Thank goodness. As one rises through the gamut of education -- elementary to intermediate to junior high to high school and, finally, to college -- the required supplies shrinks and simplifies. Unfortunately, it gets more expensive. Enjoy this nostalgic look back at the genesis of your education.

10. Inoculation Chart

Kindergarten actually has more in common with traveling to Africa than going to college.

9. Large Eraser

In kindergarten, the eraser at the end of the pencil was never, ever enough. However, still very useful when manually deleting those pencil marks in textbooks.  

8. Crayons

Always the one with the sharpener on back. Useful, still, as makeshift highlighters.

7. Play-Doh

Maybe the creators of Play-Doh should’ve learned to spell in kindergarten.

6. Paste

Maybe less messy, but a whole lot more edible. Thankfully, college students get to use gluesticks.

5. Safety Scissors

They were fine. But you always knew there were sharper, larger scissors somewhere in the world.

4. Pencil Boxes

The pencil box was more than a house for your writing utensils and erasers -- it was a social barometer. Somehow. Considering how many times you have to borrow a pen in college, a box system may be a solid option.

3. Spelling Tablets

There was always something irritating and rigid about that grey paper with the red and dotted lines where most learned how to print. These, however, should be reinstated around college to help with some handwriting.

2. Tissues

Two boxes seemed to be the norm, and yet it’s hard to remember ever using two boxes the entire year, more or less the 50 that were collected in one class. And why couldn’t the district pay for tissue?

Anyway, in college, tissues make great bookmarks. 
 

1. Jumbo Pencils