What school supplies should not be purchased

The beginning of the school year is an alarming time for parents and schoolchildren. You need to switch to a new mode of the day, learn how to collect portfolios and buy everything that did not manage at the end of the summer.

Very often, parents out of ignorance and inexperience fill children's backpacks with unnecessary things. They are tempted to advertise stationery stores, colorful wrappers, advice from sellers and their own nostalgic thoughts.



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A list of school supplies.

1. Staplers and holebugs
   They may occasionally be used by students. And then secretaries and office managers. Most students don't need them.
   
   
   
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2. Locked notebook
   The notebook should be functional and aesthetically designed. And a pad with a lock is more of a toy. It is short-lived and impractical. Either the lock is lost or the notebook is not filled because it takes a long time to open it every time.
   
   
   
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3. Box office of letters, syllables and counting material with pockets
   That's 80s hello. Parents usually buy cardboard or plastic letters for nostalgic reasons and then shove them into pockets. A modern teacher is unlikely to ask a student to bring them to class. He uses interactive whiteboards, training videos, and computer programs to explain them, in which all these letters can be drawn and rearranged with a single click.
   
   
   
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4. Calculator
   This item was a thing of the past when the smartphone appeared. The child is more likely to count everything he needs on a multifunctional modern phone than pull out of the bag “artifact”.
   
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5. Creativity kit
   Dry pastel, professional gouache, natural and synthetic brushes that are included in big-boxI'd rather use an artist. There will be enough watercolors in the drawing class.
   
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6. Drawing room and tube
   A box covered with velvet may seem pretty to the child, but completely unsuitable and heavy. In eighth grade, he'll only need a compass. Other tools for drawing will be more useful to future engineers, as well as Watman with a tube.
   
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7. Sticker set
   Purchased at the request of the child. Then these stickers are pasted on all the notebooks, on the refrigerator and even on the cabinets in the house.
   
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8. Paper Scotch
   It is also purchased at the request of the child, but older. He puts them on everything he wants, but not what he needs. In fact, transparent scotch would be enough.
   
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9. Microscope
   Even if your child wants to be a biologist, don’t buy him a microscope for school. There it will come in handy only once when they consider onion husks.
   
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10. Modified office
    Pencil with caps in the form of animals, shiny pens with eyes, scented markers - this is all just for fun. And in class, it's just a distraction.
    
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11. Set of lines with stencils and geometric figures
    No teacher approves of written in stencil letters words and figures. Neither in drawing, nor in geometry, such a ruler will not be useful. At school, the child has the task to learn not to circle, but to draw beautifully or draw geometric elements with the help of an ordinary pencil and rectangle independently.
    
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12. Class schedule poster
    There's a diary for that purpose. No one will carry a poster to school. Even if you hang it at home, it won't last long. After all, the schedule changes, replacements are often put, the schedule of each week turns out to be individual.
    
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Approach purchasing school supplies wisely. Notebooks in a cell and ruler, pens, pencils, diary - this is, perhaps, something that will never be superfluous. Everything else is better without asking the teacher not to buy.

Things that your student will not use will become an extra burden for him. And for you, it's an unjustified disadvantage in the budget.