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Back-to-school requires more than new supplies

 
By Carrie Coppernoll | Published: August 23, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

For nerds like me, shopping for school supplies was like Christmas, but you got to pick your own presents.

You chose your own colors — red pencils instead of yellow, black binders instead of white, the girliest Lisa Frank folders you could find, preferably ones with neon unicorns. I preferred college-ruled paper so I could write in the smallest letters possible.

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Sometimes I could talk my mom into getting me a zip-up binder with built-in pencil holders. I never did convince her how much cooler glue sticks were than boring, cheap, regular glue.

Loading up a backpack with the fun stuff was exciting, just as exciting as the first day of school. There was so much hope for the year. It's like opening day for the Chicago Cubs — nothing bad had happened yet. But the excitement of opening day is always followed by a reality check: studying, tests, homework.

Just because your science homework is in a cute folder doesn't make it easier.

So if I were a teacher, I think I'd adjust my classroom shopping list a bit. I wouldn't want to ruin that end-of-summer feeling, but I would want my students to anticipate what was coming, just like Cubs fans.

For example, I took a look at the list for Belle Isle Enterprise Middle School, an Oklahoma City Public School.

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