What supplies are they talking about? When I was in school the kids had to bring their own crayons, pencils, tissues, etc. The teacher's supplies came from a teacher supply store or a big educational supply house. What supplies are they buying at Wal-Mart?
So much stuff comes from China but last I checked, Wal-Mart isn't in charge of the Chinese workers. I know the libs are all for China, so what is the heartburn?
I always wondered why I was paying $6,000 a year in taxes (and that was 10 years ago, much more now!)
Let me tell you that the School Supply List given to kids now is outrageous.
We spend a couple HUNDRED dollars every September for my kids to be outfitted....and that's not even counting the new shoes, bookbag and clothes.
This is a basic list for 2nd graders:
1 medium sized supply box
3 marbled composition books
1 pair blunt-tipped Fiskars scissors
1 box of tissues
1 box Ziploc bags (boys)gallon sized or (girls)quart sized
5 pocket folders (1 each red, blue, green, yellow and purple; no names on folders)
1 pack no. 2 pencils (plain are best)
1 pack wide-ruled notebook paper
1 box of 24 crayons
1 pack of index cards (3x5)
3 glue sticks (not labeled)
1 box of baby wipes
2 picture folders (for privacy folders)
1 bottle Elmer's glue
6th Grade:
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade Specific Courses
Two Trapper Keepers (different colors)
Two packets of 12 pencils (#2 pencils)
Package of blue or black pens
Four packets of loose leaf paper
Ruler (metric and standard)
1 four function calculator (no scientific calculators)
Four composition notebooks
Highlighter
Two Glue sticks
One bottle of glue
Fiskars scissors
Box of tissues
Fine point dry erase marker
Packet of divider tabs
4 two pocket folders without prongs
When the kids start taking upper math courses (8th thru 12 grade) they request a special calculator (TI-83/84) that costs about $100.
Public education is far from Free....
"So much stuff comes from China but last I checked, Wal-Mart isn't in charge of the Chinese workers. I know the libs are all for China, so what is the heartburn?"
Do you care about the Chinese workers?
Are you content for others to be enslaved as long as your needs are met?
Slavery is like cancer, it spreads, in fact, it is already here. You'll feel the pain soon enough.
Gads. I must be OLD. When I was in grade school, all I took to school was myself. We even got new pencils every 6 weeks, as well as crayons and notebooks. Scissors, rulers and erasers were school property. We used them, we put them back in the boxes on the teacher's desk at the end of the class.