Eraser Heads

Julie Witczak had done her best to stay out of temptation's reach this summer. The Deerfield teacher has been the waterfront director for a YMCA camp in northern Wisconsin, far from the colorful displays of highlighters and spiral notebooks that have sprouted like dandelions in stores for more than a month now.

But when she and a friend had a day off, they found themselves in the aisles of a huge discount store in a nearby town, and it was there that Witczak broke a vow to herself not to score any school supplies until Aug. 1.

"I tried to get through the aisles, but I couldn't resist seeing the Crayola markers for only 89 cents a box," she said. "I had to have some. I broke my promise. I gave in before August."

"Eraser Heads"
By Patrick Kampert
The Chicago Tribune

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