Confessions of one sahm

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Confessions of one sahm
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Fri, 04-03-2009 - 1:58pm

I've been thinking about this *debate* lately, and I think that many of my

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Registered: 04-22-2009
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 12:45pm
and actually many of us check (and gasp! even respond) to e-mail from home.
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Registered: 02-06-2009
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 12:53pm

I'm sorry, but your post made me laugh!

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Registered: 05-13-2009
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 12:58pm

Emails, web sites, teachers blogs, social networking, etc are in addition to occasional face-to-face meetings, IME. Many teachers are using new media to communicate with parents, and it all good, IMO, because there's usually not a problem with too much communication.

Oddly enough, I see my children's teacher's every week, usually several times a week, but still use other media to catch up on some activities. Why would I need to ask about a particular project in person when the details of the assignment are posted on the teacher's web page? I just watched a streaming video of my oldest's immigration debate on the school website, she was brilliant, of course ;-).

Some people prefer to use new media to communicate, others prefer more traditional means of phone calls and face-to-face. As long as both parties are satisfied with the results, who cares how its done?

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 1:10pm

i forget you're at the college level.

 

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 1:13pm

<<... I think that everyone has to explicitly establish a boundary somewhere, because otherwise some students/parents seem oblivious to them.>>


But there are many, many

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 1:13pm

The main reason I see email as more convenient is that the teacher (or whomever) can respond to it when they have time. This works well if it's not urgent. If it IS, then I can see a phone call being a better communication tool.

This is no different than the way things work in many other industries/fields, IME.

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 1:15pm

>> Second, if I had to be worried if the parents of my children's classmates were wasted or overtired while driving or chaperoning on a field trip, then it's pretty clear that I don't know them well enough, wouldn't you think? <<

And then you never know...I found out some stuff this weekend about a family whom I have known since ODS started kindergarten. :-(

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 1:17pm

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Why not? <<

I have the same question. Volunteering is important to me and I find ways to do it AND work.

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Registered: 03-26-2009
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 1:18pm
So basically you would be worried with parents of public school driving your children but not private school-gotcha. Thanks so much :)
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Fri, 06-05-2009 - 1:20pm
It seems to me that there is a preference towards private school parents (guess NONE of them are EVER tired or wasted-lol!!). Don't know about anyone else but I pretty much know all the parents in my children's 5th grade class. I would NEVER know if they were tired or wasted the day they drove my child for the ONE reason, that I would not be there to see it :0

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