Lunacy & The PTA

Many of you may not know that PTAs are serious business.

There is National PTA, who is the big Kahuna. Then, every state has a main office some with Paid staff, some just have volunteers that run the state office…..then there are the State Board members, and the Regional Directors, then the Councils, then the Local PTAs at the schools……..One HUGE Umbrella.

But what alot of people don’t know, unless they are involved in PTA; PTA people are petty, form clicks, get really into TITLES when they are elected PTA president, Treasurer, etc. and have schizophrenic tendencies.

They have this sense of entitlement, like they are owed something. REALITY CHECK: You are not the head of a major corporation, so get your head out of your ass, stop gossiping and do what the PTA is here for: Advocating for children!!!

I am a member of my local PTA, but I donate extra money just so they don’t call me and ask me to do anything, because I don’t have time for the bureaucracy, and the pettiness that they have to offer.

There have been incidents where a PTA member was angry about not being able to celebrate Christmas in the schools so ” Damn the Jews and the Muslims,” When 75% of the PTA were of Non-Christian faith- some Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.When they heard this, they didn’t want to be involved with that PTA , and who suffers? The Children. You can have a “Winter Celebration” just don’t call it christmas and don’t exchange gifts for petes sake! There have been incidents where Local board members get pissed off because the PTA doesn’t want to use the Fund-raising Company that this particular board member owns, because it is a conflict of interest…so that person wants to resign. They get into shouting matches at Legislative events with congressmen and senators who oppose bills that will help the education system, they gossip and spread rumors……….yet wonder why people don’t want to join PTA!

The problem with so many organizations is, they lose sight of what is important, and get hung up on the political and personal agendas….and forget what they are really working for.

I used to Love when My mom was a PTA member, and I loved being involved in the beginning…its more than just doing fundraisers: PTAs purchase Jungle Gyms for school playgrounds so children can have fun at recess ( for the schools that still have recess), they contact state legislature to advocate for the good will of children, trying to get them to endorse certain policies, and educated them on how it will benefit the children, Many State PTAs have Need based scholarships for low-income students who are accepted into college, and other programs that involve the community that benefit children’s education and safety. Many PTAs sponsor field trips if the school lacks the funding.

But now, it seems like all is lost and they are more concerned that they have there sparkly little “PTA President” Lapel pin along with the matching address labels and making sure their chums get positions on the PTA board- Treasurer, Secretary…etc. so they can make all the decision sand take advantage of their little PTA Authority in a “I am more holy than thou” kind of way.

Its really ridiculous to think , with some of the attitudes many PTA members have, that they are actually in charge of raising children.

And society wonders why children are getting dumber every year………………Take a look at the Parents now-a-days!

Time For Change

 For the past 2 months, I have been trying to find a blog community where I feel I belong.

I have A.D.D. when it comes to blogging. Over the past 8 years, I have been a Loyal livejournal blogee, but for some reason…ever since they stopped requiring people have a referral code to join, it isn’t as appealing to me anymore there are more and more people who have no postings of substance, that continuously add me as a friend ( and unlike Myspace, you cannot deny their requests)…and after reading the posts of some of the people who have added me, I feel like—why?

Why post my innermost thoughts when the only people who are reading are posting about the latest celebrity gossip, or the people whose only concerns are who said what, who is doing what, how much they hate their life, and what guys they slept with on that long drunk weekend they took with their girlfriends.

Is wordpress different? We shall see