Stitching away - Page 2

> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>> On 8/5/09 10:30 AM, in article
>> e2a1cb63-2961-464c-b572-2ae5a90e37c2@26g2000yqk.googlegroups.com,
>>
>>> Can't you at least get some guaranteed basics ahead of time - paper,
>>> spiral notebooks, pens, pencils?
>> Some teachers specify certain brands or colors or .....
>>> I know what you mean though - here, once the kids hit 8th grade, you
>>> may as well wait.
>> I got a complete, or nearly so list, of what DD needs this year for 6th
>> grade. Complete with different style pens, roller ball, ink colors, flair
>> markers etc.
>>
>> SCREAM
>
> What happens if the child is, like me, colour blind?

> On 8/6/09 3:16 AM, in article oM6dnUa71K2wHufXnZ2dnUVZ8vqdn...@bt.com,
> "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)" <ricardiante...@btinternet.co=
m>
> wrote:
> > Cheryl Isaak wrote:
> >> On 8/5/09 10:30 AM, in article
> >> e2a1cb63-2961-464c-b572-2ae5a90e3...@26g2000yqk.googlegroups.com,
> >>> Can't you at least get some guaranteed basics ahead of time - paper,
> >>> spiral notebooks, pens, pencils?
> >> Some teachers specify certain brands or colors or .....
> >>> I know what you mean though - here, once the kids hit 8th grade, you
> >>> may as well wait.
> >> I got a complete, or nearly so list, of what DD needs this year for 6t=

> >> grade. Complete with different style pens, roller ball, ink colors, fl=

> >> markers etc.
> >> SCREAM
> > What happens if the child is, like me, colour blind?
> I really don't know. For "Language Arts", she needs a blue pen, a red mar=

> and a black roller ball style pen.
> For Art, she needs brand X colored pencils, a box of #2 pencils and brand=

> erasers.
> And it goes on and on....
> Cheryl- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -

>> On 8/6/09 3:16 AM, in article oM6dnUa71K2wHufXnZ2dnUVZ8vqdn...@bt.com,
>> wrote:
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>>
>>> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>>>> On 8/5/09 10:30 AM, in article
>>>> e2a1cb63-2961-464c-b572-2ae5a90e3...@26g2000yqk.googlegroups.com,
>>
>>>>> Can't you at least get some guaranteed basics ahead of time - paper,
>>>>> spiral notebooks, pens, pencils?
>>>> Some teachers specify certain brands or colors or .....
>>>>> I know what you mean though - here, once the kids hit 8th grade, you
>>>>> may as well wait.
>>>> I got a complete, or nearly so list, of what DD needs this year for 6th
>>>> grade. Complete with different style pens, roller ball, ink colors, flair
>>>> markers etc.
>>
>>>> SCREAM
>>
>>> What happens if the child is, like me, colour blind?
>>
>> I really don't know. For "Language Arts", she needs a blue pen, a red marker
>> and a black roller ball style pen.
>>
>> For Art, she needs brand X colored pencils, a box of #2 pencils and brand Y
>> erasers.
>>
>> And it goes on and on....
>>
>> Cheryl- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Oh for the days when the school districts actually could
> supply students. I don't recall any fancy pens, pencils
> etc in school. Just good old pencils. And we, never, never
> had to purchase supplies. I guess that's what happens
> as we pay more and more per student and get less and
> less.
>
> Nancy

> I'm just amazed that it's legal to specify a brand of colored pencils for
> example. =A0Honestly, I think it's not legal - just the teachers do it an=

> Should be something like "box of colored pencils with 12 colors" , black
> pens, #2 pencils, etc.

>
>>> On 8/6/09 3:16 AM, in article oM6dnUa71K2wHufXnZ2dnUVZ8vqdn...@bt.com,
>>> wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>>>>> On 8/5/09 10:30 AM, in article
>>>>> e2a1cb63-2961-464c-b572-2ae5a90e3...@26g2000yqk.googlegroups.com,
>>>
>>>>>> Can't you at least get some guaranteed basics ahead of time - paper,
>>>>>> spiral notebooks, pens, pencils?
>>>>> Some teachers specify certain brands or colors or .....
>>>>>> I know what you mean though - here, once the kids hit 8th grade, you
>>>>>> may as well wait.
>>>>> I got a complete, or nearly so list, of what DD needs this year for 6th
>>>>> grade. Complete with different style pens, roller ball, ink colors, flair
>>>>> markers etc.
>>>
>>>>> SCREAM
>>>
>>>> What happens if the child is, like me, colour blind?
>>>
>>> I really don't know. For "Language Arts", she needs a blue pen, a red marker
>>> and a black roller ball style pen.
>>>
>>> For Art, she needs brand X colored pencils, a box of #2 pencils and brand Y
>>> erasers.
>>>
>>> And it goes on and on....
>>>
>>> Cheryl- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> Oh for the days when the school districts actually could
>> supply students. I don't recall any fancy pens, pencils
>> etc in school. Just good old pencils. And we, never, never
>> had to purchase supplies. I guess that's what happens
>> as we pay more and more per student and get less and
>> less.
>>
>> Nancy
>
> Funny, I don't remember ever being supplied beyond my textbooks, and huge
> vats of Tempera paint. We always got our own supplies, composition books,
> and the like.
>
> I'm just amazed that it's legal to specify a brand of colored pencils for
> example. Honestly, I think it's not legal - just the teachers do it anyhow.
> Should be something like "box of colored pencils with 12 colors" , black
> pens, #2 pencils, etc.
>
> Ellice
>