10 Brilliant Stories For Back To School Month!
Dear readers,
August is Back To School Month! This month has been celebrated since the sixties and it’s a busy, busy time for all kinds of parents with school-aged kids and young adults heading off to college. The stores are positively dripping with back-to-school sales!
To get you into that learning mood, we’ve rounded up 10 stories from our archives about the joys – and terrors – of back-to-school shopping!
Light On The Brain Cells – It’s probably a bad idea to teach kids to fear certain colors.
The Only Thing They Are Providing Is Indifference – Hits from the comments: “Uh-oh, looks like somebody slipped over here from a timeline that’s not completely horrible. Boy, are they in for a series of shocks.”
They Put You In A Bit Of A Bind – It’s bad enough that the kid was confused, but her dad, too?!
In A Very Taxing State – What part of “free school supplies” are you struggling with?
Jew You See What I See?, Part 2 – Hits from the comments: “She’s got that joy, joy, joy, joy down in her heart.”
No Longer Loving It – Gosh, that one must never get old!
Supplied With The Force – This is the most important school supply you’ll ever own.
10 + 10 = 100 – Is “digital arts” grown-up speak for “finger painting”?
Get Behind Me, School Supplies! – God apparently has a sense of humor.
Acting Juvie-nile – Even with all the right supplies, it’s never easy.
We hope you enjoyed this Back-To-School-themed roundup! Want to send in your own story? Submit your story here!
Some other roundups to check out if you liked this one:
10 Zany Stories About Music In Our Schools!
Question of the Week
What is the absolute most stupid thing you’ve heard a customer say?
