A report card is the business they ARE in. Of course I’d sign that. As for teachers having to keep track and feel pressure to get it done? That’s her problem, not mine.
But if a teacher won’t let my kid go on a field trip because I won’t sign a gun form or a student handbook, that’s on them...not me. Schools are creeping into the homelife and parenting business. I saw yesterday where a kid shared a racist joke on instagram, at home in their room, at night, on their own phone. NO school connection at all. But the Stasi school prowling the kids online found it and suspended the two kids for a few days.
They have you sign for one reason only. It creates a contract.
F them!
I’m not even going to let them if and how many or what kind of firearms I have!
Some kids are claiming they can’t read or write in cursive and the freakin’ school wants to get involved in my private life?
They have you sign for one reason only. It creates a contract.
As for the mission creep into homelife—it’s true. But it isn’t always the case that the school is a bunch of busybodies. You should see some of the kids who show up. Unwashed clothes—so now some schools are installing washing machines, unfed—so now schools are expected to provide breakfast, lunch, and in some cases snacks for the evening and backpacks of food for the weekends and of course lunches during the summer.
I’ve had students being raised by grandma or auntie because both parents are in jail/prison. Wolves do a better job of rearing their young. And those kids are sitting in the desk next to your kid. Because of all of this, no wonder public schools are pretty much doomed. I got a fine education in public schools, but that was in the middle of the last century.