Teaching Is Being Thrilled Over A Pencil Sharpener

The following articles aren't news. We teachers are real suckers. 

1. Public School Teachers Spend Billions of Their Own Funds on Student Needs 

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12504-public-school-teachers-spend-billions-of-their-own-money-on-student-needs 

2. Teachers Spend Own Money for Supplies

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95922&page=1#.UK0ToIaHjiU 

3. With tight school budgets, teachers pay out-of-pocket for supplies

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/with-tight-school-budgets-teachers-pay-out-of-pocket-for-supplies-1.1198412 

4. Teachers Spend Own Money On Necessity Items For Their Students: Report (SLIDESHOW) 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/survey-many-teachers-repo_n_1822777.html 

5. Do you feel obligated to buy school supplies with your own money?

http://www.edutopia.org/poll-teachers-buy-school-supplies 

6. Teachers Discount

http://store.schoolspecialty.com/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?minisite=10104&gclid=CNSitp_Q4LMCFWrZQgodGCMAxw

7. Teacher Discount Supply

http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Community/Welcome.aspx?welcomeid=568&category=4650&es=5841500000G&CMP=KNC-Google&ne_ppc_id=1412&ne_sadid=16509729563&ne_ad_id=2522630&gclid=CO2rtsjQ4LMCFcN_QgodWW0A4Q

8. Michael's--Teacher take 15% off every day

http://michaels.m.delivery.net/w/webView?cid=13052451222&mid=1129223274&pid=10194&vid=13804&ee=ZGl2YXNiaWdzaXN0ZXJAZ21haWwuY29t&si&mv=H&bv=H&oc=H&k=13JfHg&sc

9. NEA Tax Credit for teachers spending money on their class

http://www.nea-nm.org/Research/research2teachertax.htm