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Last Day of School
Author: Valerie
Location: USA
2010-03-10
The last day of school is approaching, do you think this is too
crazy?
I find it so disgusting how many half used notebooks get tossed into the
trash can or recycling bin at the end of the school year during locker
clean outs. Even when they are recycled it takes energy to process the
notebook paper to make new products. Anyway for those of you who agree
with me I have an idea for you. I have done this for years and am trying
to get the word out. Let me know if any of you have some other green ideas
to share.
I grab as many notebooks as I can find and shove them in my empty back
pack on the last day of school. I take them home and rip out all the
unused pages, cut off the \"frilly part\" and then I keep a box full of
notebook paper for the next school year.
I also grab pencils and pens that I find in the hallway. Although I find
these during any day of the school year. You might be grossed out by this
one (especially if you see bite marks on them) but I simply wash them with
soap and water and disinfect them.
Finally, I like to grab folders. After filling my back pack up with
notebooks I can not take the folders home but as long as they are not too
beaten up or written on all over I hand them out to my fellow teachers.
Teachers are always looking for extra folders to hand out to people who
cant afford them or are too lazy to buy them on the first day of school
each year.
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