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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Actually, my insults weren't thinly veiled at all.

NP here. All you seem to have done is insult someone for being positive about being integrally involved in their kids' school community. That others in the community don't respond well to your ideas does not mean that there is "group think." Perhaps you are off-putting (you sure are in your post) and people simply don't want to be involved or associated with you. That you have moved "beyond" the concept of forming communities with people who you perceive as unlike you, or that you are unable to find or create a comfortable place in your kid's school community (or to be comfortable with your limited involvement), says a lot more about you than any school.[/quote]

Actually, I am quite involved in my children's school, well-respected and publicly go with the flow, because I know to do otherwise is to be labeled a pita and my children will bear the brunt of my actions.  That doesn't mean that privately I don't find the whole mentality cultish and immature.  [/quote]

Well that is a lovely attitude. I'm sure your school community already thinks you are a pain, and would be just as happy to not have you participate at all.  I'm quite sure your attitude comes through loud and clear, and that no one appreciates it.  Leave the community building and volunteering to those who are willing to do it with a decent attitude.  BTW, if your children were in public, you would still be asked to volunteer and donate money.  They depend on parent participation even more.  And believe it or not, most kids really appreciate and enjoy it when their parents help out with the school.  It makes them feel connected and supported.[/quote]

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