As far as letters from the teacher go, the one parents near Philadelphia found in their kids' folders recently has to win some kind of award for pure genius. The pre-printed form inviting parent volunteers to sign up to chaperone the class trip doesn't try to woo them with promises of gratitude or platitudes about being "involved."
The letter is hilariously honest. Volunteer and you're going to ride on a bus with 50-plus noisy fifth graders, eat greasy fast food ...
Hey, it sounds better than the teacher blowing smoke up your butt, doesn't it? What if all those parent volunteer sign-up sheets got a little more honest?
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What if, instead of expounding on the benefits of being an involved parent, they just cut the crap and told us what we were in for? Do they really think we'd stop doing things for our kids if we knew up front that it was going to kind of suck?
After the good laugh we got over everything it would take to chaperone those fifth graders, I'm thinking parents would appreciate the honesty! So here you go, a few forms you can submit next time you want to sign up as a volunteer mom or dad!
Which one is your favorite?
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All these women sound like absolutely miserable people. Fine, don't get involved! Apparently it's beneath you!
It's not that they aren't getting involved or that they don't want to. It's just a funny way of making a point. The point being: don't sugar coat it, just tell me exactly what I'm really doing. If the above tasks were actually beneath those women, they wouldn't have done it in the first place!
I love this idea. I hate volunteering for something and I end up doing something I never expected to do. I want to know exactly what I'm getting into. I'm more into structured organization, and I go by the book. If you say we end at 7pm, I'm leaving at 7:05pm at the latest.
I'm the pres of my daughters PTO (less then 200 kids in school) and I would LOVE to send out things like this. For some reason the superintendent won't let me. Think I'd get a lot more help if I could!
this article is supposed to be funny jeesh and i for one thought it was hilarious! lol!
As a parent-volunteer, PTO member and T-Ball coach I totally relate to these. I love being able to participate in my kids activities, but I think these are hillarious!
I would LOVE to be involved and voleenteer at my kids schools, But after reading all the papers which tell you younger siblings( I have a 18 month old and a 3year old) arent allowed to come, and the fact my school aged kids are in 2 different school and their programs and assembles are at the SAME time I just cant, ya know unless I chop myself into 4 peices one for each kid.
I love the idea and it wouldn't stop me from getting involved it would let me know exactly what to plan for.