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UAlexandra Daniels, utitshala webanga lesi-6 eMontgomery County, eMaryland, usebenzisa iipesenti ezimbini zomvuzo wakhe omncinci minyaka le ukuthenga izinto zokufundela.

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Uluhlu lwezinto ezithengiweyo zikaLauren Moskowitz yayizizinto ezifunwa ngabantwana bonke abakwisikolo samabanga aphantsi. Utitshala wemfundo ekhethekileyo wayeza kufuna oonopopi beminwe, iikhrayoni ezinkulu kunye netshokhwe yokuhambahamba yabantwana bakhe abaneminyaka emi-5 neyi-6 ubudala.

Emva kweyure enye, phantse i-$140, waphuma kwiTarget eWashington, iingxowa zakhe zizele zizinto zesikolo.

Njengoko abafundi bebuyela esikolweni, uninzi lootitshala bathenga izixhobo zabo ukuze banike abantwana amagumbi okufundela agcweleyo kunye neendawo ezifanelekileyo zokufunda.

Amashumi alithoba anesine ekhulwini ootitshala bezikolo zikarhulumente zaseMelika baxele ukuba bahlawulele izixhobo zesikolo ngemali yabo kunyaka wesikolo ka-2014-15, ngokutsho kophando lweSebe leMfundo. Abo titshala bachithe umyinge we-$479.

Ootitshala baseMaryland abakwimimandla engaphantsi kwedolophu bathi isithili sabo sibabonelela ngezixhobo, kodwa ezo azihlali ixesha elide kuneenyanga ezimbalwa zokuqala zonyaka wesikolo. Nangona kunjalo, izixhobo zigubungela kuphela izinto eziyimfuneko.

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NgeCawa ekupheleni kuka-Agasti, uMoskowitz, utitshala weZikolo zikaRhulumente zaseMontgomery County, wajikeleza uTarget kunye nesoka lakhe, utitshala wobunjineli kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo uGeorge Lavelle. UMoskowitz ufundisa abantwana abakwishumi elivisayo abaneemfuno ezizodwa kwiCarl Sandburg Learning Center eRockville, eMaryland, isiqingatha seyure ngaphandle kweWashington.

Utitshala uLauren Moskowitz ugcwalisa imoto yakhe ngezinto azithengileyo eRockville, eMd. Target nge-18 ka-Agasti 2019.

UMoskowitz uthe igumbi lakhe lokufundela elineemfuno ezizodwa lineemfuno ezingaphezulu kunezinye iiklasi, kodwa isithili sabela imali kuphela ngokomfundi ngamnye kwisithili sonke.

“Imali yakho ingena kakhulu kwisikolo esilungiselelwe abantwana kunakwisikolo esilungiselelwe abantu abaneemfuno ezizodwa,” utshilo uMoskowitz. Umzekelo, uthe, izikere ezilungisekayo, zabantwana ababambezeleka kwizakhono zokuhamba kakuhle, zibiza ngaphezulu kunezikere eziqhelekileyo.

Ukutya kwakuyinxalenye enkulu kuluhlu lukaMoskowitz, ukusuka kwiApple Jacks ukuya kwiVeggie Straws ukuya kwipretzels, kuba abafundi bakhe badla ngokulamba ngamaxesha angangeni kakuhle kwikhefu lesidlo sasemini.

Kunye nee-baby wipes zabafundi abangaqeqeshwanga ukuya ekhitshini, iMoskowitz ithenge ii-markers, itshokhwe yendlela kunye neekhrayoni ezinkulu - ezilungileyo kubantwana abakwi-occupational therapy. Uhlawule yonke loo nto ngomvuzo wakhe we-$90,000, ochaza isidanga sakhe se-master kunye namava akhe eminyaka eli-15.

Emva kweentsuku ezimbini, utitshala wezibalo waseMontgomery County u-Ali Daniels wayekwiphulo elifanayo, ebaleka phakathi kweTarget neStaples eGreenbelt, eMaryland.

KuDaniels, ukudala imeko-bume entle yegumbi lokufundela sesona sizathu siphambili sokuba achithe imali yakhe kwizinto zesikolo. Kunye nezinto zakudala ezifunekayo xa ebuyela esikolweni, uDaniels uphinde wathenga iziqholo ze-Glade candle warmer yakhe: iClean Linen kunye neSheer Vanilla Embrace.

“Isikolo samabanga aphakathi lixesha elinzima, kwaye ndifuna bazive bekhululekile kwaye bonwabile,” utshilo uAlexandra Daniels, ofundisa abafundi bebanga lesithandathu kwi-Eastern Middle School eMontgomery County, eMaryland.

“Bangena egumbini lam; linemvakalelo entle. Liza kuba nevumba elimnandi,” utshilo uDaniels. “Isikolo samabanga aphakathi lixesha elinzima, kwaye ndifuna bazive bekhululekile kwaye bonwabile, kwaye ndifuna nokuziva bekhululekile kwaye bonwabile.”

Kwisikolo sase-Eastern Middle School eSilver Spring, apho uDaniels efundisa khona izibalo zebanga lesithandathu nelesixhenxe, uthe abantwana abali-15 ukuya kuma-20 bangena kwigumbi lakhe lokufundela bengenazo izinto ezivela ekhaya. U-Eastern uyafaneleka ukufumana imali yeTitle I evela kwinkxaso-mali karhulumente, eya kwizikolo ezinabafundi abaninzi abavela kwiintsapho ezinengeniso ephantsi.

Ngexesha lokutyelela eStaples naseTarget, uDaniels wathenga iincwadi zamanqaku, iibhanti kunye neepensile zabafundi abasweleyo.

Kunyaka othile, uDaniels uqikelele ukuba uchitha i-$500 ukuya kwi-$1,000 yemali yakhe kwizinto zesikolo. Umvuzo wakhe wonyaka: $55,927.

“Ithetha ngenzondelelo abanayo ootitshala kwaye sifuna abantwana bethu baphumelele,” utshilo uDaniels. “Abayi kukwazi ukuphumelela kakuhle njengoko bebenokwenza ukuba abanikwa izinto abazidingayo.”

UAlexandra Daniels ungutitshala webanga lesithandathu kwi-Eastern Middle School eMontgomery County, eMd. Wasebenzisa imali yakhe ukuthenga ezi zinto zesikolo.

Njengoko wayephuma eStaples ephethe ityala elingaphezulu kwe-$170, uDaniels wafumana ububele obungalindelekanga. Umcashi wanika utitshala isaphulelo esikhethekileyo se-10% kubasebenzi njengoko wayebulela uDaniels ngokukhonza uluntu.

U-Ali Daniels, utitshala wezibalo kwi-Eastern Middle School eSilver Spring, eMaryland, ubonisa uluhlu lwezinto azithengela kwigumbi lakhe lokufundela.

Nangona inani labo lenkcitho lingaphantsi komyinge wophando lweSebe leMfundo omalunga ne-$500, bobabini uDaniels noMoskowitz bathi ukuthenga kwabo akukagqitywa.

Bobabini ootitshala baceba ukuthenga kwiAmazon okanye kwenye indawo kwi-intanethi. Bafuna izaphulelo kwizinto ezifana neepensele zegalufa zabantwana abafunda ukubhala kunye nesixhobo sokususa izimonyo sokucoca iibhodi ezomileyo.

Bobabini bathi uhambo lwabo lokubuyela esikolweni luza kuba lolokuqala kwiindlela ezininzi abazixhasa ngazo ukuze baphinde bazalise izinto ezifunekayo unyaka wonke – “alunamsebenzi,” utshilo uMoskowitz.

“Ukuba besihlawulwa ngokufanelekileyo kwasekuqaleni, yinto enye leyo,” utshilo. “Asihlawulwa xa kuthelekiswa nenqanaba lethu lemfundo.”