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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey teachers! I just did my back to school shopping and I’d love to hear your perspective. I feel like I only ever hear parents complaining about school shopping. I don’t mind purchasing supplies for the classroom at all, but I can’t tell if something is a shared supply or individual.

-do you hate it if parents label supplies? I never know what to label and what not to label. Like a ruler or a composition book. I’m definitely not labeling crayons or anything weird like that.

-what do you do when you have too much of something?

- how do you come up with these lists? One year it’s a school box wanted and next it’s a vinyl zippered bag. Do you actually care or is that just what the list says? (I know the list is for 4-6 classes per grade, not just your class)

- and then of course there’s the super hard to find item every year. This year it’s a 16ct crayon. The thing I’ve never ever found is an 8ct multi cultural crayon. It must be like the holy grail because Walmart/target/amazon only carry 24ct. I’ve seen them on eBay but marked up to 20x their original price.  I also needed 8, 8cts of crayons last year. Where do they go? Lol

-does it bug you if you say “black composition” but the kid comes with a pink one?

Love you all! Keep sharing your Amazon wishlist needs because I love to fill them, especially middle of the year. [/quote]

The school box vs. vinyl bag thing I care about.  I don't actually care which one it is, but I'm going to store them in the classroom, and transport them to specials, based on what they are.  So, if I've been told that we're asking for school boxes, I might set aside shelf space in a cabinet to stack them, and if I am told I'm getting vinyl bags, then I plan to put them in a tote, and since the vinyl bags will roll of the shelf, and the school boxes will open and spill in the tote, it will annoy me.  I want them the same.

As far as the number of items, I care far more about brand than number.  Buying the 24, when I asked for 16 is fine. Buying 10 markers, if I asked for 8 is fine.

As far as color, it probably says black, because people don't always know what a composition book is, and this tells them what to look for.  Pink is fine.  On the other hand, if it says "one red, one yellow, one blue" folder I have an organizational system, and if you send in puppies, kittens and unicorns all in shades of pink and purple, that won't work.  [/quote]

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