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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry but you are playing the martyr. My situation is almost word for word identical to yours (except one kid with special needs, not two), and I still volunteer by doing things like stuffing envelopes, or stapling flyers or researching stuff at night after the kids have gone to bed. We have parents at our school who are dirt poor and still out of the goodness of their heart managed to donate a fair amount of food to our canned food drive for the holidays. 
Your kids are clean, dressed appropriately, do their homework, and you attend school events and are in communication wtih the teachers. So does just about everybody else, unless they can't afford to dress their kids, etc.. That doesn't make you exceptional.
At the end of the day, if parents chose not pitch in because they feel like the PTA is somehow trying to lord it over them or isn't deferential enough or they feel the board members are primma donnas or whatever, the kids get fewer opportunities. Your choice.[/quote]

No the PP you're responding to but I agree with her.  You have very limited experiences if you think just about everybody's kids are clean, dressed appropriately, do their homework, their parents attend evens and are in communication with the teachers.  I used to teach in FCPS and I would say no more than half the parents at my schools could be described that way.  Not only did less than half come to back to school night, at least for a quarter of them, we had to have a ready store of clothes, coats and undergarments - and it wasn't always the kids from the poorer families.  I saw little correlation between socioeconomic level and parent participation.

I also disagree that the PP came across as a martyr.  She's being factual about the challenges in her life.  You might not be as burdened with your single special needs kid but you don't know what her situation is.  Just like we say each child is dfference, so is each person.  You might be able to find time and energy to help stuff envelopes, that doesn't mean everyone can.  Get over yourself.[/quote]

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