tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678933503618590263.post7043579876591146313..comments2023-06-10T03:02:57.950-05:00Comments on Counting Caballeros: School Days, School DaysCounting Caballeroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468483600948636452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678933503618590263.post-20426187984494448622013-08-16T15:42:23.354-05:002013-08-16T15:42:23.354-05:00I'm a teacher in the Netherlands. A public sch...I'm a teacher in the Netherlands. A public school. We charge the parents a stipend of about $45 for each kid attending our school each year. We pay for the supplies ourselves. Being in charge of ordering the supplies for our entire school, I know what needs to be bought down to the last eraser. For each child from the 3rd grade up (we have groups 1 & 2, that's our Kindergarten. In groups 1-8 kids are in elementary/primary school, they leave school for "high school" when they're about 12) we count 4-5 pencils a year, 2-3 erasers, one sharpener, one ruler. Crayons? No, because you cannot mix them, so we use colouring pencils in 12 colours. Each year the children get a new set that they have to work with the whole year. Of course we keep back ups, but not as much as you have to get for one kid!!!<br />Scissors get ordered once every 5 years, because they stay in the classrooms. Nothing is the children's "property", unless they bought it themselves. Lots of kids do, as we only supply the bare necessities. Paper? Glue? Binders? All supplied by school. <br />Lunch? They bring their own, just like the water bottles and fruit (no chips or candy allowed), we eat together in our classroom during lunch. <br /><br />Last year I read a blog about buying school supplies and I thought it was a silly system. Seeing what YOU have to get for 4 kids I think the schools have gone into collaboration with the stores. It's insane. What would happen if you would buy less, or the "wrong" brand? Would your kids be shunned? Learn less? Get teased?<br /><br />Good luck, Lady G. I'm going to enjoy 2 more weeks of summer holidays (we have 6 weeks here, not 2 months), pinning school ideas, study our new math books, do some scrapbooking. House cleaning? Yeah... maybe... or not ;-)<br /><br />Big Hug from across the Atlantic.Carinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772941432871185321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678933503618590263.post-11028220414820153022013-08-16T15:05:11.345-05:002013-08-16T15:05:11.345-05:00I remember school supply shopping when I was a kid...I remember school supply shopping when I was a kid. I got a Trapper Keeper, crayons, glue, pencils, and scissors. Then we'd get a box of tissues to donate to the class. I look at my kids' lists now and I wonder what they are doing that requires all of this extra crap when the majority of what they're learning is geared toward scoring well on some state or federal mandated test. I don't mind getting their supplies, I just don't think that it needs to be this complicated. <br />Counting Caballeroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468483600948636452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678933503618590263.post-87728867215069977902013-08-16T14:44:30.451-05:002013-08-16T14:44:30.451-05:00The whole school supply thing is crazy! If the te...The whole school supply thing is crazy! If the teachers want special supplies outside of the normal in order to keep the kids' stuff organized, then the school needs to pony up for the supplies, not the parents.Xinhhttp://xinher.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com