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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP and because most of the volunteer activities are overly-planned and too complicated.

Class parties with multiple parent volunteers to oversee an array of changing activities with stations. Teacher Appreciation Week with subcommittees: Door Decorating! Gift Card Collection! Teacher Lunch Potluck from Parents! Teacher Lunch Cateted by Chik Fil A!
6th Grade Grad Party: Decorations/Dance Decorations/Cafeteria. We Still Need Quiet Game Room Volunteers! Anyone have DJ Equipment? Attention Parents of Juniors:Please Help with the All Night Grad Party to see how we do this!  [/quote]

So many of these seem silly. Some moms think they are vital and want to do them, so they do them. I am not going to opt out my kid b/c I think it's dumb; these mothers seem to find meaning in it. But I am not going to kill myself to do something unnecessary just b/c Lara's mother thinks it's important[/quote]

For every non-volunteering parent who feels the way you do, there are three more who will not volunteer but will also complain about the activity being cancelled or "not done right." [/quote]

I had some parents be particularly persnickety with me about something. They didn’t think I was doing the job quick enough and would often email the principal to complain. Once was on Christmas Eve when nobody had been at school for a week and I wasn’t doing my volunteer role over the break because it wasn’t that urgent. They acted like I was some sort of paid employee who answered to them. I thought they were utterly insane. The principal wasn’t going to fire me for not hopping to it over the break. Everyone else was normal, except for this one couple.[/quote]

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