Huh? My parents were engaged and wouldn't have known that. I don't know if I knew most of the time, unless it was someone I was friendly with.

LOL I literally give zero effs about who the student body president is.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No idea, and I am not going to go by what a commercial says to decide whether or not I'm an involved parent.

I know which of DD's friends can't do her signature dance and which can. I know her friend J has a chinchilla and they sent the snake to a real snake farm. I know what she does during sleepovers. I know which of her teachers she likes, respects or tolerates. I know her gym teacher is sexist and told her there was no way she could have run the mile as fast as her friend who is a boy. I know she likes to eat anything for lunch that will fit in her beloved mason jar.

You're a great mom (and your daughter is pretty kick ass with those mason jars).

Thank you! I don't want to give her a big head, but she's like the coolest person I know. One time I asked her what her plans were for the afternoon, and in complete seriousness she thoughtfully said, "I think I'm going to just listen to soft jazz with my cat."

Ok, you need to stop... now you're just showing off!

In all seriousness, she does sound like a very cool kid & I like that she doesn't conform to "what's cool".
Not sure how old she is but she sounds far more mature than her years... a very old soul indeed.
How did she even hear about mason jars? Was she out back whipping up some moonshine again?

Anonymous wrote:Really, we're even cynical about this now, mocking kids for wanting to help their school and mocking parents for caring? I will never understand why there is such hate for people who stand up and try to make things better for no pay and usually no praise.

I'll tell you exactly why...

Because this mom says:

I am involved in the school for all the things that will bring value to my kids education. In the process, I do end up helping other people as well as the school. However, my primary motive is to eventually create opportunities for my own child.

It turns out almost everything I do for my child at the school helps the whole school as well. I do not know what it makes me - an engaged or a helicopter mom? I thought it just made me a mom.

So in her own words she does things that "bring value to my kids education" & "in the process, I do end up helping other people as well as the school" but "my primary motive is to eventually create opportunities for my own child"

She's very direct in her words, she is not looking to help anyone but her own kid.

If her efforts while she's helping her own kid end up helping others too, that's great... however that is not her goal, that's happenstance.
It's called a trickle down effect.

You're absolutely right though, we should hold parents who volunteer for the good of the school in very high regard & I do.
However, if we're talking about someone who's ONLY agenda for helping is "my kid first" they do not get my praise nor respect.

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Anonymous wrote:No idea, and I am not going to go by what a commercial says to decide whether or not I'm an involved parent.

I know which of DD's friends can't do her signature dance and which can. I know her friend J has a chinchilla and they sent the snake to a real snake farm. I know what she does during sleepovers. I know which of her teachers she likes, respects or tolerates. I know her gym teacher is sexist and told her there was no way she could have run the mile as fast as her friend who is a boy. I know she likes to eat anything for lunch that will fit in her beloved mason jar.

You're a great mom (and your daughter is pretty kick ass with those mason jars).

Thank you! I don't want to give her a big head, but she's like the coolest person I know. One time I asked her what her plans were for the afternoon, and in complete seriousness she thoughtfully said, "I think I'm going to just listen to soft jazz with my cat."

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the school for all the things that will bring value to my kids education. In the process, I do end up helping other people as well as the school. However, my primary motive is to eventually create opportunities for my own child.

It turns out almost everything I do for my child at the school helps the whole school as well. I do not know what it makes me - an engaged or a helicopter mom? I thought it just made me a mom.

The faculty has a nickname for moms like you... Nightmare.

Anonymous wrote:No idea, and I am not going to go by what a commercial says to decide whether or not I'm an involved parent.

I know which of DD's friends can't do her signature dance and which can. I know her friend J has a chinchilla and they sent the snake to a real snake farm. I know what she does during sleepovers. I know which of her teachers she likes, respects or tolerates. I know her gym teacher is sexist and told her there was no way she could have run the mile as fast as her friend who is a boy. I know she likes to eat anything for lunch that will fit in her beloved mason jar.

You're a great mom (and your daughter is pretty kick ass with those mason jars).

Anonymous wrote:That would be mine!!!

Well, OK. You get a pass.

Pffff...no.

That would be mine!!!

nope. Can't even name all my kid's teachers! I'm teaching him to take responsibility for his own education. (Though I'd start giving him some tips if his grades start falling.)

Anonymous wrote:Of course I do. I've been leaving messages in her voice mail every day since her inauguration. Resist!

I follow things pretty close. I have no idea who the class president is. Not sure my son does either. I do know the names of anyone that matters to him.

Not everyone loves school.