Hey Everybody,
The end of summer is fast approaching, and that means teacher are preparing to get back to school.
Now, if you have a K-12 teacher in your life, you already likely know that this time of year is busy with acquiring new classroom resources, setup, and cleanup before the littles come back, and conferences happen.
Last year, my wife requested that I post her wishlist on here to see if others were interested in contributing supplies for her classroom.
We received a ton of resources, are we're very grateful. I'll be requesting your help again this year.
Here is the list:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/15VJ5NDYNE4WG
You've done this once already, why are you doing it again?
If don't have a teacher in your life, you may not know that most schools do not provide supplies for teachers, or the children. That responsibility typically falls on the parents, and if the parents don't follow through, the teachers have to provide for the students. Most of the supplies required for a classroom aren't renewable and need to be re-acquired on a yearly basis.
Imagine if you will, taking a job as a dev, sysadmin, or security analyst, and having to supply your own tools, your own computer, operating system, software, network connectivity, your own printer, printer ink, cables, chair, desk, pencils, pens, notepads, desktop phone (if you don't have a cell), etc.
That's what it's like being a K-12 teacher. Additionally, my wife works in a title 1 school. If you have no idea what that is, Title 1 schools serve primarily poor and impoverished families and communities.
You work in tech, why aren't you covering it?
Ah, you may not see it or believe it, but we both contribute to the classroom on a regular basis for arts and crafts projects, additional snacks, additional pens, pencils, crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue sticks, printer paper, ink, a home laminator, and laminator sheets, etc. I'm definitely involved, and that won't ever change.
Some of you may note that there are snacks/food in the list I provided, and that's not an error. Many of these children, if they don't receive school lunches or breakfast, they don't get fed. and given the current political climate in which the administration is doing its level best to supplant resources from every walk of life to just throw them at the rich, free food for children is on the chopping block.
As a general reminder, to date, I've written approximately 2.5 textbooks. The digital editions are always on available on leanpub (https://leanpub.com/u/da_667), and for the past several years, they have always been "pay what you want", even if you can't pay for them at all. I believe in sharing knowledge, that it wants to be free, so even if you can't pay, I still want you to have it. You also know that I'm a prolific blogger on www.totes-legit-notmalware.site, and also on community.emergingthreats.net, sharing in my knowledge very often. I don't ask for anything in return, and that will never change.
I'm also not blind, and I can plainly see that everyone that doesn't fit "the agenda" or who isn't a billionaire is suffering in this year of our lord, 2025. So, I get it if you don't want to donate, or you can't donate. That's fine. I would deeply appreciate you re-tooting this message, so that it gets to more eyes, if that isn't too much trouble.
Thank you very much for your time and your eyes on this.
