Tinabwerera kusukulu kukagula zinthu ndi aphunzitsi awiri asanafike tsiku lawo loyamba. Mndandanda wa zinthu zomwe anali nazo: makrayoni akuluakulu, zokhwasula-khwasula, zotenthetsera makandulo ndi zina zambiri.

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Alexandra Daniels, mphunzitsi wa giredi 6 ku Montgomery County, Maryland, amagwiritsa ntchito magawo awiri pa zana a malipiro ake ochepa chaka chilichonse pogula zinthu za m'kalasi.

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Mndandanda wa zinthu zomwe Lauren Moskowitz ankagula unali chinthu cha maloto a mwana aliyense wa sukulu ya ana aang'ono. Aphunzitsi apadera ankafunika zidole za zala, makrayoni akuluakulu ndi choko chogwiritsidwa ntchito panjira ya ana ake azaka zapakati pa 5 ndi 6.

Patatha pafupifupi ola limodzi ndi pafupifupi $140, adatuluka mu galimoto ya Target mumzinda wa Washington, matumba odzaza ndi zinthu za kusukulu.

Pamene ophunzira akubwerera kusukulu, aphunzitsi ambiri akugula zipangizo zawozawo kuti apatse ana makalasi odzaza ndi zinthu zambiri komanso malo abwino ophunzirira.

Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa Dipatimenti Yophunzitsa, aphunzitsi 94 pa 100 aliwonse aku America adanena kuti adalipira zinthu za kusukulu ndi thumba lawo m'chaka cha sukulu cha 2014-15. Aphunzitsi amenewo adagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwana $479.

Aphunzitsi akumidzi ya Maryland anati chigawo chawo chimawapatsa zipangizo, koma zimenezo sizimatenga nthawi yaitali kuposa miyezi ingapo yoyambirira ya chaka cha sukulu. Ngakhale zili choncho, zipangizozo zimangokwanira zosowa zochepa chabe.

Ndi zinthu zambiri kuposa zipangizo za kusukulu: Kaya agwira ntchito kuti kapena amapeza ndalama zingati, aphunzitsi amaona kuti sakulemekezedwa

Lamlungu lina kumapeto kwa Ogasiti, Moskowitz, mphunzitsi wa masukulu aboma a ku Montgomery County, anayenda mozungulira Target ndi chibwenzi chake, mphunzitsi wa uinjiniya wa sekondale George Lavelle. Moskowitz amaphunzitsa ana a sukulu ya ana aang'ono omwe ali ndi zosowa zapadera ku Carl Sandburg Learning Center ku Rockville, Maryland, theka la ola kunja kwa Washington.

Mphunzitsi Lauren Moskowitz akuyika zinthu zomwe adagula ku Rockville, Md. Target mgalimoto yake pa Ogasiti 18, 2019.

Moskowitz adati kalasi yake ya anthu osowa thandizo lapadera ili ndi zosowa zambiri kuposa makalasi ena, koma boma limagawa ndalama zokha pa wophunzira aliyense m'chigawo chonse.

“Ndalama zanu zimapita patsogolo kwambiri kusukulu yophunzitsidwa ndi ana kuposa kusukulu yophunzitsa anthu zosowa zapadera,” anatero Moskowitz. Mwachitsanzo, iye anati, lumo lotha kusintha, la ana omwe ali ndi luso lotha kugwiritsa ntchito bwino ziwalo zawo, limadula mtengo kuposa lumo wamba.

Chakudya chinali gawo lalikulu pamndandanda wa Moskowitz, kuyambira Apple Jacks mpaka Veggie Straws mpaka pretzels, chifukwa ophunzira ake nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi njala nthawi zina zomwe sizimakhala bwino nthawi yopuma nkhomaliro.

Kuphatikiza pa zopukutira ana za ophunzira omwe sanaphunzitsidwe kuphika m'nyumba, Moskowitz adagula zolembera, choko cha pamsewu ndi makrayoni akuluakulu - zabwino kwa ana omwe ali mu ntchito yothandizira. Adalipira zonse kuchokera ku malipiro ake a $90,000, omwe amawerengera digiri yake ya masters ndi zaka 15 zakuchitikira.

Patatha masiku awiri, mphunzitsi wa masamu wa ku Montgomery County, Ali Daniels, anali pa ulendo wofanana, akuthamanga pakati pa Target ndi Staples ku Greenbelt, Maryland.

Kwa Daniels, kupanga malo abwino m'kalasi ndi chifukwa chachikulu chomwe akugwiritsira ntchito ndalama zake pazinthu za kusukulu. Kuphatikiza pa zinthu zakale zoyambira kusukulu, Daniels adagulanso zonunkhira za Glade candle washer yake: Clean Linen ndi Sheer Vanilla Embrace.

"Sukulu yapakati ndi nthawi yovuta, ndipo ndikufuna kuti azikhala omasuka komanso osangalala," akutero Alexandra Daniels, yemwe amaphunzitsa ana a giredi 6 ku Eastern Middle School ku Montgomery County, Maryland.

"Alowa m'chipinda changa; chili ndi mlengalenga wosangalatsa. Chidzakhala ndi fungo lokoma," adatero Daniels. "Sukulu yapakati ndi nthawi yovuta, ndipo ndikufuna kuti azimva bwino komanso osangalala, komanso ndikufunanso kuti azimva bwino komanso osangalala."

Ku Eastern Middle School ku Silver Spring, komwe Daniels amaphunzitsa masamu a giredi 6 ndi 7, adati ana 15 mpaka 20 amalowa mkalasi mwake opanda zinthu zofunikira kuchokera kunyumba. Eastern akuyenerera kulandira ndalama za Title I kuchokera ku ndalama za boma, zomwe zimapita ku masukulu omwe ali ndi ophunzira ambiri ochokera m'mabanja osauka.

Paulendo wogula zinthu ku Staples ndi Target, Daniels anagula mabuku, zomangira ndi mapensulo kwa ophunzira osowa.

Chaka chilichonse, Daniels anayerekezera kuti amagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zake zokwana $500 mpaka $1,000 pa zinthu za kusukulu. Malipiro ake apachaka: $55,927.

“Zimalankhula za chilakolako cha aphunzitsi komanso kuti tikufuna kuti ana athu apambane,” anatero Daniels. “Sadzatha kupambana bwino ngati sapatsidwa zinthu zomwe akufunikira.”

Alexandra Daniels ndi mphunzitsi wa giredi sikisi ku Eastern Middle School ku Montgomery County, Md. Anagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zake kugula zinthu za kusukuluzi.

Pamene anali kutuluka ku Staples ndi bilu yoposa $170, Daniels analandira chithandizo chosayembekezereka. Wosunga ndalama anapatsa mphunzitsiyo kuchotsera kwapadera kwa 10% kwa antchito pamene anayamikira Daniels chifukwa chotumikira anthu ammudzi.

Ali Daniels, mphunzitsi wa masamu ku Eastern Middle School ku Silver Spring, Maryland, akuwonetsa mndandanda wake wa zinthu zomwe akufuna kugula mkalasi mwake.

Ngakhale kuti ndalama zomwe amagwiritsa ntchito sizikukwana pafupifupi $500 zomwe zinaperekedwa ndi kafukufuku wa Dipatimenti Yoona za Maphunziro, Daniels ndi Moskowitz onse anati kugula zinthu sikunathe.

Aphunzitsi onsewa adakonza zogula zinthu pa Amazon kapena kwina kulikonse pa intaneti. Akufuna kuchotsera zinthu monga mapensulo a gofu a ana omwe amaphunzira kulemba ndi chotsukira zodzoladzola poyeretsa ma board ofufuta ouma.

Onse awiri anati maulendo awo obwerera kusukulu akakhala ulendo woyamba mwa maulendo ambiri odzipezera ndalama zogulira zinthu chaka chonse - "zopanda pake," adatero Moskowitz.

“Ngati titalandira malipiro oyenera poyamba, chimenecho ndi chinthu chimodzi,” iye anatero. “Sitilandira malipiro ofanana ndi maphunziro athu.”