Monday, 29 March 2010

  • A Letter From a Room Parent!



    Dear Parents,

    I am tired of trying to sound peppy in my e-mails to you. When I say, "It is fun to see the kids involved in hands on learning!!!!" what I really mean is, "Please, for the love of God will someone, anyone, step forward and show up for the damn science lab?!?" 

    There are only so many ways I can sugarcoat cafeteria duty. Just come in and do it. Because helping your kid open his ketchup packet is no more my responsibility than yours. 

    If I ask you to send in ridiculous food items, like dry pasta wheels or green marshmallows, it's not because I think it's fun to send parents on grocery store scavenger hunts. The teachers hatch these cutesy ideas, knowing that it is not their responsibility to beg for novelty food items from parents. Nope, that would be my "job."

    The ridiculous e-mails from the PTA about everything from photos for the yearbook to volunteer recruitment for flu shot day are NOT FROM ME. I forward them because they tell me to do so. If you delete them and don't volunteer, no skin off my back. I'd rather have you stuff the classroom folders every week, or read to the class once a month, because that would actually help me have to beg you less. And that would really be win-win. Would it not?

    And parents, please beware. If you think I'm annoying now, just you wait. Busy season is coming! Extra classroom readers during teacher planning time, snacks to "reward" the kids for testing, and then the last few weeks of school.... also known as "Party Time!"

    Thanks for reading before deleting,

    Your Exasperated Room Parent

    Moms are you a room parent? If not how do you support your child's room parent?

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