Parents and school involvement

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Parents and school involvement
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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 8:49am

My question stems from a personal experience. My middle child is starting kindergarten next week. I've become fairly close with one of my dd's friend's moms- this is her first child entering the school system. She WOH, I do not, plus I have experience with the school, so she's been calling me with questions and comments.

It started to go bad when she called to complain that the kindy orientation is during the day- when she is working. Then it led to complaints about the parents' read aloud program (when the kids are in library) and other opportunities for volunteerism in the school. I get that these things aren't convenient for her, but I'm getting annoyed with the complaining. How can the kids have an orientation at night when they go to school during the day? None of these events are mandatory for parents or kids. And plenty of activities are scheduled for evenings: Back to school night, the PTA picnic, etc.

She thinks because she can't participate, no one should be able to, apparently. Plenty of WOHP do show up for these things. I think she's being unrealistic if she thought she could put a couple of kids through school without ever taking a vacation day. Am I wrong? Am I missing something here?

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 11:38am

I disagree, but then again I'm not really interested in just

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 11:43am
Thank you.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 11:44am
I agree if you just encourage but sometimes parents take it too far and it turns into pushing your child.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 11:54am

Do you only talk to the teacher or principal if there is a problem?


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 11:56am
I've never had many problems but the only people I have spoken to was the teacher and the school Psychologist (for my dd's ADHD).
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 11:57am

One can also say that if one works only on the weaknesses, sometimes parents take it to far and it turns into pushing a child.


But then again, I really don't live in the extremes that you often speak about, as I have mentioned before...so they really don't apply.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 12:01pm
unfortunately alot of people dont agree with you...
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 12:01pm

That didn't answer my question, as I wasn't asking the specifics of talking to someone when there is problem.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 12:07pm
interesting
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Registered: 07-17-2007
Fri, 09-07-2007 - 12:10pm
i dont mean this question to be mean but dont you see a problem when parents have jto hire tutors for their kids to pass a basic state test? that would bother me to no end. imo that is putting entirely too much emphasis on one test and if that much emphasis is being put on that test then something else is being neglected while that is being done. it was those things that were being neglected that caused me to pull my child from that education environment.

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