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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I appreciate all the volunteer parents in my dc's class but of course some of them are doing it at least in part to be able to measure how their own child stacks up.  [/quote]

I really doubt this.  Yes, if you volunteer you can see how most of the kids are doing.... but only in the subject you are helping with.  Trust me, it's not worth my time volunteering each week just to know where your kid measures compares to mine.  People who volunteer generally do it b/c they (a) want to be involved in the school community, (b) want to reduce the teacher's burden so that she can do her job better, and/or (c) want to make sure their own child gets a better classroom experience.

(c) -- does not mean that I'm trying to teach my own child in school, it means that I'm helping the lower performers so that they aren't disrupting the class or so that the teacher has time to meet with my child once in awhile rather than spending a disproportionate amount of time with kids who aren't meeting the benchmark.  My kid gets only indirect benefit from me volunteering, but s/he takes pride in showing off his/her parent.  And, BTW, the other kids seem to be begging for me (or volunteer) to give them one-on-one attention.

If you REALLY don't want any parent to work with your child, your best course of action is to make sure your child is far above the benchmarks and then we volunteers probably won't ever see your child.  If you do the work at home, the teacher won't need us volunteer to make up for it at school.[/quote]

I could not have said it better. I literally don't even see one of my children when I help out with his class; I'm in another room with the ESL readers.

Also, you will notice that classroom volunteers are the same schlubs who bake the cupcakes, set up the school dances, stand in the rain during fun runs, etc.--all activities that have nothing to do with your child's report card. Clearly they are there because they care about the school.

Actually, instead of my trying to convince you, why don't you volunteer an hour or so a week and see for yourself how it works? I work from home when I'm not in the classroom, and I'd love it if the school stopped calling ME every time they need an extra set of hands.[/quote]

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