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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be really pissed if I bought my child the higher quality markers and someone else bought the cheap ones that dry out quickly and then the teacher gave my child the cheap ones. I buy everything on the supply list, and specify my child is to keep everything I send them to school with.

I buy a box of tissues for the classroom and DH drops off a box of reams of paper within the first week for the classroom. We don't believe in hand sanitizer. [/quote]

Our kid's supply list specifies brands to that this problem can be avoided.  If your kid picks a dried out marker out of the communal bin he can grab a different one.  Your kid isn't going to be screwed over because other parents are cheap.[/quote]

Our school supply list also specifies brands but that's total bs. I'll get the brands I want my child to have. Sorry but in public school you can't BOTH not provide the school supplies AND dictate which brands to buy. You can say blue pens or black, but not Bic vs. Papermate.[/quote]

[b]Most parents aren't such pains in the ass that they would refuse to buy the suggested brand and then insist that the teacher go out of her way to make sure that Suzy have exclusive use of THIS pack of markers.  All the other kids notice that Suzy does things differently, and god forbid her markers mix and mingle with the others on the table because the teacher has been given EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS that this not happen.[/b]

I hope you are putting Suzy's name on every pencil, eraser and marker because otherwise there's little chance that they will remain hers alone in a classroom where all those items are pooled.  Aside from hers, of course.[/quote]

It's a total non-issue. This is what pencil cases are for. She keeps all her things in her desk. I do label her box of crayons, which she also keeps in her desk, as well as her bag of markers and her pencil case. It all stays in the desk.[/quote]

I feel really sorry for your kid. [/quote]

Yes, someone needs to read Mrs. Piggle Wiggle and the Selfishness Cure.

http://annieandaunt.blogspot.com/2013/07/mrs-piggle-wiggle.html[/quote]

Expect each child to be responsible for the own materials - problem solved.  [/quote]

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