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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just looked up the required school supplies for my DD's school, and I'm baffled by the list. Namely, I don't understand why there are some supplies that are required for girls only and others that are required for boys only. I could understand if they were boy or girl-specific hygiene supplies but this really makes no sense.

Here are the specific items. Anyone have any insight as to why these items are required for one gender or the other? I'm especially curious about the glue. WTH?

? BOYS: 1 bottle of Elmer’s WHITE glue 
? GIRLS: 1 pack of baby wipes 
? BOYS: ziplock bags: Gallon 
? GIRLS: ziplock bags: Quart[/quote]

Clearly they are equating girls with smallness and mommies....girls would have the baby wipes because they already have children.  As for the white elmers glue, white, coming out of a tube with a boy.  Clearly this relates to FLE (Family and Life Education).

The larger ziplock bags for the boys...well that is because we all know that boys are better, and larger zip locks are better.

They probably want the boys to bring in pencils, and the girls to bring in sharpeners...

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This is the funniest thing- I am sitting here by myself laughing!
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