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NYC_SKP

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3. I no longer teach, but GF is a second grade teacher, I'll pass this on.

Reply to enlightenment (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 07:01 PM

Aug 2014

Of course, while a loan helps, it's still a travesty that schools often don't supply what was once taken for granted, like pencils and paper.

And, while parents are asked to provide these things for their children, if they don't somebody has to.

Teachers shouldn't have to shell out any personal funds for supplies.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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School's back on - and the parents are struggling (toon) [View all] Mira Aug 2014 OP

We need a toon showing how teachers have to spend hundreds of own $$$$ NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #1

Does your teachers credit union enlightenment Aug 2014 #2

I no longer teach, but GF is a second grade teacher, I'll pass this on. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #3

Oh, I agree absolutely. enlightenment Aug 2014 #5

Last year I went to a PTA meeting christx30 Aug 2014 #14

Thank you. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #15

I'm thankful there are people christx30 Aug 2014 #16

Where do you teach? WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2014 #7

CSN. enlightenment Aug 2014 #12

Thanks, and back at you! WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2014 #18

Precisely. enlightenment Aug 2014 #19

this is one thing Mississippi, of all places, gets right dsc Aug 2014 #4

Well, hell!!! Thank God for Mississippi! Those of us in the Southern states always use japple Aug 2014 #9

That's wonderful. DamnYankeeInHouston Aug 2014 #11

Same with N.J. If its required, schools gotta pay for it. Hoppy Aug 2014 #13

If they became a corporation I wonder if they could write it off rpannier Aug 2014 #8

Now that I run my own preschool, I get to write off all of my business expenses. DamnYankeeInHouston Aug 2014 #10

Neither teachers nor parents should have to go through this. RandySF Aug 2014 #20

And private schools are no easier on supplies. RandySF Aug 2014 #6

I remember going to the school supply every year with my mother and buying a carload of supplies BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #17