and the boys won't end up with hannah montana folders. I could vomit over this list. It's sickening. I love how responsible,hardworking people are depended upon to pick up the slack of others constantly. We are always getting calls in our office asking us to do free surgeries for people who can't afford healthcare. I'm like, "no way. We tried that once and the people aren't even grateful, they treat us like crap when they come in with their sense of entitlement. Tell them to stop making payments on that brand new car and start making payments on some health insurance instead."

sorry...this is just a hot button topic for me.

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. ~Edward, Duke of Windsor, Look, 5 March 1957

out, BUT OF MY OWN CHOICE!!!!! NOT b/c they make me!!!!

of his things this year. And I will also be buying enough for my child only. Sorry, this aint the ATM.

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It does sound like you're stocking the classroom! And yes, I thought these were supplies for a high school age kid, not a 1st grader! Unbelievable!

We never see the list of requested supplies, if there even is one. Somehow, all the school stuff is mailed to BM & BM only. You know, it was one of those things were it didn't even occur to me until recently...why doesn't my husband, who has 50/50 custody, get any of the school paperwork? (Other than what SD8 brings home to us.) They should send copies of everything to both parents. This way nothing is forgotten & no one is left in the dark. I'm sure that BM set it up to be this way & my husband just went along with it at the time. Less work for him, right? Except that BM is TERRIBLE at doing this sort of stuff, so god only knows what gets done.

I'm sure that SD8 & former SD11 are 2 of the kids sponging off parents like you. BM gets them backpacks & that's it. Not a single school supply other than that. Every year since I've been in the picture, I've asked the kids what they needed for school. It's always "nothing" or "Mommy took care of it". BS!!! Mommy does NOTHING. Somehow, the kids end up with supplies from school & they buy a few things at the school store. This is not exactly taking care of it. Grrr...but I let it go because my husband & I had already been buying school clothes, shoes, boots, coats, hats, gloves, etc. Even for former SD11, who BM gets child support for AND she gets stuff directly from her dad (which would never make it to our house). BM again, would get the kids NOTHING.

Oh, and I agree completely on the whole hand sanitizer thing. It is crazy that they're using it to replace soap. I personally don't use that stuff & don't believe in it. It's alcohol....ohhh, big discovery! It's also FLAMMABLE! Plus, my brother works for an office supply company & he just told me that one company that makes hand sanitizer accidentally produced a batch that was contaminated with bacteria. So the crap people are slathering on to keep germs off them might actually be doing the opposite. Wonderful!

the parents dont have to buy the supplies, it is up to the teachers to supply the shit these kids need. the list is for those parents who want to 'help out'. i feel that each child should bring in supplies they will use themselves, not for those kids who's parents wont/cant buy them. of course, this starts a statistic kind of thing amongst the kids: if kid1 cant afford the stuff, then kid2 calls them poor. i think that the school should supply certian things and have the kids bring in only what they themselves will use.

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where the hell does the money from my taxes go??!! I pay an ungodly amount of tax, as does anyone who owns real estate, while the parents who have a passel of snot nosed little heathens rent and don't pay a dime towards our local school district.

The school supply list for our local school is ridicules - parents even have to supply 6 tennis balls each so the school can split them open and cover the desk & chair legs so they don't scratch the new floor - WTF?!

As I was typing this, the local radio station was doing a promo ad trying to get everyone to donate supplies for the kids who can't afford them...again, where do my tax dollars go????

makes me glad that my girls are grown. I used to buy them pencils and eraser and notebooks for them. That was it. This is way out of hand. What a bunch of BS.

That list does seem excessive. However, my family has always been one to go above and beyond. We've always tried to buy what was on the list, and email the teacher to see what else he/she would like for the classroom. The school budget is so tight already, that I would hate for the children to not be allowed any arts and crafts time b/c the teacher cannot afford to buy some glue/paper/glitter. It's really for the kids, you know? I would hate for a child whose parents do not give a damn to not be allowed to color or make art b/c they didn't bring in all the supplies they need. Six gluesticks may seem like a lot, but when I think about all the crap YSD used to bring home, I can see how she would use them all up during the school year. Also, I find it easier to pay all at once than to get an email once a month asking to bring another glue stick in, or another pack of pencils. As long as it benefits the children.

YSD teacher would ask (tell) every child to bring in $5 a month to cover classroom snacks. Used to piss me off. BUT, then I thought that it was something that the kids can enjoy, and $5 a month really isn't that much. So I wrote a check for the entire year, which pissed me off less than if I had to do it once a month.

I would draw the line at buying tennis balls though. Also, I was one of the poor kids whose war refugee parents couldn't afford new shoes, much less crayons. Maybe that's why I don't mind so much.

It does suck that some parents have this attitude of entitlement. Maybe it hits too close to home b/c so many of us are exposed to BM's who are entitled, and now another parent is being a financial succubus in our lives.

Maybe try supplying what you can, and provide the teacher with a note that you will replenish your BD's supplies in three months time?