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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh please. You're not "voting" that things are too excessive by contributing nothing. If you don't want to put on a teacher breakfast or a holiday party, then TELL somebody. Tell the room mom, or tell the principal. Give your reasons. Be an adult. Don't just blow everyone off and think you are on some moral high ground.[/quote]

Yeah, right.  That'll really make the room-mothers happy.  [/quote]

I don't think it's about making the room parents happy or unhappy.  Not contributing doesn't imply a vote since people don't donate or participate for a broad range of reasons as seen on this thread.  If you have an objection to the particular activity, let it be known to the principal or whomever.  Silence = consent in most cases.[/quote]

But silence + non-participation + non-funding =/= consent.[/quote]

Respectfully, I disagree unless you also go the final step of not allowing your child to participate.  The problem that OP was alluding to at the very beginning, quite possibly, is that you get far too many parents who are silent, don't participate and don't $$ support.  I doubt it's because all of them object to the activities, though.  [/quote]

I agree with PP who said that silence + non-participation + non-funding =/= consent.

And here's the rub:  non-participation (asking that a child not participate in an activity) creates MORE work for the teachers.  B/c they have to come up with an activity/extra work for the child to do while the rest of the class is doing the activity you don't like.  So, then you feel like you are being a REALLY pita to the teacher.

Believe me, I want to ask that my child not participate in the dumb activities.  But my mom (former K teacher) has told me I will thus make MORE WORK for the teacher.  [/quote]

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