Revolt Against Back to School Shopping
My mother was very fortunate. She didn’t have to plot or plan to save money - I was a penny pincher from early on. A shopping trip was just not successful unless I managed to save a bunch of money. As early as fourteen, my mom was comfortable giving me her credit card. She knew I would be able to get more bang for my buck than she could ever imagine - being the beauty queen in the family.
Parents are getting breaks through sales and even tax free shopping days, but buying for school can still be a budget breaker. Looking over the lists that each school hands out each year was over whelming for me. It’s been twenty years (ouch - has it really been that long) since I was in high school, but I don’t remember needing anything more than notebook paper and a pencil (and even those were optional if you were a jock with a great smile).
So, with as much money as the schools get from tax dollars, you have to wonder where the money is going. Parents shop and pay for everything today. Some schools even charge for a second set of school books that can be taken home and left to do homework so the child won’t have to carry a full pack back and forth between home and school.
Stop the insanity parents. Tell the school that you are going back to notebook and pencils. If we all stick together, what can the schools really do about our new ideas for back to school shopping?