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Quiz: What Do Your School Supplies Say About You?

Rummage through your desk drawer, dig in your bag, or peek in your pencil case to answer these questions. Your go-to tools say a lot about how you prepare, adapt, and support yourself, as well as your students and colleagues. Take this quiz to see what your classroom essentials reveal about you.
Published: August 10, 2026

Be honest: How many of your markers actually work? 

  1. Every single one! I always check. 
  2. Most of them. 
  3. Maybe half? Not really sure. 
  4. I don’t use markers.

How do you feel about being organized? 

  1. 100 percent obsessed. Color-coding is my jam! 
  2. Everything has a place. 
  3. There are better things to do with my time; everything will get put away eventually. 
  4. There’s not much to organize, but what I do have is tidy.

A student asks for a pencil. What do you do? 

  1. Pull a fresh pencil out of a dedicated cup. 
  2. Give them one, but make sure to get it back. 
  3. Dig around my desk drawer to find one, but it’s unsharpened and has no eraser. 
  4. Tell them to ask around, because I don’t have any extras.

What’s your opinion on label makers? 

  1. They’re a complete necessity. Even my laptop is labeled. 
  2. The labels aren’t for me; they’re for other people when they need something from my room. 
  3. They would be great if I had the time to use them. 
  4. What’s the point? I know what everything is already.

What does your pencil case look like right now? 

  1. Everything is fresh, works, and is neatly organized. 
  2. I have to search to find what I need, but I know it’s always going to be there.  
  3. Four pencils, a half-used eraser, and a dried-out marker. 
  4. I don’t have a pencil case, but I keep a pen in my bag.
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