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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree.  5th grade is a bit old for a parent to be involved, except maybe some relatively hands off chaperoning on a field trip. I used to teach middle school and parents would have just complicated matters most of the time.  Kids of that age act very differently when parents are around.  [/quote]

If anything, kids that age 10, 11, 12, 13 behave better when a parent is around. Parents (some, anyway) bring fresh energy into a stale dynamic. Most kids I see just brighten right up when they see a fun parent in the room. Even on a 6th or 7th grade field trip--these kids are usually dying to show off their work to you or just talk about the subjects from a different perspective for a change. The teacher can just leave and go get a Starbucks, really. [b]Many of the Moms and Dads at Janney have extensive educations and experience with modern, more nurturing methods of interacting with kids that are certainly on par with most of the teachers[/b]. As for gossiping about the other kids--you're wrong. I've got a younger kid who is special needs in 3rd grade and volunteering was a great opportunity for me to bridge the social gap a little bit with him to see which kids he really was connecting with and facilitate a better relationship for him with some of those kids and with his teacher, actually. Parents in the classroom is  a win-win.[/quote]

Wow, OP. Now *I'm* annoyed by you. Your whole attitude really seems to be "we know better than you."

Do your kid, his classmates and his teacher a favor and stop volunteering in the classroom.[/quote]

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