Lending out your school supplies.

ha ha ha! yeah! that's the funny part and sometimes I just laugh at it. I understand they needed it but in terms of needed they gonna return it when they buy a new one for them that happens all the time. I remember still when I was schooling when they return it with a short hands I just said what happen did you eat it he he he but just kidding aside and I told them that this pencil was this big but when you return its this small anyway lending is good but proper manner they should return it right after class.

Hi, megamatt. This is one of the things that I have really disliked about school. It is when I lend a pencil or a pen to someone, I never see it again. Sometimes, I would just buy a certain pack of pencils and pens just on purpose, so that when a students need to use one, I can give them one of them. I don't like lending out my good pens or pencils because I may never get them back. This makes me so mad. I have been around many classmates that just don't seem to bring their own school supplies at all. I never had a problem with lending anything to them, but when they make it a continuous annoying habit, that is when I will tell a fib to them then.

I have school supplies that I do not always use, and what I do is I lend out my school supplies to people who cannot afford them. If they don't give me anything back, I don't mind, I usually have more where it came from. I have a lot of connections when it comes to getting school supplies.

In grade school, we were always given our school supplies by the teachers. In high school, school supplies becaame our responsibility. I wish that I had a penny for every sheet of paper and pencil and pen that I loaned to another student. It's not that they couldn't afford their own supplies, they just didn't caare enough to come prepared to class.

As a mathematics teacher it is unacceptable to come to class with out paper and pencil, and not to mention come to school without supplies. You are correct, there are students who are prepared, and students ask constantly to borrow pencils and paper. I give pencils, but never get them back! In the beginning of the school year, just about all of the students come prepared. It later when students forget, and/or do not care. Students should only bring two pencils to class. Tell the students you need the other pencil in case one breaks. Let the teacher give supplies. On the other hand, if you know that a student is prepared everyday most days, then lend that pencil :) I do not lend my books. Some people will not return your items. Have a wonderful school year!

it doesn't matter.anyway ,what i lent is not costly.

Lol I usually had this problem in high school and middle school. It does get annoying but I don't really mind if its just a pen or pencil, since I get all of mine at the dollar store and sharing is a good thing. But if I'm running low on supplies myself I will say Sorry, I don't have an extra pen or pencil. I usually have several perforated notebooks with me so when people ask for paper, I just tear one out xD. In uni, I still notice people borrowing things and such but they are usually kind enough to return things :)

I really hated it when that happened. I usually don't say anything to the people I lend my pens and pencils out to but I do expect to get them back after class. But there's been a few times that that didn't happen. The person just kind of blew me off and acted like they didn't do anything wrong. I'd get so pissed but since it wasn't worth blowing my top over (it was just a pen/pencil) I just learned to ignore them when they tried to borrow something the next time. I'd tell them that I didn't bring an extra one and that's it.

I have learned 2 important things when it comes to loaning out school supplies. I am a giving person so these lessons had to be learned the hard way. First: Never loan out an item of value or necessity. My graphing calculator has been gone for 6 years and I know I will never see it again so that was a lot of money down the drain. I also gave out my last pen thinking I wouldn't need it right away...I was wrong. Second: Never expect to get something back. I have learned that classmates rarely return the items that they borrow. I have my personal stash of materials, but I also carry a few cheap pens and pencils that are more dispensable. If I get them back it's cool, but if not it doesn't really affect me or my performance.

yeah... i hate it when my pens are never returned... usually i would try to remind my self to ask it back.. but still i forget... and when i remember about it, they would not know where it is.. tsktsktsk.. anyway, i remember my classmate in high school, she would nag if some classmates borrow pen or paper, and she would sell the paper by piece..