What happened to candy and magazines?!

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Sounds like your school was the exception to the rule. Don't judge all public schools by that insanity.

Most of my objections are fairly well represented out there in the world. Teaching to the standardized test, "mainstreaming" gifted students, schools paralyzed by unruly students whose parents won't discipline them and threaten lawsuits should the school try, revisionist doctrine throughout the humanities, school-sponsored caste systems, and so forth.

Don't misunderstand me -- I support the public school system, vote for levys (and yes, I do pay property taxes), and not all of my public school system encounters sucked. Jr high blew big meaty chunks, but I had some absolutely excellent teachers in high school and my 5th/6th grade teacher was particularly influential -- without a doubt the one person, aside from my parents, that's most responsible for shaping my mind. There are amazing teachers out there doing their damndest and giving all they have to "their kids."

And if the public schools in my area when I have school-age kids are good, maybe the kids will go there. But I'm working hard now so that I can provide them with best education I can find and that's what they'll get -- whether public, private or at home. If I popped out a 6 year old right now -- the best option would be home schooling.

And then an exciting write-up in JAMA for birthing a 6 year old.

Would you like to buy a subscription to JAMA?

[jdramj]

scaeagles...where do your kids go to school...sounds exactly like my kids school.

This year, I have decided due to the preschool's See's Candy sales, the Cub scouts popcorn sales, the girl scouts cookie sales, the softball candy bar sales, and the school's wrapping/chocolate/subscription sales, that my kids will champion one sales event each. I will take the buy out option on the softball candy bar sales this year. 4 kids at once, trying to sell the wrapping paper, chocoates, and the subscriptions is too much!

So 3 of my kids' classes won't get their 100% participation donut party and my kids don't qualify for free pizza lunch. I can pick up a few dozen donuts as a class treat one day and they have pizza lunch specials every Friday. I can well make up for it cheaper than buying 10 items per kid, and probably have enough money left over to donate to the school and they would still come out ahead!

[Baileykat]

Our school does the crappy catalog of gift wrap and crap candy! I hate it! Won't even try to sell it! Ticks my kids off...of course they only want to sell so they can get the "prizes". I don't even buy from it unless there's some sort of unique items for Christmas gifts. But the wrapping paper...forget it! It's way over priced!!!! Ugh!


In the spring, they sold the tubs of ready made cookie dough. The prizes this time were a pizza party for the top selling class AND for every 5 tubs you sold, YOU got a free tub! They were $10 a pop! I didn't buy a single tub and I still have 4 tubs frozen in my fridge..so it worked out well for me!

But the down side to having two kids selling and your husband having cookie hungry employees is that you can't fit 65 tubs of cookie dough in your apartment freezer! They don't list that on the selling brochure!

[Ghoulish Delight]

But it's overpriced for a good cause!

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Ugh. So it IS just Orange County. Stupid Orange County.

Not just Orange Co. We have the same stupid wrapping paper catalogs here too. Have you ever bought some of that paper. You get a tiny little sheet just large enough to wrap something like a book or a couple of CDs.......You would have to order about 7 sheets at $15 a sheet to equal the amount of paper you get in a single $7.00 target roll

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Have you ever bought some of that paper. You get a tiny little sheet just large enough to wrap something like a book or a couple of CDs.......

ahem

Who the hell is going to pay $10 for enough wrapping paper to wrap a gift and a half?

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

ahem

Guilty; it's hard to say no to the little ones

[Baileykat]

Wouldn't you know it? I go to pick up the kids yesterday and what's posted..but a big ole' sign announcing the gift wrap sales!

I'm SO glad yesterday was our last day!!

[TigerLily]

I love the wrapping paper from those catalogs. It's nice a thick. I realy dislike the cheap paper found at most stores during the holiday season. They don't seemt o sell this stuff in high school. My daughter has yet to come home with a catalog....or maybe she just leaves it behind...

the wrapping paper actually wrapped most of my gifts last year. One year I ahd some left over. I do freely admit I don't do the holidays. I do bare minimum of what is expected of me from the family. Last year we didn't even show for christmas eve. We showed up alte on christas day to avoid a family argument....

[Ghoulish Delight]

There was a new catalog from another parent in the break room today. This one was for cookie dough. It comes in 3 lbs boxes with 4 dozen pre-formed cookies (just put them on a tray and bake). Sounds good but...$14 per box. $14 and the damn things aren't even cooked!