@brookeer81: These days it takes at least 2 people and possibly a small moving truck to carry in ONE child’s school supplies. 😂📚✏️ I swear when I was a kid, everything I needed fit in my backpack and I carried it in myself. And before anybody comes for me—this is NOT a complaint about the teachers, school, or community. 😂 I’m genuinely curious… what changed?! What am I missing? #BackToSchool #SchoolSupplies #ParentLife #80sKids #MomTok
Did she delete her racist “my kid is forced to read Spanish names” video?
2026-09-04 13:36:49
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ajejsjtracy :
FYI, the person you voted for has cut funding to education. Don’t like it? Homeschool.
2026-09-04 11:11:30
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Hannah :
are you really old? when i was in school i used to bring in classroom supplies and im 30
2026-09-04 11:51:57
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Norma Rae :
If the department of education wasn't defunded, they could probably afford their own supplies 👀
2026-09-04 12:43:12
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Kyle Miner :
Since your video complaining about Spanish and Portuguese was apparently taken down, let’s be clear about what it was: a dog whistle. We all know what you were actually objecting to.
But here’s something worth considering: you live in a country whose name comes from Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer. “America” isn’t even an English name.
This country has never been culturally or linguistically English-only. Children encountering a few words or phrases in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, or any other language doesn’t diminish their education. It broadens it. It teaches them that the world, and their own country, is bigger than the language spoken in their own home.
That diversity isn’t somehow un-American. It is profoundly American.
So racist dog whistles aside, perhaps worry less about the Spanish words in a second grader’s book and more about raising a child who is curious enough to learn what they mean.
Do better.
2026-09-04 17:07:31
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StevenSays :
The last two Republican administrations have systematically done as much as they can to cut funding for education. That funding would have typically helped to pay teachers more, not the amount they deserve, but more. It also helped to fund schools to be able to have communal supplies for the students. This is the reality of how things are now due directly to this administration.
2026-09-04 12:51:29
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CeCe617 :
As a teacher: just imagine the amount of supplies a young student goes through. We’re talking probably a pencil a day, a glue stick on every project (they use a lot lol) and 1 box of Kleenex every few days during cold season. And in 10 years of teaching, supplies almost never get replenished by parents throughout the year and then we have to buy them out of pocket for your child. That’s why the ask is so much in the beginning if I had to speculate. 😁
2026-08-11 13:48:36
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Mommakay :
The way the GOP is defunding education, it’s only going to get worse.
2026-09-04 14:52:11
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tianajade808 :
Teachers are tired of paying for all these things on their own. Be mad at your district for not funding rooms. Guess what, I HATE organizing 26 kids year worth of supplies to store and take up space in my room. But if I don’t ask for paper, wipes etc, IM paying for it.
2026-09-05 15:31:29
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Babehakb :
Because we live in a country that doesn’t value education. We are the only country that doesn’t supply children’s need at the school. It has nothing to do with the district or teachers.
2026-09-04 13:11:10
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bookbunnyhbic :
I speak 5 languages, English is my third, and I was thrilled that my child (like children in every other civilized country) was learning multiple languages in school. She learned Spanish and Latin. In fact she won national awards in Latin. She was an accelerated reader, graduated from high school summa cum laude and is presently on a full ride scholarship to a European university (for her full collegiate career not a “semester abroad”). I would think as a parent you want the biggest possible world for your child.
2026-09-04 16:35:54
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xxtikcufxx 🍉 :
Schools were fully funded when we were kids.
Now they're *drastically* underfunded, and the burden mostly falls on the teachers, but a little bit falls on the parents.
2026-09-04 09:52:03
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Fungus :
wait just wait about all the funding cuts this administration is doing let's hope that upsets you as much as the name Maria
2026-09-04 17:13:47
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Dria :
Why are yall always complaining about school supplies??? Just by the damn school supplies, help take them to the teacher and move on. Every year yall got something to say about some petty ass school supplies
2026-09-04 11:09:55
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maqij :
Because Republicans work very hard to defund education too ensure that people are uneducated enough to vote against their own interests
2026-09-08 17:44:13
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sandy ✨ :
because there’s shit for funding….. you know cuts to the department of education……… sounds like yall got what you
2026-09-05 02:32:15
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peacetiff :
I think it has something to do with cut in funding to the Department of Education. Maybe you need to make your concerns known to your state representative.
2026-09-10 11:57:35
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user6303252829617 :
What do you think about the name Ingrid
2026-09-04 14:03:47
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Nick :
It depends on the state and school district/taxes you live in. Better states for education (e.g., California, CT, NY) will have more opportunities to make those list less for parents in districts that have better education programs based on taxes. A good way to know if the states education is valued is teachers salaries
2026-09-04 10:55:52
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Allison :
What are you talking about? The first day donation? Or the everyday supplies? My elementary kids basically have a pencil pouch and two composition notebooks and headphones. Everything else is an optional donation to the classroom. I carry it in during open house. Or put it in 1 grocery bag for my child.
2026-09-04 17:47:02
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✨Sara Spark✨ :
I’m in my late 40s. We had a giant list. 🤷🏻♀️
2026-09-06 23:25:08
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SueAnn Eason :
School budgets have changed. They supply less items for the classroom.
2026-09-04 20:31:38
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Ciara Rossi :
UNDERFUNDED BY OUR GOVERNMENT
2026-09-04 22:42:29
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joseph124c41 :
Dear God. Is this what schools are up against?
2026-09-05 02:56:50
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Christi & Rhett 🐕🦺 :
Federal budget cuts.
2026-09-05 00:42:59
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