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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are very few things that parents do at the school that is considered grunt work. Most of it is time spent with their children.[/quote]

That's true. Mostly I just go and hold hands with my first-grade kid as we stare lovingly into each other's eyes.  :roll: 
Oh wait, except for those times that I'm giving spelling tests to small groups, reading stories aloud to a group of 25 so that the teacher can work one-on-one with 2-3 students at a time, helping the teacher manage reading or writing workshop stations, filing weekly papers into take-home folders, making copies in the copy room so that teacher doesn't have to spend an additional hour of her time after school every day waiting in line at one of two copiers that the school has, helping with art class, or assisting kids find and checking out books in the library. Nothing to see here, though. Apparently, according to some extremely kind PPs on this thread, we could just stop doing things like this altogether and everything would be smooth as silk because obviously we are just self-important busybodies and the teachers don't really need any assistance from anyone.[/quote]

Oh please. Most parents do that so they can get more comfortable with the curriculum, follow their own child, and see how their child compares to others. There is a benefit to their child and themselves by volunteering in this way. There's been so much gossip from parents who do this work that many schools don't allow this direct instruction kind of help anymore. They didn't stop allowing parents because they didn't need the help.[/quote]

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