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Anonymous wrote:I am.also a middle school teacher. I ask students with last names beginning with A-N to.donate a.box of tissues, O-S to.donate a bottle of hand sanitizer, and T-Z.to donate a container of wipes.

This past year, out of 145 students, I got two boxes of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer, and one container of wipes. I sent out multiple messages asking for tissue donations in particular, but I didn't get any additional donations. 😔

We typically went through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so I had to buy A LOT of tissues (as well as over 1000 pencils) to.get us through the year.

As a middle school teacher, I would be thrilled if students just brought their own supplies (including pencils and chargers) and could donate some tissues!

Probably because by middle school kids should be figuring out how to wipe their own noses. I would have ignored your request too.

Hey rude PP,

Do you always carry around your own tissues, or do you occasionally rely on the ones you find in your office? It’s quite reasonable to assume a classroom will have a box of tissues; I wouldn’t assume each child should be carrying around his/her own.

And to the teacher PP,

I get it. I teach high school and have to supply the tissues for my classroom. I buy in bulk at Costco / Sam’s, but it still costs a small fortune. Thank you, from one teacher to another, for what you do.

Whose office supplies tissues?? Maybe I've been in the public sector for too long but I've always brought my own boxes of tissues. And my own pens because theirs are junk, off brand ones here.

Wonderful for you. You have to supply tissues for one person.

A teacher supplies tissues for 150ish people. Not quite the same?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am.also a middle school teacher. I ask students with last names beginning with A-N to.donate a.box of tissues, O-S to.donate a bottle of hand sanitizer, and T-Z.to donate a container of wipes.

This past year, out of 145 students, I got two boxes of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer, and one container of wipes. I sent out multiple messages asking for tissue donations in particular, but I didn't get any additional donations. 😔

We typically went through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so I had to buy A LOT of tissues (as well as over 1000 pencils) to.get us through the year.

As a middle school teacher, I would be thrilled if students just brought their own supplies (including pencils and chargers) and could donate some tissues!

Probably because by middle school kids should be figuring out how to wipe their own noses. I would have ignored your request too.

Hey rude PP,

Do you always carry around your own tissues, or do you occasionally rely on the ones you find in your office? It’s quite reasonable to assume a classroom will have a box of tissues; I wouldn’t assume each child should be carrying around his/her own.

And to the teacher PP,

I get it. I teach high school and have to supply the tissues for my classroom. I buy in bulk at Costco / Sam’s, but it still costs a small fortune. Thank you, from one teacher to another, for what you do.

Thank you to all teachers!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am.also a middle school teacher. I ask students with last names beginning with A-N to.donate a.box of tissues, O-S to.donate a bottle of hand sanitizer, and T-Z.to donate a container of wipes.

This past year, out of 145 students, I got two boxes of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer, and one container of wipes. I sent out multiple messages asking for tissue donations in particular, but I didn't get any additional donations. 😔

We typically went through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so I had to buy A LOT of tissues (as well as over 1000 pencils) to.get us through the year.

As a middle school teacher, I would be thrilled if students just brought their own supplies (including pencils and chargers) and could donate some tissues!

Probably because by middle school kids should be figuring out how to wipe their own noses. I would have ignored your request too.

Then teach your child how to do so and send your child with his/her/their own tissues in their pocket or backpack. Then the teacher doesn't have to supply tissues.

My.kids carry a packet of tissues in.their backpack so they are self-sufficient. Even so, if a teacher requests donated tissues, I'll donate tissues.

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in public school and never received supply lists. I send them with a backpack, folders, pencils, graph paper and call it a day (middle and high school) But we live in a low income district where most parents can’t/wont buy supplies even if there was a list.

Ours are online and you have to search for them. No one gives them to you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am.also a middle school teacher. I ask students with last names beginning with A-N to.donate a.box of tissues, O-S to.donate a bottle of hand sanitizer, and T-Z.to donate a container of wipes.

This past year, out of 145 students, I got two boxes of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer, and one container of wipes. I sent out multiple messages asking for tissue donations in particular, but I didn't get any additional donations. 😔

We typically went through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so I had to buy A LOT of tissues (as well as over 1000 pencils) to.get us through the year.

As a middle school teacher, I would be thrilled if students just brought their own supplies (including pencils and chargers) and could donate some tissues!

Probably because by middle school kids should be figuring out how to wipe their own noses. I would have ignored your request too.

Hey rude PP,

Do you always carry around your own tissues, or do you occasionally rely on the ones you find in your office? It’s quite reasonable to assume a classroom will have a box of tissues; I wouldn’t assume each child should be carrying around his/her own.

And to the teacher PP,

I get it. I teach high school and have to supply the tissues for my classroom. I buy in bulk at Costco / Sam’s, but it still costs a small fortune. Thank you, from one teacher to another, for what you do.

Whose office supplies tissues?? Maybe I've been in the public sector for too long but I've always brought my own boxes of tissues. And my own pens because theirs are junk, off brand ones here.

I have two kids in public school and never received supply lists. I send them with a backpack, folders, pencils, graph paper and call it a day (middle and high school) But we live in a low income district where most parents can’t/wont buy supplies even if there was a list.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am.also a middle school teacher. I ask students with last names beginning with A-N to.donate a.box of tissues, O-S to.donate a bottle of hand sanitizer, and T-Z.to donate a container of wipes.

This past year, out of 145 students, I got two boxes of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer, and one container of wipes. I sent out multiple messages asking for tissue donations in particular, but I didn't get any additional donations. 😔

We typically went through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so I had to buy A LOT of tissues (as well as over 1000 pencils) to.get us through the year.

As a middle school teacher, I would be thrilled if students just brought their own supplies (including pencils and chargers) and could donate some tissues!

Probably because by middle school kids should be figuring out how to wipe their own noses. I would have ignored your request too.

Hey rude PP,

Do you always carry around your own tissues, or do you occasionally rely on the ones you find in your office? It’s quite reasonable to assume a classroom will have a box of tissues; I wouldn’t assume each child should be carrying around his/her own.

And to the teacher PP,

I get it. I teach high school and have to supply the tissues for my classroom. I buy in bulk at Costco / Sam’s, but it still costs a small fortune. Thank you, from one teacher to another, for what you do.

Anonymous wrote:I see some wild complaining on this site about school supply lists. Only the pedantic DCUMs think teachers care if parents buy the 8 vs 10-count markers.

Right?? I think it’s your fault if you decide to buy every dang thing on the list (six weeks before school starts!) For years I have just waited to see what the teachers actually said they needed instead of going by the lists, which were clearly weird and not actually what any individual teacher wanted. If there was something on the list that looked like my kid would actually need (like pencils) I would send it. Otherwise I would wait for an email from the teacher and respond if reasonable. Those teachers who had specific needs were never shy about email them. I think I learned my lesson with a very nutty PK3 teacher who emailed parents asking for $200 each for supplies and also requesting fresh flowers.

I see some wild complaining on this site about school supply lists. Only the pedantic DCUMs think teachers care if parents buy the 8 vs 10-count markers.

Anonymous wrote:I am.also a middle school teacher. I ask students with last names beginning with A-N to.donate a.box of tissues, O-S to.donate a bottle of hand sanitizer, and T-Z.to donate a container of wipes.

This past year, out of 145 students, I got two boxes of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer, and one container of wipes. I sent out multiple messages asking for tissue donations in particular, but I didn't get any additional donations. 😔

We typically went through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so I had to buy A LOT of tissues (as well as over 1000 pencils) to.get us through the year.

As a middle school teacher, I would be thrilled if students just brought their own supplies (including pencils and chargers) and could donate some tissues!

Probably because by middle school kids should be figuring out how to wipe their own noses. I would have ignored your request too.

My kid is 13 and I think I only bought school supplies two years.

I teach 5th.

The supply list would be way shorter if I got to create my own, but I have grade level colleagues who insist on things like the 5 composition books. I put the extras in a cabinet (labeled) and hand them back in June to hopefully save the parents a tiny bit of hassle. I’d be annoyed, too.

Some years a class goes through a particular item ridiculously fast, so you increase the amount requested following year, and then it turns out to be a different item they burn through by winter break.

I never, ever have enough tissues. Some kids refuse to use the same tissue for more than one blow, so during allergy season we can go through a box in a day easily.

For labeling— I make a sheet of printer labels for each child, and we label together in class during the first week. The only things I collect are tissues/paper towels/wipes/ziploc bags. Kids with pre-labeled supplies just chill while the rest of us are labeling.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d love to hear from teachers. Are they annoyed at the whole school supplies issue? Surely it’s a problem to have to fill all your cabinets with tons and tons of supplies (maybe getting them 2x a year would be better?). Are teachers annoyed that other teachers want the composition books and they don’t?

We always get a plea mid year for more Kleenex and wipes. I wish teachers and schools would be honest and admit they aren’t ever going to have our kids using 12 pencils a year or more than 5 pages in a notebook because we are “rich and lucky enough” to have iPads for each kid starting in kindergarten. 4 boxes of Kleenex, 2 tubs of wipes, a box of ziplocks, a box of markers or colored pencils and a 5 pack of pencils is all each kid needs, sadly.

We get this plea for Kleenex and antibacterial wipes too. I don’t understand. How does a class go through 80 boxes of Kleenex and 60 antibacterial wipe tubs (3x20)? And all before Christmas? The math ain’t mathin. And I see everyone bringing the correct supplies on back to school night.

30 glue sticks a person is kinda wild too. I’m super into art projects and my kids go through maybe one glue stick a month for all 3 of them.

My.classes (in middle school) go through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so it's possible! I.had a student this past year who used an entire.box of tissues by herself over the course of three hours (I had her for academic class and Advisory back-to-back, so it was three hours). Her parents said she had allergies and that it wasn't their responsibility to supply tissues for school, so she didn't have her own box.

I am.also a middle school teacher. I ask students with last names beginning with A-N to.donate a.box of tissues, O-S to.donate a bottle of hand sanitizer, and T-Z.to donate a container of wipes.

This past year, out of 145 students, I got two boxes of tissues, one bottle of hand sanitizer, and one container of wipes. I sent out multiple messages asking for tissue donations in particular, but I didn't get any additional donations. 😔

We typically went through 2-3 boxes of tissues per week, so I had to buy A LOT of tissues (as well as over 1000 pencils) to.get us through the year.

As a middle school teacher, I would be thrilled if students just brought their own supplies (including pencils and chargers) and could donate some tissues!

Teacher here. On the school supply list that we hand out it notes which items that should be labeled. Glue, crayons are shared items. If we do not use that students personal items I will send them back home with them.