I know the waste is not in all school districts but the one I worked in was very wasteful. The district is very well off and as for many of the teachers as well. The money the teachers spend is to decorate their classrooms. I worked in a ritzy district and neighborhood.

Why try when free is readily available?

Proverbs 31:6 6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

So has everything else.

About half the kids that come to my class don't have supplies and I teach elementary school. I make them line up and face the other direction from the class. If school supplies are not important enough for them to bring, their not important enough to teach! I figure it will just get them ready for real life... line up and get your lone star card, wic voucher, section 8 voucher, etc.. I'm tired of wasting my time with these dummies! Just serve them lunch and send them home!

You might want to consider a new profession, for your sake and the sake of the kids. Also, "their" should be "they're".

I'm an educator, English III.

Being in the education system is hard, but of course, it's all about "choice."

Reading and listening to people talk about teachers and the education system is also hard, and it's all about "choice" as well.

I try not to complain about education much, or my job. I can read enough about it in forums.

"Purchased school supplies" is a mainstay in elementary and even into middle/junior high, not high school. If my students don't have supplies, a pencil and a piece of paper, they don't care. They are too busy on their phones anyway.

Addendum: Nobody pays to see a teacher "teach," but they will pay to go watch a ball game! You've all heard that before.

...no wisdom

So a 2nd grader should be punished for their parents decision. I've had a lot of kids that were in this situation that went on to big things because someone got supplies for them and were given the opportunity to he successfull. The poverty cycle and poor choice cycle will continue.

no a 2nd grader should not be punished for the bad decisions of their parents, but my child and I should not be forced to pick up their parents slack either. Nor should the teacher. Give those kids some basic supplies, and let them be the ones to do the fundraisers to help cover the cost. Don't make it where my kid can't have the binders, folders, pencils they want because they will all be put in a classroom supply bucket where the kid who doesn't bring supplies gets the mechanical pencils they want and my kid ends up with the basic #2 yellow pencil.

I don't think you have to pay for school supplies here.

LOL

I always thought I would send my kids to private school. I must have been on crack. LOL

http://www.popschool.net/admissions/tuition__rates

Its almost football season where even the carpiest teams have state of the art equipment and stadiums. But god forbid I have to pay for dang pencils for these trash children. for the love, buncha real Christians on here.

How many times does it have to be stated the school building itself, athletic facilities, athletic equipment, band hall, band instruments, etc have NOTHING to do with the funds used for education?

well, we got the art list yesterday. more pencils, more glue, more markers. Even if only half the kids bring the required amount, that's 144,000 pencils.

Teachers spending their own money on classroom supplies is their choice. My ex whined about it every year then she would run out and buy things to make the classroom pretty. Then write it off on her taxes.
As far as underpaid, it was their career choice and they knew the pay going in, if not they should of researched their career path better.