Backpack handouts for needy kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick of all these same people simply living off handouts, this country now has no incentive to lead a normal life style including a job.

Don’t donate then. The money is not coming out of your pocket so why do you care if a poor child can get a better chance at an education?

I don’t, my taxes are already paying for these free loaders. Wake up people.

Your taxes are not paying for these back to school backpack programs. And your taxes are now feeding fewer hungry children through school feeing programs. You got what you wanted. Are you not happy that poor children are left to starve and be disadvantaged? I guess it isn’t enough?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and it’s a huge mindset some people even in schools have to avoid doing things or making policies that help the 85% of the kid population because they’re so damn worried about thwarting the 15% who might take advantage or fake it. Wow so some kid gets a new backpack they didn’t totally need. Who cares if 200 other kids who really needed one got one? You can’t spend your whole life only thinking about catching the “bad” because then you are incapable of actually serving and helping the good.

Oh but you can. If you try really hard enough, you can justify standing on the necks of those less fortunate when they’re down on the ground instead of offering them a hand up. If you do it often enough, it’s not even hard work after a while. Eventually you stop trying to justify it to yourself and you start judging others who don’t do it too. Those suckers who give out free backpacks to these users who hoard backpacks and school supplies are trying to ruin our country with their communism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and it’s a huge mindset some people even in schools have to avoid doing things or making policies that help the 85% of the kid population because they’re so damn worried about thwarting the 15% who might take advantage or fake it. Wow so some kid gets a new backpack they didn’t totally need. Who cares if 200 other kids who really needed one got one? You can’t spend your whole life only thinking about catching the “bad” because then you are incapable of actually serving and helping the good.

Oh but you can. If you try really hard enough, you can justify standing on the necks of those less fortunate when they’re down on the ground instead of offering them a hand up. If you do it often enough, it’s not even hard work after a while. Eventually you stop trying to justify it to yourself and you start judging others who don’t do it too. Those suckers who give out free backpacks to these users who hoard backpacks and school supplies are trying to ruin our country with their communism.

You think people giving charity out of their own pockets are communists? Not how communism works in theory or practice. Maybe in HS World History, you should have paid attention to the lessons rather than worrying if your classmates were hoarding free pencils.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick of all these same people simply living off handouts, this country now has no incentive to lead a normal life style including a job.

Normal lifestyle including a job eh?

Just don’t ever get sick, or marry a vet with PTSD, or have a sick parent, or have a special needs child...

Yep.

I can attest from my own experience living in MoCo, you can work multiple jobs, live in a cheap apartment, ride the bus or walk, and do everything else legally allowed to make ends meet and still struggle to fill a thrift store backpack with dollar store school supplies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and it’s a huge mindset some people even in schools have to avoid doing things or making policies that help the 85% of the kid population because they’re so damn worried about thwarting the 15% who might take advantage or fake it. Wow so some kid gets a new backpack they didn’t totally need. Who cares if 200 other kids who really needed one got one? You can’t spend your whole life only thinking about catching the “bad” because then you are incapable of actually serving and helping the good.

Oh but you can. If you try really hard enough, you can justify standing on the necks of those less fortunate when they’re down on the ground instead of offering them a hand up. If you do it often enough, it’s not even hard work after a while. Eventually you stop trying to justify it to yourself and you start judging others who don’t do it too. Those suckers who give out free backpacks to these users who hoard backpacks and school supplies are trying to ruin our country with their communism.

You think people giving charity out of their own pockets are communists? Not how communism works in theory or practice. Maybe in HS World History, you should have paid attention to the lessons rather than worrying if your classmates were hoarding free pencils.

Maybe you should’ve paid attention to how sarcasm works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My complaint is that the abusers of this system take a backpack away from another child who doesn't have one yet. I am also talking about the events where the backpacks are donated by companies and many of these are very high quality. Companies like Target will donate very nice backpacks for these.

It's the same with toys. The abusers go around to multiple events and take away toys that other kids won't get to get. I know that many of these charities share lists between themselves to ensure that families only go to one, but that's easy to subvert.

On the whole, I hope that most recipients of these things are honest and only take what they need. But I have witnessed firsthand some are not.

It's not my biggest worry in the world, but it grates on me to witness people take advantage. Or they get a backpack but complain about the color.

How many of these events do you go to such that you know that families go to multiple events and take "too many" toys?

I think you're full of sh1t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and it’s a huge mindset some people even in schools have to avoid doing things or making policies that help the 85% of the kid population because they’re so damn worried about thwarting the 15% who might take advantage or fake it. Wow so some kid gets a new backpack they didn’t totally need. Who cares if 200 other kids who really needed one got one? You can’t spend your whole life only thinking about catching the “bad” because then you are incapable of actually serving and helping the good.

Oh but you can. If you try really hard enough, you can justify standing on the necks of those less fortunate when they’re down on the ground instead of offering them a hand up. If you do it often enough, it’s not even hard work after a while. Eventually you stop trying to justify it to yourself and you start judging others who don’t do it too. Those suckers who give out free backpacks to these users who hoard backpacks and school supplies are trying to ruin our country with their communism.

You think people giving charity out of their own pockets are communists? Not how communism works in theory or practice. Maybe in HS World History, you should have paid attention to the lessons rather than worrying if your classmates were hoarding free pencils.

Maybe you should’ve paid attention to how sarcasm works.

This is probably the worst example of “sarcasm” on DCUM today. I guess you were also distracted in English class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP, as a general rule, your first reflex must always be to think that these donations are needed. You seem to be stuck on the “Welfare Queen”-type scenario: did you know this concept was completely manufactured by Reagan and has never had any basis in fact? Please register what the teacher wrote above, it’s all true. People hardly never donate good quality things.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sick of all these same people simply living off handouts, this country now has no incentive to lead a normal life style including a job.

Normal lifestyle including a job eh?

Just don’t ever get sick, or marry a vet with PTSD, or have a sick parent, or have a special needs child...

Yep.

I can attest from my own experience living in MoCo, you can work multiple jobs, live in a cheap apartment, ride the bus or walk, and do everything else legally allowed to make ends meet and still struggle to fill a thrift store backpack with dollar store school supplies.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who can afford to buy supplies etc generally do not have the time or energy to run scams to get that stuff for free. I mean, I pay extra for Amazon to bring me a two pack of something I only need one of, so I don't have to deal with the store -- you think I'm going to go around picking up donated backpacks?

If you assume the people being helped actually need help, you will be correct at least 90% of the time if not 100%.

If you are ordering from Amazon do you think you would qualify for free backpacks and supplies?

No. Which is why OP's scenario doesn't happen in real life and is a non-concern.

[Anonymous]

My kid’s Title I school distributed backpacks. We don’t need one and his first year, he went to grab one at open house and I tried to stop him. The counselor told me there were enough for all kids, and that if kids who don’t need them take them, too, it’s fine.

We replaced the freebies with a bigger, more sturdy one a couple of years later, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and it’s a huge mindset some people even in schools have to avoid doing things or making policies that help the 85% of the kid population because they’re so damn worried about thwarting the 15% who might take advantage or fake it. Wow so some kid gets a new backpack they didn’t totally need. Who cares if 200 other kids who really needed one got one? You can’t spend your whole life only thinking about catching the “bad” because then you are incapable of actually serving and helping the good.

Oh but you can. If you try really hard enough, you can justify standing on the necks of those less fortunate when they’re down on the ground instead of offering them a hand up. If you do it often enough, it’s not even hard work after a while. Eventually you stop trying to justify it to yourself and you start judging others who don’t do it too. Those suckers who give out free backpacks to these users who hoard backpacks and school supplies are trying to ruin our country with their communism.

You think people giving charity out of their own pockets are communists? Not how communism works in theory or practice. Maybe in HS World History, you should have paid attention to the lessons rather than worrying if your classmates were hoarding free pencils.

that poster was mocking the mean people
You could not figure that out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and it’s a huge mindset some people even in schools have to avoid doing things or making policies that help the 85% of the kid population because they’re so damn worried about thwarting the 15% who might take advantage or fake it. Wow so some kid gets a new backpack they didn’t totally need. Who cares if 200 other kids who really needed one got one? You can’t spend your whole life only thinking about catching the “bad” because then you are incapable of actually serving and helping the good.

Oh but you can. If you try really hard enough, you can justify standing on the necks of those less fortunate when they’re down on the ground instead of offering them a hand up. If you do it often enough, it’s not even hard work after a while. Eventually you stop trying to justify it to yourself and you start judging others who don’t do it too. Those suckers who give out free backpacks to these users who hoard backpacks and school supplies are trying to ruin our country with their communism.

You think people giving charity out of their own pockets are communists? Not how communism works in theory or practice. Maybe in HS World History, you should have paid attention to the lessons rather than worrying if your classmates were hoarding free pencils.

that poster was mocking the mean people
You could not figure that out.

That poster should have responded to one of the mean people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s Title I school distributed backpacks. We don’t need one and his first year, he went to grab one at open house and I tried to stop him. The counselor told me there were enough for all kids, and that if kids who don’t need them take them, too, it’s fine.

We replaced the freebies with a bigger, more sturdy one a couple of years later, though.

I would imagine most of the kids only use these backpacks for a year and then get a new one the next year, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and it’s a huge mindset some people even in schools have to avoid doing things or making policies that help the 85% of the kid population because they’re so damn worried about thwarting the 15% who might take advantage or fake it. Wow so some kid gets a new backpack they didn’t totally need. Who cares if 200 other kids who really needed one got one? You can’t spend your whole life only thinking about catching the “bad” because then you are incapable of actually serving and helping the good.

Oh but you can. If you try really hard enough, you can justify standing on the necks of those less fortunate when they’re down on the ground instead of offering them a hand up. If you do it often enough, it’s not even hard work after a while. Eventually you stop trying to justify it to yourself and you start judging others who don’t do it too. Those suckers who give out free backpacks to these users who hoard backpacks and school supplies are trying to ruin our country with their communism.

You think people giving charity out of their own pockets are communists? Not how communism works in theory or practice. Maybe in HS World History, you should have paid attention to the lessons rather than worrying if your classmates were hoarding free pencils.

Maybe you should’ve paid attention to how sarcasm works.

This is probably the worst example of “sarcasm” on DCUM today. I guess you were also distracted in English class.

New poster here. Actually it wasn’t. I caught the sarcasm immediately. Don’t try to pawn your lack of understanding on another person’s writing style. It reflects poorly on you