planner Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 My daughter attends a charter school and my son is homeschooled. I took my daughter and my neighbor kids to school this morning and the subject turned to why ds doesn't go to the charter school. He's in the sixth grade and the school doesn't have a sixth grade was the reason my daughter told them. All of a sudden, the neighbors totally understood why he was homeschooled, lol. 3rd grade neighbor girl tells me that she would love to be homeschooled so she could watch tv all day. I told her that we watched zero tv during the day and it shocked her. She then said that homeschooling was bad and that kids couldn't get the education they could get at school. I quickly corrected her and told her the educational achievement would depend on the standards of the teacher, not on the location of the school. She seemed to understand that. Her twin brother came up with another reason why homeschool is a poor idea. He said that you would have to make a lot of copies which would use a lot of printer ink. He thought it would be too expensive. His sister told him I just had workbooks and didn't make copies. (She has no idea what I do.) Neighbor boy said it costs a lot of money to buy workbooks and that it was a bad idea to spend that much money when you could go to public school. My daughter told them that her dad makes enough money and that it's okay for us to spend money on ink and books. I told them I was happy to spend money on education. I just couldn't help laughing thinking about printer ink being a reason not to homeschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I'm off to buy ink today, too! Very cute :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 dh seriously complains about the cost of ink cartridges.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I have ink in my amazon cart right now...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Printer Ink??? Guilty as charged... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraswati Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Oh my - this reminds me that I need to buy a new black cartridge! I'll add that to my weekend To-Do list right now :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimtaxi234 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Oh my - this reminds me that I need to buy a new black cartridge! I'll add that to my weekend To-Do list right now :laugh: I need to buy color ink cartridges too! We just finished our 3rd week of school and I have been using my printer like crazy. OP - If you ever want to know what your adult neighbors think and/or feel about something, just listen to their children - as you so rudely found out this morning. They think you spend too much money on printer ink and you sit around watching TV all day. NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofkids&pets Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I agree with Swimtaxi234. Out of the mouths of babes..... It doesn't help matters when ds responds to "where do you go to school?" with "I don't go to school". Ya, we sit in our pjs, eating bon bons, and watch TV all day long!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 LOL too funny...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I just changed both of my ink cartridges, so this is timely! :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-bex Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Ink *is* expensive. But I get to choose my school supplies. I probably spend less on ink in a year than I did on teacher gifts when my kids were in PS. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 He isn't wrong about using too much ink. Which reminds me to add it to DH's shopping list, again! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jentancalann Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I haven't bought color ink in like 5 years. Waaay too expensive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Printer ink...public school..It's all a big racket. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 He said that you would have to make a lot of copies which would use a lot of printer ink. He thought it would be too expensive.My kids assigned school did ask regularly for donations of reams of paper (white and colored) and for parents to help keep printing costs down by doing some of the printing at home for the teachers. So maybe that's where he get the idea.My laser printer's black ink cartridge cost close to a hundred bucks when we were at Office Depot the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 ROFL - printer ink on order here. In bulk. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planner Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 OP - If you ever want to know what your adult neighbors think and/or feel about something, just listen to their children - as you so rudely found out this morning. They think you spend too much money on printer ink and you sit around watching TV all day. NICE! Today was their polite day! I drove them every day this week and two of the mornings the girl couldn't stop talking about how old my car is. She even said, "Gosh, this car must be at least five years old or something." When I told her it was thirteen years old she freaked out and went on and on about her family's luxury autos. I live in an affluent area and I already know that my car is by far the worst in the parent drop off lane. I really don't need a third grader to tell me. Next time, I fear I may tell her that she is being rude. I thought the printer ink comment was really funny. The boy is super sweet and doesn't make obnoxious comments. I'm sure his mom has told him not to waste ink a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Yeah, I dropped a cool art resource today because I didn't want to print 186 pages. I'd rather spend it on Bon-bons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamatohaleybug Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Add me to the list needing black ink AGAIN. Just bought more colored ink last month. :) Might need to reconsider homeschooling my kiddo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I bought a laser printer. Cut my printing costs way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Very funny! My son’s best friend goes to a private school. When they were in 1st grade and I was giving them a ride somewhere he tried to convince C. that he should switch and stop homeschooling because of all their awesome field trips. He kept naming places they had gone and C. would say “we go there all the time†or “oh, yeah, we went thereâ€. I was laughing in the front seat and thinking “going on cool field trips†is probably not the argument to use for going to school away from home over homeschooling. He might have won if he’d tried “you’ll get to see your friends†or “we can hang out at recessâ€. But we’ve got the field trips covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 OP - If you ever want to know what your adult neighbors think and/or feel about something, just listen to their children - as you so rudely found out this morning. They think you spend too much money on printer ink and you sit around watching TV all day. NICE! You know, before I had kids, I used to think like this--and probably even made comments along this line. Then my first son taught me that even very young children sometimes have a large capacity for having their own thoughts and expressing them, that might have nothing at all to do with what we parents thought or expressed in our home. Now I try to give the parents the benefit of the doubt, and "assume" that the child has his/her own independent opinions. :p ETA: to highlight quote since I must have deleted the quote bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 OP - If you ever want to know what your adult neighbors think and/or feel about something, just listen to their children - as you so rudely found out this morning. They think you spend too much money on printer ink and you sit around watching TV all day. NICE! Yes, when mine played with neighbors we heard all about what the parents thought of us. Things like, "My mom says that you must be a religious weirdo or you wouldn't be homeschooling, but I think you're really nice." Lovely. From bits-and-pieces that I pick up, they still think that even though mine haven't played with neighbor kids in years. In middle school they went their way, and we went our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoZeeCo's Mom Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I agree with the boy neighbor-- I spend WAY too much money on printer ink. It's actually one of only a handful of complaints I have about homeschooling. Totally worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Ink *is* expensive. But I get to choose my school supplies. I probably spend less on ink in a year than I did on teacher gifts when my kids were in PS. :p Teacher gifts?? Hey, how come we mama-teachers don't get any teacher gifts?? Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The cost of printer ink is definitely a factor I take into account when shopping for a new printer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Haha, I love kids and their reasoning. I have to go buy ink tomorrow to get ready for next week, so there is that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon37127 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 This is hilarious and a good opportunity for me to plug what we do printing- cheaply. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/398835-senn-several-printerink-shopping-posts-lately-please-read/?hl=%2Bcis+%2Bprinting&do=findComment&comment=4017706 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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