<p>Gracious. This is taking perfectionism to the extreme. My sister had the misfortune of having a teacher with too much time on her hand, and was a bit like this. 1" binders were required. No, not 1.5", not 2", but 1". </p>
<p>Fortunately, my teachers do not do this. Although, my middle school provided planners and required us to get them signed weekly, and for us to use them. It was a big part of our grade, but most people just wrote the assignments in before school started. What a waste of paper.</p>
<p>When I was in high school, I did not like the binders thing at all.</p>
<p>Now, that I have been at University for a while, I will tell you folks something…</p>
<p>The binders thing is a really good thing to learn about. But, ultimately, you will only need that skill for: math, foreign language, and science.</p>
<p>Binder checks with specific requirements (e.g. adding and writing in an extra notes section from the already-included notes taken in an entirely different section of the sectioned binder and not referring to it beyond the first day and docking marks for not having it) **** me off.</p>
<p>I hate binders/required supplies. I usually buy the thing for the initial “supply check” at the end of the first week or whatever, and then ignore it for the rest of the year.</p>
<p>And periodic “binder use” checks are completely annoying. My chemistry teacher did that, and I always got 0’s.</p>
<p>What I find annoying is how some teachers will have the students buy all that random binder crap, dividers, notebooks, and then I never use them! Like my english teacher had me get a three subject notebook and I ensued to write in about 2 of those pages the entire year. And it’s not like I didn’t take required notes, because no one did.</p>