Community Corner
6 Crazy Things on Your Kid's Back to School List
The kids are getting back to school this week. Did you have any of these items on your shopping list?
Back to school lists have gotten crazy since “the good old days” when all a kid needed was a massive box of crayons, a Trapper Keeper, two pencils and some paper.
These days, parents are faced with very specific lists more than a page long. Things like “2 - four pack of dry erase markers - fine tip (red, green, blue & black only)” or “3 - 70 count wide ruled spiral notebooks (1 green, 1 blue, 1 red).” What if your kid likes purple? What if they’re out of red, green, blue and black sets of dry erase markers?
Middle and high school students don’t have it any easier, with seven or more teachers to cater to, plus a locker to decorate and organize.
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Patch recently explored the Back to School aisles of a few Fenton stores and came up with the following ridiculous items you (or your neighbor) may have placed in a cart while getting a child ready for school.
Pencils: Did your kid beg you for a set of fun pencils decorated with hearts, ponies or a favorite action hero? Too bad, because the list says you need 36 #2 pencils—sharpened—to share with the whole class. Has anyone done the math on this item? If 20 second graders all bring in 36 pencils, that’s 720 pencils for the year. It’s about one a week, people.
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Spiral Notebooks: Who’s buying the spiral notebooks with Big Bird or the Beatles on the cover? It can’t be the elementary students, they’re only allowed to buy notebooks in colors that match the curriculum’s color coding scheme. And the older kids? Do they even know who the Beatles were?
T-81 Faceplate and Holster: This sounds like something the Terminator needs in his repair kit. Oh no, it’s a way to decorate—and carry—your science calculator.
Comfort Touch Binder: A one inch binder with a cozy rubber grip. Because carting around binders can be so harsh to your child’s delicate skin.
Magnetic Vanity: Buy this so your teen can primp from the comfort of her locker in those four minutes between classes. Comes with a handy dry erase board to write reminders of that important test coming up--or the number of that cute guy at locker 386.
Locker Wallpaper: Another item aimed at the teen girl vying for best decorated locker: sparkly locker paper. Also serves as a dry erase board for jotting down notes.
