‘So instead of $30, I’m spending $150 for paper towels’: Science teacher uses school funds to buy price-gouged supplies to make admin think twice about giving teachers purchasing autonomy – FAIL Blog

Kids are going to make a mess, it’s what they do. They don’t mean to be messy little goblins, it just turns out that fun things (especially in the science classroom) are the noisiest, most colorful, and the messiest. Alas, if it involves fire, food dye, or a little helium explosion, you better believe the kids are actually going to be paying attention to that lesson. And spending $15 on clean-up supplies wasn’t going to change these teachers’ passion for their students. Keep those minds sharp, clean up your messes, and practice logic even outside of the classroom. That’s what the science department head in this next story would do…