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[quote=Anonymous]I often hear people use the reasoning that they work full time so they can't help out or volunteer at the school.   At my place of employment, I get paid time off as a benefit.  I initially got 3 weeks, and now I get 4 weeks, but is it crazy that I use some of my vacation time to help out at the school?  I enjoy helping out, and the kids love to see parents coming in and showing interest.  It is enjoyable, but it is also sad for those kids who really wish their mom or dad would come in and participate.   Even if you come in for 2 hours every month or couple months, it makes all the difference to the teacher, students and even more so, your child.  I hear people at work bragging  about how they are going to carry over 40 or 80 hours and I just wonder what it all means if you drop dead tomorrow.  If you have kids, those are precious hours that you could've spent time with them.  What is the point of hoarding?  Are one week vacations to Disney the only reason to use the precious vacations hours?  Anyways, I figured I would throw this out because I really don't get it when people say they wish they could help but they work full-time.  Unless you are solving world peace or are solving national affairs, then I don't understand why you couldn't take a couple hours off here and there to help out.  Also, if every parent took turns helping out, then it wouldn't be so much on the one to two parents who are the regular volunteers in the classroom that also work full-time.  I don't want to start an all out ugly thread here, but I just wanted to give some perspective on how we could collectively make a difference if we work as a team.  That is all.[/quote]

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