A few days ago I was behind a lady at checkout. She had a shopping cart literally overflowing with school supplies. Paper, glue, pencils and pens, rulers, folders and even somethings I didn't recognize as normal school supplies. I thought I was trying to be supportive, thinking she was a teacher and was stocking up on things that she might need through the school year that the schools don't supply anymore and simply asked if she was a teacher. She said no, I'm just buying supplies for my kid. Not kids, just kid!
I was amazed because when I was a kid, school supplies consisted of a Paper Mate pen, 4 pencils, a package of lined, three ring binder paper, the binder and a new pair of shoes. Yes, I know I'm older then dirt but a cart full of the stuff seems excessive.