In school, about five times a day a person complains about not having any paper and having to borrow it. A paper dispenser in the desk would be a good solution. The slot should be directly below the pencil holder. Math room desks could have two slots: one for notebook paper and the other for graph paper. There should be an easy, slide in, slide out, one-step cartridge design to make refilling the paper fast and easy. I don't think cost would be much of a problem. Notebook paper is getting ever cheaper (48 cents for a pack of 150 at Wal-Mart). Wholesale should be even cheaper.-- fogfreak, Aug 08 2003 Or even make it a roll of paper that you can rip off, like paper towel.
Good for short and sweet sketching when you want to scan it into a computer for our paperless society we are supposed to build.-- sartep, Aug 08 2003 Letting children have supplies just won't work. I'd like to think I'm a civil 13-year old, but I'd still take a sheet or two to sketch on if math class failed to keep my interest.-- motive power, Aug 08 2003 But that's ok. They think you are taking notes that way.-- sartep, Aug 08 2003 Or offer pads of paper on account for a dollar. Teacher keeps the change.-- FloridaManatee, Aug 08 2003 I don't mean to sound blunt, but this isn't an idea for rolling papers?-- thumbwax, Aug 08 2003 Well, I guess, if you wanted [tw].-- fogfreak, Aug 09 2003 should the paper roll from the top or the bottom.-- po, Aug 09 2003 Well really I think it should be a sheet dispenser, because that way it could have lines and holes punched like regular notebook paper.-- fogfreak, Aug 09 2003 It would be a bit annoying to get the last couple of layers ofthe roll though, cos your paper would keep curling up as you write on it.-- mailtosalonga, Apr 06 2004 Why go to this extreme when you could just beat the children if they forget to bring enough paper? After his first beating, Jimmy will never forget to bring adequate paper supplies to class again. Problem solved.-- proee, Dec 29 2008 But asking for paper is a valuable waste of lesson time...-- up_on_cloud_nine, Dec 29 2008 so a paper "binder" then. Better include a pencil dispenser, or "pouch" too.-- WcW, Dec 29 2008 halfbakery