It is a very, very tight rope indeed. Parental involvement is a tricky and sometimes touchy subject. Sometimes my wife and I have a real problem, logistically speaking, being involved. She also teaches, and there are simply too many occasions when we just can't swing going on some field trip or coming to the school to volunteer our time/services because, well, we're investing in our respective schools-as-communities. It can be frustrating, so I can empathize with those parents who are working their tails off and who would otherwise *be* there. I mean, I teach plenty of kids who are pretty much independent students due to one parent's working first shift and the other working third shift. At best they're going to see one bone-tired parent until bedtime, barely see the other once they themselves are getting ready for school . . .
We'll be graduating the seniors in two weeks. In a sad many cases, that'll be one of the few times a parent has been able or willing to show up at a school in support of the child's educational pursuits. [sarcasm] Outside sports, of course. [/sarcasm]
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Date: 2010-05-11 01:16 am (UTC)We'll be graduating the seniors in two weeks. In a sad many cases, that'll be one of the few times a parent has been able or willing to show up at a school in support of the child's educational pursuits. [sarcasm] Outside sports, of course. [/sarcasm]