Originally Posted by bearisgray

Much as I sometimes dislike spending money on rulers, etc. that I may only use once - it's a major annoyance if everyone else in the class is using the "suggested tools" and only one person is trying to "make do" with something else - especially if the person does not know how to "make do" with the something else. It really slows down the flow of the class and takes up valuable time from everyone else for whatever it was that everyone signed up for.