General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

We have just gotten the enormous list of supplies required for our child's class in September (will all that stuff fit in his desk?), and I have a complaint. I file it here because no one would bother with it elsewhere.

The teacher specifically requests two packages #2 Dixon-Ticonderoga pencils. Now, I have nothing against #2 pencils, but I buy my pencils in bulk from the art supply store, mostly Faber Castells and Generals, because the last thing anyone needs are crappy pencils. Indeed, my son usually prefers the Generals woodless, which are not cheap but do a much better job than a Dixon-Ticonderoga ever would.

I also hand them out sparingly. A kid should learn to keep their pencils, especially when they are good ones. TWO WHOLE PACKAGES! This encourages profligacy. That's pencil craziness.

It's like people just don't appreciate good writing implements any more. I will make sure my son always has a couple of Faber Castells and a Generals woodless, but nothing more and nothing lesser. Should I paint them yellow to make the teacher happy?

Standard pencils so no one worries whose pencil is whose. Otherwise, the teacher would probably request that you put kid's name on every pencil.