On 11/15/2011 7:32 AM, George Leppla wrote:
> On 11/14/2011 11:18 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> Having been a past president of a PTO and responsible to raise large
>> amounts of money. I try to support fund raising efforts wherever
>> practical.
>>
>> This one threw me...
>
> This brings out the curmudgeon in me.
>
> I won't even begin to add up all the taxes I have paid over the years to
> support the school system and I don't have any kids. I am a strong
> believer in in a good education system so I don't mind, but I really
> bristle when kids have to raise money for things like music and sports
> because I believe they should already be a part of the school budget.
>


I was a band parent for too many years. Though the board of education
did provide the teachers and instructors, the band paid for its own
uniforms and band front materials.

No one hated selling band candy more than I did. I also sold raffle
tickets. I put my foot down, however when they sold hugely over-priced
cheese or grapefruits. If I could not personally afford to buy something
they were selling, I would not ask others to buy it.

Story: One year my middle school son stood in front of a local grocery
store and sold his high school band member sister's allotment of band
candy. He stopped passersby and asked them to buy the candy to send his
sister to band camp and get her away from bothering him for a week. The
kid sold tons of it.

He would have done well in marketing, but he chose human resources
(where he is also doing well)


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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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