Well it is now Day 3 of my daughters first year of government schooling and she’s loving every minute of it. Of course she wasn’t the one that had to spend countless amounts of money on supplies she wouldn’t lay a finger on. Pencils, a ruler, glue, construction paper, a pencil holder, notebooks and erasers.. and not just ANY supplies, they have to be a SPECIFIC brand, color, size, length, etc… God forbid nothing falls out of conformity. (now don’t get me wrong here, I KNOW the reasoning behing requiring ONLY Elmer’s School glue… no one wants a fight breaking out because little Debbie has some kick ass sparkle glue and Betty wants to use it…)

Then on day one, these supplies your child was so proud to own, (after all they are HER scissors she’ll tell you) are swept up into a community “supplies” box so that no one will be without. Welcome to government 101 kids! It is perfectly alright for the government to seize your property because someone might need it when you’re not using it. It’s just not right for you to have something that someone else doesn’t have.

“From each according to his ability; to each according to his need.” - Karl Marx

The one thing that STILL drives me mad to this day was driving by the elementary school I went to as a child only to see them dumping BRAND NEW boxes of Kleenex into the dumpster. These were the very same Kleenex those children were required to bring on day one of school, because “someone might have the need for one” at some time.

Isn’t government wonderful?