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What?  No boxes of facial tissue or disinfectant wipes?  You got off easy.

-- Main.DanK - 24 Aug 2005


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At least you have a list. The lists for our schools come home with the kids and then the teacher expects all the materials the next day.

And what does a middle schooler need with colored markers and pencils. As I recall, except for art class, we were all done with drawing things in academic classes.


-- Main.AnneDwyer - 24 Aug 2005


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It <I>does</I> sound like they're micromanaging the school supplies. Back in MY day, the only thing we needed were a few marble notebooks and some pencils. The toughest part was trying to find college-ruled marble notebooks - even as a kid, I preferred the narrow lines, because I could cram more information into each page, and my penmanship was good enough that i could get away with it. 

Ditto with the <I>grrr!</I> on the calculator, though. If it's any consolation, even though a 4-function calculator was required for me starting in 8th grade, and the TI-82 was required for calculus, but we hardly ever used them. I actually lost my 4-function after a few weeks, and never replaced it; we had a few specialized 'calculator lessons' for the TI-82, which generally consisted of 15 minute presentations promptly ignored and forgotten. It was just barely enough to satisfy the district requirements with the loss of minimal class time; I got the impression that Mr. Rubenfeld (a great, great man if there ever was one) hated those things as much as I did. 

Have you talked to the teachers about it? I imagine there are probably more than a few traditionalists among them who would prefer not to use them, either. Rubenfeld was a rather young teacher, so it's not always a generational thing.

-- Main.IndependentGeorge - 24 Aug 2005


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You did get off easy. My lists are much longer. Well, not much. Had to go to three different places because no one had exactly what they want. 

We also have to get two of those ginormous Kleenex boxes for when they all get sick, starting sometime next week I'm sure.



-- Main.SusanS - 24 Aug 2005


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I would be happy if my school would actually <I>give</I> me a list.

-- Main.CatherineJohnson - 24 Aug 2005


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Of course, once I get the list, I won't be happy.

-- Main.CatherineJohnson - 24 Aug 2005


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Just be sure to tell Ben not to use his backpack in [[http://www.kitchentablemath.net/twiki/bin/view/Kitchen/BackpackInjuries][nonstandard]] ways.

-- Main.CatherineJohnson - 24 Aug 2005


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news flash: Apparently Drew, Marc, & Evan got their school supplies list in the mail today.

So I can send in a Staples order before we leave on Saturday, thank heavens.

-- Main.CatherineJohnson - 24 Aug 2005


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I forgot to mention the facial tissues (2 packs). I was reciting the list from memory.  

We went to register this morning. It was a zoo. Ben is nervous (Bernie says he is catching it from me; perhaps he is). 

-- Main.CarolynJohnston - 24 Aug 2005


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They took around 100.00 off of me for incidentals at registration, too. 

-- Main.CarolynJohnston - 24 Aug 2005


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