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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow some of you PPs are total jerks. These are activities your kid is involved in and you just can’t be bothered because you have more important things to do? It’s sad that your kids will see how unimportant they are to you when you are late or they show up unprepared etc. Guess what, we are all busy and somehow get our kids together for their activities. [/quote]

Are you even a parent? There are a million things to do every day to take care of our kids. Just because they are unprepared for something EXTRA doesn't mean they have bad parents or parents who think they are unimportant. Plus, PP and others -- some kids are involved in more than one activity and maybe yours is not the most important one of many.[/quote]

DP here. I'm a pretty involved parent. I remember last year my kid started strings. I put the concert in my calendar. The day before my DS says he has to wear a black shirt. I go out of my way to go buy him a black polo shirt at the mall. Then the day of, he says it is a white shirt or he doesn't know. I emailed the strings teacher. I'm sure she thinks I can't read because I realized there was a very clear letter that stated that the evening concert for families was a white shirt and the during school concert was a black t shirt that everyone in the orchestra was given. I went back to the email and the email was soooooo long. Keep the emails short, people.[/quote]

Wait--you're admitting there was an earlier email that had the relevant instructions, and which you admit you failed to read and follow, but then you blame the teacher by saying the message was "soooo long"? When a teacher emails you, you need to take the time to wade through it all, when it comes, however long you think it is. This wasn't even a PTA email or one from some extracurricular activity. It was from a teacher. Let me guess -- "It's only strings, not a 'real' class" is how you'd respond.

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This is great advice for people who have nothing else to do but read that one email.[/quote]

Kind of.  [b]Do most people set aside time to really sit down and read through email, put things on their calendar, write out the dress code for school concerts, etc?[/b]  Do you have a weekly time for this?  A daily time for it?  
I tend to check email a few times a day when I have a few minutes here or there and I either respond, throw it out, or save it.  It’s kind of rare that I really go back and comb through those saved emails.  [/quote]

Yes, they do, if you want your kid to show up with the right dress code, etc. I work full time and some how manage to read instructions about my kid's activities. I sometimes get annoyed with other parents constantly asking ME what the instructions are. As if they are sooooo busy and some how I am not?[/quote]

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