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Protein Bars, Paper, a Rabbit: What Teachers Buy for their Classrooms with Their Own Cash.
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I do not support tax paying dollars being spent on protein bars and rabbits. Why are those on the list?
Protein bars are likely because some kids don't get a breakfast at home. Not because the teacher just wants to give out snacks.
The rabbits could be useful in biology. Not only are they something often used for dissection, there are school-adjecent programs like the FFA where you might learn how to raise them. I raised rabbits as my FFA project, since participation in the FFA was required for the AP Biology class they stuck me in.
Yep, i definitely dont support this. Peanut butter and bread, sure.
You didn't read the headline correctly then. It says "With their own cash", which means they're buying this stuff for their classrooms with their own money out of their own pay. There's no federal subsidies for these.
I did read it correctly. The implication is that its bad they buy it themselves, because the State should buy it for them.
Paper, yes. The other two, no.
That’s something everyone can eat and doesn’t contain anything that kids especially are allergic to in large numbers, great idea.
I think the larger point is that teachers are having to pay for their own supplies as well which are necessary like books, art supplies for younger populations, paper, writing utensils, etc. Its a well known fact that unfortunately teachers have to do this as some schools are not providing these materials/supplies.
Yes, which is eby its weird that 66% of the items listed in the title are not necessary school supplies
Bread goes bad and needs to be replaced even if no one uses it. Protein bars will last the year if no one needs them
Because having an animal pet in an elementary school classroom has been a thing since who knows how long ago?
How many books and TV shows for children (and even adult shows involving children) are about something bad happening involving the class pet?
There's even a pet in Lisa's class that showed up on The Simpsons sometimes until Lisa killed him: https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Nibbles
Teaching responsibility by showing what you have to do in order to properly care for a pet sounds like a good way to teach it to me.