Mun koma makaranta muna siyayya da malamai biyu kafin ranar farko ta su. Jerin kayan da suka mallaka: manyan crayons, abubuwan ciye-ciye, ɗumamar kyandir da sauransu.
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Alexandra Daniels, malamar aji 6 a Montgomery County, Maryland, tana amfani da kashi biyu cikin ɗari na ƙaramin albashinta kowace shekara don siyan kayan aji.
ROCKVILLE, Md. – Jerin kayan da Lauren Moskowitz ta saya sun kasance abin da kowace yarinya 'yar aji uku ke mafarkin yi. Malamar ilimi ta musamman za ta buƙaci 'yan tsana, manyan fenti da alli a gefen hanya ga 'ya'yanta 'yan shekara 5 da 6.
Bayan kimanin awa ɗaya da kusan dala $140, ta fita daga wani gidan sayar da kaya na Target da ke birnin Washington, jakunkuna cike da kayan makaranta.
Yayin da ɗalibai ke komawa makaranta, yawancin malamai suna siyan kayan aikinsu don samar wa yara da azuzuwan da ke cike da kayan makaranta da kuma yanayin koyo mai kyau.
Kashi casa'in da huɗu cikin ɗari na malaman makarantun gwamnati na Amurka sun ba da rahoton biyan kuɗin kayan makaranta daga aljihunsu a shekarar makaranta ta 2014-15, a cewar wani bincike da Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta gudanar. Waɗannan malaman sun kashe matsakaicin dala $479.
Malaman makarantun yankin Maryland sun ce gundumarsu tana ba su kayan aiki, amma waɗannan ba sa ɗaukar fiye da watanni biyu na farko na shekarar makaranta. Duk da haka, kayan aikin suna rufe kawai abubuwan buƙata.
Ya fi kayan makaranta: Ko ina suke aiki ko abin da suke samu, malamai suna jin rashin girmamawa
A ranar Lahadi a ƙarshen watan Agusta, Moskowitz, malamar Makarantun Jama'a na Montgomery County, ta yi zagaye da Target tare da saurayinta, malamin injiniya na makarantar sakandare George Lavelle. Moskowitz tana koyar da yara ƙanana masu buƙatu na musamman a Cibiyar Koyon Carl Sandburg da ke Rockville, Maryland, rabin sa'a a wajen Washington.
Malama Lauren Moskowitz tana loda kayan da aka saya a wani katafaren gida a Rockville, Md. Target a ranar 18 ga Agusta, 2019.
Moskowitz ta ce ajin da take da shi na buƙatu na musamman yana da buƙatu fiye da sauran azuzuwan, amma gundumar tana ware kuɗi ne kawai bisa ga kowane ɗalibi a faɗin gundumar.
"Kudinka yana tafiya sosai a makarantar koyon gen fiye da makarantar da ke da buƙatu na musamman," in ji Moskowitz. Misali, ta ce, almakashi mai daidaitawa, ga yara masu jinkiri a ƙwarewar motsa jiki, ya fi tsada fiye da almakashi na yau da kullun.
Abinci yana cikin manyan abubuwan da Moskowitz ta fi so, tun daga Apple Jacks zuwa Veggie Straws zuwa pretzels, domin ɗalibanta galibi suna jin yunwa a lokutan da ba sa faɗuwa cikin lokacin hutun cin abincin rana.
Tare da goge-goge na jarirai ga ɗaliban da ba su da horo a cikin tukwane, Moskowitz ta sayi alamomi, alli a gefen hanya da kuma manyan launukan fenti - waɗanda suka dace da yara a fannin aikin jinya. Ta biya kuɗin duka daga albashinta na dala $90,000, wanda ya kai matsayin digirinta na biyu da kuma ƙwarewarta na shekaru 15.
Bayan kwana biyu, malamin lissafi na gundumar Montgomery, Ali Daniels, yana kan irin wannan aikin, yana gudu tsakanin Target da Staples a Greenbelt, Maryland.
Ga Daniels, ƙirƙirar yanayi mai kyau a aji shine babban dalilin da yasa take kashe kuɗinta akan kayan makaranta. Tare da kayan yau da kullun na komawa makaranta, Daniels ta kuma sayi turare don dumama kyandir ɗinta na Glade: Clean Linen da Sheer Vanilla Embrace.
"Makarantar sakandare lokaci ne mai wahala, kuma ina so su ji daɗi da farin ciki," in ji Alexandra Daniels, wacce ke koyar da ɗaliban aji shida a Makarantar Tsakiya ta Gabas da ke Montgomery County, Maryland.
"Suna shiga ɗakina; yana da yanayi mai daɗi. Zai yi ƙamshi mai daɗi," in ji Daniels. "Makarantar sakandare lokaci ne mai wahala, kuma ina so su ji daɗi da farin ciki, kuma ina so in ji daɗi da farin ciki."
A Makarantar Tsakiya ta Eastern da ke Silver Spring, inda Daniels ke koyar da lissafi na aji shida da bakwai, ta ce yara 15 zuwa 20 suna shiga ajin nata ba tare da kayan aiki daga gida ba. Eastern ta cancanci samun kuɗin Title I daga kuɗaɗen gwamnatin tarayya, wanda ake bai wa makarantu masu yawan ɗalibai daga iyalai masu ƙarancin kuɗi.
A lokacin tafiye-tafiyen siyayya a Staples da Target, Daniels ya sayi littattafan rubutu, maƙallan rubutu da fensir ga ɗaliban da ke cikin mawuyacin hali.
A cikin shekara guda, Daniels ta kiyasta cewa tana kashe dala $500 zuwa $1,000 na kuɗinta wajen siyan kayan makaranta. Albashinta na shekara-shekara: $55,927.
"Wannan yana nuna sha'awar da malamai ke da ita da kuma cewa muna son 'ya'yanmu su yi nasara," in ji Daniels. "Ba za su iya yin nasara kamar yadda za su iya ba idan ba a ba su kayan da suke buƙata ba."
Alexandra Daniels malamar aji shida ce a makarantar Eastern Middle School da ke Montgomery County, Md. Ta yi amfani da kuɗinta wajen siyan waɗannan kayan makaranta.
Yayin da take fita daga Staples da takardar kuɗi sama da dala $170, Daniels ta sami wani alheri da ba a zata ba. Mai karɓar kuɗi ya ba wa malamar rangwame na musamman na kashi 10% ga ma'aikata yayin da take gode wa Daniels saboda yi wa al'umma hidima.
Ali Daniels, malamar lissafi a makarantar Eastern Middle School da ke Silver Spring, Maryland, ta nuna jerin abubuwan da take yi na komawa makaranta a ajinta.
Duk da cewa adadin kashe kuɗin da suke yi bai kai matsakaicin binciken da Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta gudanar ba, Daniels da Moskowitz sun ce ba a kammala cinikin da suka yi ba.
Malaman biyu sun yi niyyar yin siyayya a Amazon ko kuma a wani wuri a intanet. Suna neman rangwame kan kayayyaki kamar fensir golf ga yara waɗanda ke koyon rubutu da kuma na'urar cire kayan shafa don tsaftace allunan gogewa.
Dukansu sun ce tafiye-tafiyen siyayya na komawa makaranta zai zama na farko daga cikin tafiye-tafiyen da suka yi da kansu don sake tattara kayayyaki a duk shekara - "abin ban dariya," in ji Moskowitz.
"Idan aka biya mu yadda ya kamata tun farko, to abu ɗaya ne," in ji ta. "Ba a biyan mu daidai da matakin iliminmu."
Lokacin Saƙo: Agusta-31-2019