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[quote=Anonymous]Why do we need all this stuff? Why am I lazy and selfish when it seems like all my kids ever do are "extras" yet they won't work with him on his handwriting? (I do that, at home).  I grew up in a very affluent school district and we never had fundraisers, auctions, class parties where parents arranged them and attended (your mom might have sent cupcakes on your birthday).  They didn't "help" the teachers in the classroom.  We didn't have a million parents running around the school all the time - if we saw our parents at school during the day, it's because you were sick, you were in trouble, or someone died.

We did beautifully despite this. I work full time and I will write the checks and pack the lunches for field trips. I will send in bags of snacks and hand sanitizer and supplies (although for the life of me I don't know why it's necessary for me to send in basic supplies in a school district that spends more than $18k per student per year). If I have a morning off I will sit and read to the kids.

I don't care about your auctions, your "build a wine cellar to help the school" parties, and whatever other nonsense is in the tons of emails I get each week.[/quote]

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