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Re: speaking of scissors

From: Tsheffey
Date: Fri Jun 23 2000 - 08:01:29 PDT

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    In a message dated 6/23/00 7:30:51 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
    nredfern writes:

    > Seems as though the references to Fiskars must apply to elementary
    > settings. In middle school there is such a problem with theft and misuse
    > that I do not want to inivest a lot of money in a pair scissors. Mid way
    > through the year I bought 25 pairs of scissors at the dollar store for -
    > you guessed it - $1 a pair. I think I ended up with about 15.
    > Anyone else have a solution to this? We use scissors so often I would
    > like to figure something out.
    >
    > Nora
    >
    Nora,
    I have the same problem. I ask the students to bring their own scissors, and
    , like we were talking about their work, they don't always take them home at
    the end of the year, so I have lots and lots of scissors.
    At the beginning of last year I bought 30 metal 18" rulers. I made the
    mistake of telling the kids how nice they were and how important it was to
    take care of them. I had a disruptive student who would attempt to steal or
    bend one every few days. I ended up with 10. I wrote him up and sent him to
    the office for destroying property, but bending rulers is not high on their
    priority list. He got a warning. (grrrrrrrr....). He ended up being put in
    alternative, but I will never buy metal rulers again. It's the cheap 18"
    wooden one from now on.
    I, too, do not know how to deal with this, because most of the students treat
    the supplies with respect, but it only takes one or two who are trying to
    "make you mad" to wipe out the supplies.
    Any suggestions? Teresa in El Paso 

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