Recommended for school...

[elfs]

I was looking through the "required" and "recommended" lists for the school district and noticed that high school students are required to have at least one USB flash fob for carrying assignments to and from school, and recommended to have two.

I mention this because I noticed in today's Sally Forth that Sally and Hillary have gone shopping for "back to school" supplies, and the list they have seems so outdated, almost archaic. At least Hillary has the sense to ask for a Powerbook.

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[valarltd.livejournal.com]

My 8th grader required eight 3 ring binders, I kid you not.
Pencils, pens, colored pencils for geography, and a pencil bag.

No calculators, no computers, but enough paper to deforest an eastern Arkansas tree farm.

[tagryn]

Given USB memory cards' notorious tendency to start malfunctioning after a year or so, I guess we could see the traditional excuse "the dog ate my homework" morph into a more modern "my USB stick died." :)