O.K. I've gotten used to providing tissues and even baby wipes, but now I have to send in a ream of copy paper? Are they kidding?

Don't bring it then. It's not like they stand there with a check list.

Your child will still be allowed to attend - trust me.

What?

Have class assignments come in the mail to some students?

No....but here is a supply list.

What is a ROLE of paper towels? Is it an acting assignment? What would be my motivation for that role? How would I get into that character?

Lucky spell check works for the District. Now, if only they could proofread. Or maybe they just "sample" the writing assignments from administration.

Interviewer: So, Ronkas, in your role as "Paper Towel" you did an excellent job of helping the audience feel your quilted-ness. Obviously, you were playing one of the most famous paper towels of all, Bounty. What techniques and tools did you use to learn what it was like to BE Bounty?

ronkas: Well, I read the autobiography, "My life in kitchens." I found Bounty's story to be inspiring. Finding a place where one can show quilted-ness requires great concentration. I also had to eat a lot of pancakes and marshmallows...

So, that's why Ron is on the hot Sox list, oh sorry, you said, "Bounty".

Don't squeeze the Charmin, honey. I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK

Team assignments for Hadley came in the mail today. Now begins the phone calls to find out who else is on the same team.

8-2. I couldn't be more thrilled.

The summer of love continues into the school year. Perhaps you could be like an uncle?

Okay, Our oldest starts kindergarten this fall and is the first of the DTM clan to attend D 41. I already can tell this is going to be a battle.

Issue #1 School Supply list

For crying out loud, why do they have to be so damn specific? I can't find Prange oval water colors...they only come with glitter in them! Is that a problem?

Issue #2 School pictures

Since when did school pictures get taken BEFORE school starts?? We are on vacation up to the day before school starts. If they don't have a picture makeup day then my son's face will not be there...

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If they don't have a picture makeup day then my son's face will not be there...

Worry not, DTM! Your child's photo will be taken. unfortunately, it will be taken against the wall of the cafeteria, and will look like a mug shot.

DTM:

What school is your child going to? I never got a note about school pictures being before school starts.

Picture day is such a major orchestration that before school is definitely better. And they will do an official re-take day so don't worry. The mug shots are for the kids that move in later and they missed re-take day - gotta love that!

By the way, I get a little irritated by the supply lists too but I can tell you from a former Art Teacher's perspective, that Prang watercolors are far superior to any other brand. Better color saturation, they last longer, they just make a better result which WILL matter to your cute little one. I'm kind of suprised you are having such a hard time finding the watercolors....did you go to Target? They used to carry them. Hobby Lobby probably has them but it's kind of a pain to go to ANOTHER place!

I think I've posted it before, but I hit my limit when in middle school my kid was instructed to bring 5 or so folders, each of different specific colors. I grabbed 5 manilla folders and a black marker, wrote "RED" on one and said "There's your d@mned red folder" ...

In elementary it used to piss me off when we'd buy our kids a decent pair of scissors, a nice box of crayons, or something, and they'd just toss them all in a bowl for common usage, so our kid never got to use the ones we bought them or learn about maintaining their own supplies.

The other

Wow. Personally, I like my kids to feel good about going back to school. And learning to share can be a good thing...

I do agree it is important to teach your child about sharing but I agree with Dinsdale. I would want my child to be using the school supplies that he picked out. That is special to a child! Not sure how it all works yet, my oldest is just starting kindergarten.

I don't care what my kids use. But I wonder what happened to all the scissors that were bought last year?

Our elementary (not in GE) has the kids label all their items (except tissue boxes..) and keep them in their own desk. I think in Kindergarten, when they had tables and not desks, they put supplies in a common area, but I'm pretty sure they still used their own stuff.

My comment was aimed more at the issue with different colored folders.