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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our kids are at the same school, OP. And I think it’s shitty that you’re making fun of this on a public forum. It might not be for you, or for everyone - I’m not participating, and I don’t know who is. But I appreciate the fact that some parents are making an effort (and they do much more than this event, as you know.) [/quote]

So parents are not allowed to question the wisdom of the PTA moms? Give me a break. And save the sanctimony. You "appreciate that some parents are making an effort" to do something pointless and ridiculous? But don't worry, there will be 20 reply-all messages tomorrow praising the organizers for their Selfless Dedication to Our Children's Education -- which is, after all, the entire point of the whole enterprise.[/quote]

I bet you don't do a damn thing to make the high school that your kids go to a better place. Volunteering your time and energy to be on the PTA is an act of sacrifice and service, and good people with good hearts recognize it for the labor of love that it is with gratitude and kindness. You're miserable.[/quote]

OMG, please get over yourself. This activity - "cheering on" HS students as they walk into school for the second semester - is the very definition of performative busy work. No one wants this, no one needs this, but someone who has too much time on her hands is going to make it her life's mission simply for the selfies and list-serv glory as "an act of sacrifice and service." What an inflated sense of self-importance, and a martyr complex to go along with it.[/quote]

If you think the school needs something different, feel free to organize it.[/quote]

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