There's a great deal of value to struggling a bit and figuring something out on your own. As in, writing instruments. Not for me , mind you. For the students. I'd be thrilled if every day, every student came to school properly equipped.
Nothing is more bothersome than students who arrive unprepared.
I know there are some hardship cases out there, and those are understandable. That, for better or worse, is what I'd most like from my students. My students, I'm sure, could put together a much longer list of what they'd like from me.