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August 20, 2008
My Turn
Monkey needed a turn after she saw Rugrat riding on Daddy's shoulders.
So we chatted with fellow mothers and grandmothers at the new dance school. These women have teens or tweens in far more advanced classes. We got started talking because Rugrat was a big hit. We were told that their children have dance lessons three hours a day for six days a week. That was impressive. It is a lot of commitment from everyone. These girls sure love to dance. There was also a high school girl there who used to dance but had to quit because of high school. She needs different activities or volunteer experiences to get into college. Life is not easy for kids today.
It would be nice for Monkey and/or Rugrat to explore other sports or interests before they settle on one. We have no problem with them taking extracurricular activities three hours a day for six days a week, although it would be nice if a grandma is nearby.
Sometimes we wonder if we are the only dual income family in town. Monkey is going to school next year, so we were looking online the other day for more information on the school we are interested. This school requires a lot of parental participation, which we have no problems. But the policy mentioned something like two hours of in class help on a weekly basis from parents. We couldn't understand if it was mandatory or voluntary. To spare two hours a week is more difficult to arrange than, say, one day a month. It is probably cheaper if we hire some education-major students to do it on our behalf.
Then we felt guilty for thinking that because we believed that our parents would sacrifice two hours of their time weekly if it meant we went to a good school. But we came to our senses, as we were both older kids, there was no way they could have spared two hours a week and left our brothers unattended.
We asked our daycare lady about the school her children went. That school is also a good school, but it has completely opposite teaching style. She said in class help was not required, but she did donate money to PTA and such. She said, "Who has time to [volunteer two hours a week in the classroom]?!"
I guess we should arrange a meeting with each school when we get a chance. The joy of parenthood.
Posted by Mike at August 20, 2008 09:23 PM
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