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Title: School shopping Post by jimmers on Aug 30th, 2006, 8:39pm What the hell ever happened to needing a coupla pencils/pens and 2 notebooks? Now it seems kids need to have half the shit at Officemax. WTF? Oh, and lets not forget the 3 boxes of kleenex from every kid in the class. I'm thinking the teacher never has to buy Kleenex for the rest of her life. Jimmers |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Charlotte on Aug 30th, 2006, 8:54pm My kid Cathy is 17. She started jr college this week. She has a tablet, a pencil, a pen, & $500.00 's worth of books. Whew. Charlotte |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Melissa on Aug 30th, 2006, 9:14pm Tell me about it!! 6 notebooks, 6 folders, pack of pencils, colored pencils, highlighters, dry erase markers, erasers, ruler, protractor, pens, book covers and some other crap I don't remember. jeez! :o |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by brewcrew on Aug 30th, 2006, 9:24pm Wait 'til they start requiring a laptop. |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by chewy on Aug 30th, 2006, 9:24pm I just got 100 backpacks full of school supplies donated to me. Wanna buy a #2 Dixie cheap? 8) |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Jonny on Aug 30th, 2006, 9:29pm #2 pencil in my day.........God, im old :o |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Paul98 on Aug 30th, 2006, 9:32pm Some of the school districts in NY are proposing students get laptops. What ever happened to learning to read, write, add, subtract, multiply and divide. I remember school suplies were pencils, eraser, sharpener, a few notebooks and perhaps some clothes and shoes because I grew out of last years. Book covers were made from paper bags from the grocery store. -P. |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by ShariRae on Aug 30th, 2006, 9:41pm Our district had the b*lls to REQUIRE all high school students have a certain calculator that costs $165-$185.00..no matter what math class they were taking. I sent a letter stating that I will NOT be buying this for my daughter as I had a hard time affording the other $110.00 worth of supplies they required..and if they deemed it THAT necessary for students to have..they should provide them for classroom use. WTF... Happy School Days! Much Love Shari |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by paulc on Aug 30th, 2006, 10:04pm I can't relate...started working in a coal mine when I was two years old, 23 hours a day, no pay because it was an apprenticeship...still at it, still an apprentice. What are books? |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Charlotte on Aug 30th, 2006, 10:16pm Books are these really neat things, cardboard & paper or cloth covers, papers with words on them are in between the covers. If you're lucky, you get pictures, too. Charlotte |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Barry_T_Coles on Aug 30th, 2006, 11:00pm on 08/30/06 at 22:04:46, paulc wrote:
They are the modern equivelent of the stone tablet I used to have. Pencils have replaced the stone hammer and chisel so common in my era. We learn't real early not to make mistooks, rubbing out was just to hard. ;;D |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by cootie on Aug 30th, 2006, 11:14pm The clothes freak me out.......tiny real short little cheer leader lookin skirts and skin tight thin tops for the girls.........cripes..........kiddie teaser pleasers Pam I seen sum little girls about 6 or 7 years old at the store dressed like hookers.....they had VERY short dresses on with high heel black boots that went up to the knee.....one had high heeled boots just above the knee with a short short pleaded skirt and short tight top and they were with there parents !!!!??? :-/ |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by paulc on Aug 30th, 2006, 11:22pm on 08/30/06 at 22:16:16, Charlotte wrote:
They sound neat...whatcha do wit dem? [smiley=huh.gif] Time to go to work...got to load 16 tons, what do I get? |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Charlotte on Aug 31st, 2006, 12:10am ...another day older and deeper in debt. St Peter doncha call me cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store. Charlotte |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by paulc on Aug 31st, 2006, 1:22am on 08/31/06 at 00:10:39, Charlotte wrote:
Ha! You must be as old as me to know the lyrics to that song-it was a trick! Sung by the late, great Tenessee Ernie Ford (no relation to Henry) [smiley=laugh.gif]! |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Mrs Deej on Aug 31st, 2006, 2:11am on 08/30/06 at 21:29:36, Jonny wrote:
:-X :-* |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by jimmers on Aug 31st, 2006, 8:26pm Oh, and I almost forgot! I was supposed to drop all this stuff of at Christophers school today between 1 and 2 pm.. Who the hell has time to do these things during working hours? Sometimes I think they believe we are all Ward and June Cleaver types! (Hello, some of us work more that 9 months a year!) Sorry for the vent Jimmers |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Jonny on Aug 31st, 2006, 8:32pm on 08/31/06 at 02:11:13, Mrs Deej wrote:
Im not that old, Sweetie ;) (Sorry, Zip ;;D ) |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Redd715 on Aug 31st, 2006, 8:38pm I paid my half....and then some... I'm still wondering what happend to free public education.... after all was said and done, over 100 bucks for one student? Free educations? Something doesn't compute...LOL |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by LeLimey on Sep 1st, 2006, 6:47am Wait til you have three kids in school uniform too.. blazers, shirts, ties, sweaters, skirt/trousers, regulation socks, regulation shoes, regulation back pack etc not to mention the usual stationery supplies (and the shaggin calculators!) THEN you get to add in sports kit. Rugby kit for boys, grass Hockey for girls and boots for both, football (soccer) uniforms and boots for both, Gym kit and shoes and swimming costumes - school ones.. Sending kids to school isn't education anymore, its bloody extortion racket! Oh and then we have the joy of all the field trips to pay for too! One a term minimum for three kids and after school activities soon means there is just way too much month left at the end of money :-/ |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by roy21302 on Sep 1st, 2006, 2:54pm Gosh!! Its really good to be a Grandad, all the nice bits no pay. PAUL watch out for the ground water in those deep mine in the Netherlands, you might get your feet wet. When I went to school we had slate and chalk, it was that long ago ha ha -------------------------------------CheersROY ;;D |
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Title: Re: School shopping Post by Charlie on Sep 1st, 2006, 5:55pm When I was in school......yes, we had them even my my day, we had to bring new notebooks...that most guys filled with drawings of dogfights and tank battles. We never had to buy books though. Mostly teachers managed to find copies of any "special" books for us. It was fun buying all those pencils though. We had such good intentions in September. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/writer.gif Charlie |
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