Why are we forced to share school supplies

[Anonymous]

Why does my 1st grader still have to share his school supplies with all he’s “friends”?
Personally I don’t like it. Do you?

[Anonymous]

I do not care. I have at least 3,456,657 concerns that are more pressing.

[Anonymous]

I don’t like it either but it’s not the hill to die on.

[Anonymous]

Here we go again.

It is good for your child to learn to share. The real reason is that you don’t like to share.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I do like it. It encourages working together and is more efficient for the teacher allowing more time for instruction.

[Anonymous]

Hate it. Shares germs and colds. When they get in older grades it’s better.

[Anonymous]

I really don’t mind. I usually send in extra supplies anyway.

[Anonymous]

If it makes the teacher’s life easier, I’m all for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate it. Shares germs and colds. When they get in older grades it’s better.

In older grades, they share textbooks and computers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hate it. Shares germs and colds. When they get in older grades it’s better.

In older grades, they share textbooks and computers.

In older grades, they are sharing a great deal more than that.

[Anonymous]

FWIW when I grew up there was no sharing school supplies because the school provided everything up until 7th grade. If I wanted to Make America Great Again, I would make sure schools had funds to do that (and also for teachers not have to buy supplies).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I do like it. It encourages working together and is more efficient for the teacher allowing more time for instruction.

Agree with both reasons

[Anonymous]

Go to a non poors school and you won't have to

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to a non poors school and you won't have to

Not true even for privates. You might not share pencils or whiteboard markers, but you’ll still share other classroom supplies.

If your child is harmed by sharing, homeschool.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and don’t love it for germ reasons (I’m immunosuppressed) but a lot of my students come from cultures that have more collectivist than individualistic beliefs, so it’s more within their comfort level. There really isn’t an issue with people not getting things back that they’ve shared so it works and doesn’t make the kids who don’t have enough supplies feel shamed.

We don’t get many parent donations (focus school) so I supplement from my own pocket and it’s less expensive to buy stuff kids can use communally than to make sure each child has their own set of every supply they’ll need.