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Box Tops Arguement ...Seriously?

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Submitted by sbm014 on Sat, 09/21/2013 - 4:02pm

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I found a box top form that SS had brought home and I didn't even know about...and we had some so I glued them and told DH to tell BM we had the form because she had asked him maybe Thursday because a reminder that only like a week left to turn it in, that I would turn it in on Friday, after I get back in town.

She went on a rant about how she has a bunch and she would like to contribute and it wasn't fair we weren't letting her contribute to her sons education blah blah blah - seriously maybe she should actually spend CS on school supplies instead of going and claiming she has nothing and getting it for free, maybe she could oh I don't know practice his sight words with him or communicate with the teacher instead of not caring that her child got in trouble and just defending him not asking what really happened, or sign his folder like they ask to be done daily instead of it coming to our house and not being signed for like 3 days showing she didn't even look at what face (Smiley, straight, or sad) he got for behavior or any other important notes. I'm sorry but I'm sure she could go take a baggy of them up to the school they don't have to be on the little form, and I can almost guarantee this isn't going to be the only one sent home - we have ONE child to send them for she has two - and honestly it's such a minuet thing why even argue or be accusing about it.

There is so much more she can do to contribute....

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Submitted by theoutsider on Sat, 09/21/2013 - 4:44pm

Ours go in a baggy to school. lol. I didn't even know there was a form! None have ever been sent home.

I think your BM just interpreted this information exchange as "look at what we are doing for him" and she just wanted to make it known that she was going to do it too...

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Submitted by sbm014 on Sat, 09/21/2013 - 5:03pm

SS is in Kindergarten so I think it is more of less just to make something for the kids out of it rather than just saying we would like you to collect them but at the same time if she wasn't sure and DH was like I think we got one...I mean we didn't tell her to throw it in her face we responded to her question, honestly I probably would have just taken it up there and not told her so it wasn't a issue if she hadn't asked DH first... so I don't know why not go into the school when you drop SS off and ask for one of your own - it's not like it was a big secret...she got the initial thing explaining box-tops at the meet and greet the teacher gave me the same thing when I filled out our paperwork on the sameday, her son goes to school next door I mean to me it isn't a competition he simply was letting her know we had found it and taken care of it that doesn't mean she couldn't request one they are worth a whole 10 cents a piece the school would probably adore SS if he showed up with two forms.

I just I guess I hate unnecessary outburst especially when it's something minuet yet she doesn't do anything that could majorly helped him. DH asked me to make two set of sightword notecards because BM said she had some and she had 'lost' them when confronted on why they weren't doing sight words at her house (DH only asked once because SS was completely oblivious to the fact he even needed to know sight words). I mean we pick up so much slack and if she wanted to be known as doing something there is many other things than just box-tops, and I'll probably hand it to SS since I will also probably have lunch with him it's not like I'm going to storm in and make a big deal that we brought it - the name is in SS's handwriting...

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Submitted by sbm014 on Sun, 09/22/2013 - 10:41am

Very true! It just its like why argue about that...and what she doesn't know is even DH at work emails the teacher so no matter how events or easy things she does it is known who has more interest directly in the child.

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Submitted by sbm014 on Sun, 09/22/2013 - 10:41am

Yes!!! I would love to see this...we love in a town primarily funded (jobs) because of prisons so that thought crosses my mind many times daily. It sickens me how some of the schools look/are ran because "lack of funding"

We are wanting to put SS in a private school but its the same thing they want box tops but at ten cents a piece and on over prices products how does anyone really benefit?

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Submitted by sbm014 on Sun, 09/22/2013 - 11:19am

Most states seem to have the issue hence us wanting to put SS in private school at least 1-9grades and then we will evaluate the situation to see what is the best.

I hate prisons get more than schools in most cases.

My mom never wanted us to participate as I mentioned I feel like they only put then on over priced products, and we maybe get 4 a month in the house because of this.