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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I actually don't think a lot of the bullshit projects do add to the educational experience[/b].  Kids in China, Romania, elsewhere grow up to be theoretical mathematicians, physicists -- all without dressing up like their favorite historical figure, acting out a math facts song, having a pep rally for the SOL's.  This stuff is an outgrowth of weird, trendy fads in education in this country and parents with too much time on their hands.
And I have older kids and I absolutely do NOT wish I had been at every party, every field trip, etc.  My kids are at top-rated private colleges because I was able to earn the money to send them there.  THat's what I value -- not someone acting out a play, gluing more things on construction paper, etc.  
Part of the reason I didn't make volunteering a priority is because there truly is no correlation between bullshit projects and how your kids do on the standardized tests and how highly the school is rating.  Greatschools.net is actually correlated with household income -- Schools where parents are wealthy, can afford tutors and extra-curriculars, where learning disabilities get diagnosed and treated, where everybody gets fed before they go to school, where kids have the stability of knowing they're not going to end up homeless tend to end up with high test scores.  THe bullshit projects don't cause the high ratings or the test scores, and neither does the parental involvement.  THe parental resources cause these things, and there also happen to be a lot of bullshit projects.[/quote]

This.  I won't be contributing to this kind of nonsense.   [/quote]

I'm a SAHM and still don't go crazy with the projects. Maybe it is because I am not artsy. Just recently my kids in elementary school had to decorate pumpkins, turkeys, feathers for class turkey and now some how we celebrate holidays poster. They used the art supplies we had at home. My K son said his feather wasn't as good as the others but I was proud that he decorated his turkey feather on his own. He painted it, drew a few pictures and glued some glitter we had at home. It looked like a kindergartener's work. Some parents went all out but we didn't. Teachers know when parents are doing the projects and not the 5 year old child.[/quote]

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