Organizing Ideas and Reproducibles: Are You a Ripper?
Posted by Jen Bragg on 26 Feb 2009 | Posted in: Organization and Supplies, Teachers and Teaching
The editors here at The Education Center® chat regularly about our days in the classroom. One topic that comes up about once a year deals with whether or not we were “rippers.” What does that mean? A ripper is a teacher who rips out pages from her teacher resource books rather than keeping the book intact. I am proud to say that I qualify as a ripper. Although I kept resources like monthly books intact, I ripped out my reproducible skills sheets and sorted them into files labeled with corresponding standards. I’m an organizer, and by ripping out these pages, I could better keep track of the materials I wanted to use.
At last check 33% of our editors were rippers and 66% were not. (It always seems like there are more of us rippers, but maybe we’re just more vocal about it.) What about you? Are you a ripper? Why or why not? I’m not the only editor here who wants to know, so please, share your thoughts!
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56 Responses to “Organizing Ideas and Reproducibles: Are You a Ripper?”
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I am a ripper! I just wish the pages would tear out more easily!
I am a ripper, and then I buy the yearbook! This way I get both, the organization and the ease of sending the things for copies. I rip to make it easier for copying and remembering!
I am most definitely a ripper. I use so many different resources. I use the Mailbox magazine, the Book Bag, the Teacher’s Helper, my teacher’s manuals, and several other teachers’ books weekly. Therefore, I rip and file. So that I only have to drag home, a file not ten books. With three young children, it works for me. I just wish some of the magazines where a little easier to rip. The other upside is when I make copies I do not have to fuss with coping a book.
I am not a ripper. My stomach honestly turned when I read the title. I never could even write my name in my college books because that would be marring them. I copy the pages, place the copy in a sheet protector, and then place in a binder.
I also copy the contents page from the magazines and place them in another binder. This way if I’m looking for a certain topic, I look in the contents binder instead of having to go through each magazine.
I’m a ripper and have been for many, many years. I take all the corresponding materials related to the pages I’m taking out and file them according to lesson (matching, colors, word families, etc). Then I give the rest of the magazine to friends who may not subscribe to Mailbox. This way, we both win!
Let’s hear for all the rippers! It doesn’t destroy the magazine, it enhances the usage.
Not a MAILBOX ripper! Like to keep the book intact.
However, when I do rip a page, I keep a master with that lesson or the themed project. With scanning, I also keep a copy in my computer files by topic.
No way! I couldn’t rip a mailbox magazine. What happens if there is an activity on oceans on one side of the page and pets on the other?! I am a copier and filer by theme. I also enjoy the printable resources.
I’m with several others. I rip ideas about all sorts of things from other magazines and file them away for future reference, but I don’t rip my Mailbox mags. If there are ideas I really like and want to use, I make a copy (in color!). That way, I have it filed so its easy to locate, but my magazines stay in pristine condition for further reference.
I am highly organized but I do not rip. I copy all of the pages, make files or find the corresponding file and place the sheet in the file. To me, ripping is destroying. My mother taught me at a very young age, you never tear up anything you might read. When you rip, then the other half of the page falls out, gets lost and is much more difficult to place in a bookcase or shelf. I also worked in a library in undergraduate school so ripping would like be criminal.
I like to rip my Teacher’s Helpers and file away. I would rip my Mailbox if it were perferated like the Teacher’s Helper. Maybe that could be something that happens in the future.
I am a ripper. I rip pages out so that I can file them into like categories for easy access. If I leave them in the books, I tend to forget about them and then won’t use them. It saves me time and energy to rip out the pages and organize them based on skill or theme.