In my house, we 'shop' for back to school supplies in June, not September. I'm a grade school teacher. Every June when my students do "locker clean-out", it's sickening to see all the school supplies they throw away. Barely-used binders, pencils, pens, pencil cases, crayons, and spiral notebooks...

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