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[quote=Anonymous]What is really very funny to me is how this school supply thing is turning my 9 yo daughter into an indignant Randian (although she doesn't know what that means), even though we come from a very liberal household.

School asks parents to buy supplies in advance at the end of the year. They are delivered to the classroom in the first year.

DD was annoyed to discover that everything was basically put into a communal cabinet. And some kids take better care of the supplies than others. "So, if I want to get a pencil, I have to pick through the ones that haven't been chewed." DD exclaimed the other night. "Why can't I have my own school supplies?" She is totally grossed out and frustrated that some of the pencils already have erasers chewed off.

I had to laugh. She's right. Even though I do agree philosophically with the communal approach.

4th grade, by the way. North Arlington school.

I ended up buying her a few supplemental supplies of her own to keep in her desk. Which raises an interesting question if they go missing.[/quote]

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