the mysterious case of missing pencils
July 17, 2018 • 46 comments • 29,035 viewsWhat is it with our kids and the universal mystery of missing pencils?!
I keep having to buy new pencils for Daniel (actually come to think of it… eraser, ruler, colour pencils, sharpeners…) until I don’t know where to put my face at Smiggle anymore. They must think I hoard children’s stationery *facepalm*… or that I’m just a mom who can’t keep her kids’ things together! Which is kinda true I guess haha.
The conversation with my pen-missing hero:
Me: Daniel, seriously, where are all your pencils? There’s only one in here!
Daniel: Uhhh they’re all there…
Me: No, they’re not. You have to check everyday that you have all your things before you leave school! Where did all your pencils go? I’ve bought you like 10 of them.
Daniel: My friends borrow them sometimes… and you tell me to share so I share.
Don’t you dare throw that back at me, little man.
Me: What happened to their pencils?
Daniel: We all borrow each other’s pencils….
WHAT?! Why?! Even so, if everyone borrows each other’s pencils then everyone would still have pencils. All these pencils would just move around to different pencil case addresses but every pencil case would be filled with stranger pencils until one day it rotates back to your original pencils that your mom bought you, no?
Long pause.
Oh. My. God.
Who am I, guys?
Listen to yourself, Vivy. You’re upset about… pencils.
I’M SUCH A MOM. I USED TO BE COOL.
Ok but seriously, I instastoried this and I got soooo many DMs from other moms/aunts/sisters that say they too face the same problem. Best advice one of them gave me – just give them one pencil so there’s no choice but to hang on to it with dear life. Haha!
A question for us to ponder though… if every kid loses their pencils in school, where do all these pencils go?? *cue mysterious music*
They went to that special place where the missing pair of sock resides. The missing brooch is also at the neighbouring area.
hahahahahaa yaaa this is serious question. If we have kindergarten teacher here, please answer. Thank you ^-^
i will not give my son pencil coz memang akan hilang sentiasa..hahaha
haha! the missing tudung pins also hang out there….
I buy the essentials awal tahun things in bulk and when the supplies are finished,lost or whatever happened , i take the kids to kedai alat tulis, let them pick what stationeries they want and pay for it with their duit raya collection! smiggles or snuggles it’s coming from their tabung.hahahaha
hahaha…lucu pulak..tp faham la mak mst geram je kan
nanti missing tupperware pulak haha
alahai, samalah mcm anak saya … hari2 kena bagi pensel baru, and end up I just provide them one pencil and tell them no more extra pencil coz the shop refused to sell their pencils to mommy … *big sigh* …just because a pencil, now I become a liar …
Pensil jatuh…so Tak leh amik balik ๐
I understand parents frustrations when it comes to missing pencils, erasers and..
I was once a replacement kindi teacher at an International school. To be honest kids dont really care about their stationery. They lend it to friends. At the end of the day, i find pencils on the floor, inside desks and even behind cupboards.What i do, i pick up all these pencils and place them in a jar on my table. Labelled it Missing Pencils๐
vivy, go to a bookshop (harris, popular etc) instead to get unattractive boring looking pencils.. maybe then other kids won’t want to borrow danial’s pencils.
my son has missing pencils, erasers, goggles, socks..you name it..it has probably gone missing as well!
oops I meant Daniel’s not danial’s..
It donโt happen to kids only! As an adult I keep losing my stationery. Itโs just that I tend to misplace or once people borrow they forget itโs mine and it end up in their cases. Stationery arenโt that identical. So what I did was order a bunch of sticker with my name on it and stick it on! It seems kiasu and berkira but whatevs. Hardly lose anything since, yay! Misplaced or borrowed, people usually return it back to me!
should this issue be brought up as what people did with heavy school bag issue? HAHAHAH
should this issue be brought up as what people did with heavy school bag issue? HAHAHAH
Rasanya perkara biasa kot bila stationery hilang dikalangan primary school kids. hihi… kalau girls, suka sangat beli eraser, entah apa yang dibuat dengan eraser pun tak tahu. hihi
dilema biasa.. hari ni pun stress pemadam & gam hilang. in which itu satu2nya yang dia ada. so how? pencil fine. hahahaha
Vivy, you can just bought 2B pencil at RM2 shop. The quality is not bad. So if hilang pun, tak rasa ralat sangat.. hahaha, if i go there, i will buy almost 10-15 boxes of 2B pencil.. stock for 1 year..only cost RM30.. There’s one RM2 shop dekat area Mydin Subang Jaya..can try shop there, not only pencils, got other stationary too..
I am a primary school teacher, used to be an assistant teacher for reception and creche… at the end of the long school session, I will always find pencils, erasers, rulers, etc etc whole lots of thingssssss which I am very sure there is an owner for this things but when I ask whose pencils is this???? krik krik…no answer or everyone claim its not theirs…so there you go to the lost items tray……
wondering the same thing as well XD
Hello, teacher there *waves* Instead of Mysterious Case of Missing Pencils, we have the Mysterious Case of Not-My-Pencil in school. Whenever we find a pencil on the floor, pick the pencil ask and ask “whose pencil is this?” Every. Single. Kid will say “NOT MY PENCIL”. Sometimes even if the pencil has a specific and unique design…let’s say..Duck pencil…the kids will still stay “not mine”. So yes, the pencils all go into a container or a pencil bin. By the end of the year, if you replace the number of unclaimed pencils with ringgit, then I’ll be as rich as Vivy. ๐
maybe daniel bisnes jual pensil kat kengkawan dia kot.
those pencils are somewhere hidden at the side part of the bag..or pockets..yes children love to exchange items.. says kindi teacher and a mother of a 5yo
our school won’t let kids bring pencil case – school provide them – of course we paid for it as part of yuran ๐
Haha..as teacher I collected pencils, pencil colours and even socks everyday at school. especially the year 1 class. When I asked them no one will admit itโs theirs. hahhh itโs good for you to check their belongings before they go to school. haha I wonder how the parents will react to the missing pair of socks ๐ or do they even care?
maybe my neighbor’s daughter took it. She always come back with a whole bunch of pencils! hahhaha. her mom even went to the class to return the pencils back to all the pity students.
It reminds me of a novel by Cecelia Ahern, ‘A Place Called Here’. ‘Here’ is the place where all the missing things (even people) go. They all gather there and talk about them being.. well, missing. Talk about socks (not a pair, just one), pencils, brooches and whatever it is that’s always missing, just name it, they’re all there. Maybe that’s where Daniel’s pencils go too. Hahah
hahahahahha same here Vivy! We were reminded by our friends to stock up few dozen of pencils, erasers, rulers, glue, at home and just give them 1 or 2 for them to survive each day. But the funny part when my son came back from school with one or two pencil already kontot because he kept sharpen the same pencil hahahhaha
Haha..thanks for sharing. Think I would have similar problems when my son grows to be that age
Mine came back with a pair of socks that are in different sizes! Bizarre but TRUE! lol
Ya lor. Just go to Mr Diy ke the pencils are good as well. Doesnt have to be branded as long as it serves the function. Kedai ECO Rm2 pun ok. They have 1 box of pencils just for RM2. So kalau hilang banyak kali pun tak terasa sangat. And jimat juga
Don’t lose the others
yang ni mmg jadi dekat semua anak2
Hahaha. I love this post vivy. This is so trueeee. I’m having the same problem too when I was a kid. No matter how i marked my stationary such as putting sticker with name on it, paste my name written with pen using salotape, and even, classic way, my mom carved my initials using pocket knife on my pencils. Still. They are gone by the end of week, month etc. Still remember how we kids don’t care whose pencils are in our pencil box. Truly mysterious case of missing pencils. How nostalgic.
At CBN, they have this ” Lost and Found ” corner. So every time my kid lost a pencil, she can go at the lost and found corner to borrow a pencil.
I should write a piece about the mysterious case of missing blogger’s who wrote about the mysterious case of missing pencils… Coincidence? I fret not. XD
Am I the only one who thinks that the conservation is so freaking funny? Why both of you’re so cute?
Just put Daniel’s name in all of his pencils! My mom used to do that when I was a kid ๐ to prevent them missing..
My niece also has been loosing his songkok for two times. Then water bottle, after that his colour pencil. So mystery until we ask their friend and teachers, but also cant be found. Its universe problem i think even my mom keep loosing her brooch. anytime buying 10pcs but end up with 1pcs for sureee XD
If you can find the answer to mystery of missing brooches and pins, then you will find the answer of missing pencils. LOL
pastu bila cikgu tgok xda pencil..cikgu ckp..mak duit byk…mak cikgu..pencil anak pun xbo nak beli…
hehe..adoi..same here vivy…*malu..tu yg hari2 check stationeries..tp mcm tulaa..mia sentiasa pensil2 tu..hehe
I suggest to lable with permanent marker pen.. The children sure will return to it’s owner.
Vivy, just give him a simple and cheap one, you will be surprise, the pencil will always stay in the pencil case haha…
I used to be a kindergarten teacher. We usually have this one bucket where we put all pencils and colors that we found on the floor, or somewhere in places. So I guess Danielโs pencils are all in his classroom hehehehe
maybe we can tag or label the pencil with their names so the one who found the pencil can return back to them ..hopefully
Haha..thanks for sharing. Think I would have similar problems when my son grows to be that age