Why aren't parents more involved in their children's schools?

[Lediamand]

Originally Posted by karaam

that sounds like just what school administrators would say. that's why my children are home schooled and I am in the process of establishing a cultural educational center. the public school system is a tool of indoctrination that exists to make our children clones and drones to the society. that's why when we graduate, we are LOOKING for jobs and a career and why most millionaires never finished high school.

What we need as parents to do is to take our children's education into our own hands, start our own educational and developmental programs and find our own instructors who will groom our children the way WE want them groomed.

I've already started :-)

Thats the way should be, before parents who were educated to teach their children all basic fundamental skills. Nowadays many of the people who are parents are young kids who aren't ready for such a task, which in turn leads to all kind of deficiencies in our community. We need parents with strong sense of responsibility for their children education.

[jacqui]

@Afrocentric, now I overstand why you always making kool aid, you got babies. lololol

[CaramelLady]

I know the feeling and was just made aware (my son is but 4) that this is quite common. :(
You see the same faces at commitee/school meetings/gatherings year after year. I inadvertantly agreed to chair my son's school SPT last week then recanted as I reflected on last year's parent participation in comparison to the SPT work load. Participation is almost nil this year so I backed out, agreed that we should enlist help for individual events if not the SPT and agreed to create flyers to boost parent participation. I'm willing to be ON the commmitte and help out as much as I can, but I don't want anyy kind leadership role. I work full time and my son's new therapy schedule, WHEW, I simple do not have that kind of time on my hands. :(