Comments on: Parents who play hooky http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/parents-who-play-hooky/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Right Wing Nation http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30962 Right Wing Nation Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:41:42 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30962 [...] Jacobs is correct: The bill is unenforcable. It's also, well, stupid. So the parents go to the conference to avoid being charged with a [...] [...] Jacobs is correct: The bill is unenforcable. It’s also, well, stupid. So the parents go to the conference to avoid being charged with a [...]

]]> By: Sic Semper Tyrannis http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30961 Sic Semper Tyrannis Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:51:24 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30961 Would you schedule a meeting that could cost you $500 dollars if you had a flat tire? Would you schedule a meeting that could cost you $500 dollars if you had a flat tire?

]]> By: ricki http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30960 ricki Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:50:45 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30960 The thing that frustrates me about this is, this kind of a law is going to do nothing to change the attitudes underlying not-attending-conferences. If anything, it'll make their attitude worse. (Not to mention the whole nanny-law concept of it.) As a teacher friend of mine has been known to sigh: the only parents who show up on parent-teacher open conference night are the ones I DON'T need to have a conference with... The thing that frustrates me about this is, this kind of a law is going to do nothing to change the attitudes underlying not-attending-conferences. If anything, it’ll make their attitude worse.

(Not to mention the whole nanny-law concept of it.)

As a teacher friend of mine has been known to sigh: the only parents who show up on parent-teacher open conference night are the ones I DON’T need to have a conference with…

]]> By: Dave J http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30959 Dave J Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:23:35 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30959 As a prosecutor, I just SO look forward to spending my abundant amounts of spare time enforcing such a law. NOT. As a prosecutor, I just SO look forward to spending my abundant amounts of spare time enforcing such a law. NOT.

]]> By: triticale http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30958 triticale Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:50:52 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30958 Does this only apply to the government schools, or could it be used by a homeschooling mom who is having trouble getting hubby to sit down and talk about how their child is doing? Does this only apply to the government schools, or could it be used by a homeschooling mom who is having trouble getting hubby to sit down and talk about how their child is doing?

]]> By: wayne martin http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30957 wayne martin Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:07:45 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/02/parents-who-play-hooky/#comment-30957 > Under the bill, parents who miss a scheduled conference > with a teacher could be charged with a Class C misdemeanor > and fined up to $500. Let’s review some of the bidding .. within the past month, we’ve seen laws proposed in California to: 1) outlaw spanking, 2) the incandescent electric light bulb, 3) cigarette smoking in you apartment (in Burlingame, Ca) and now in Texas: 4) missing a scheduled appointment with a teacher. Anybody seeing a pattern here? Far too much power in the hands of a small number of people very detached from the rest of us. By-the-way, notice there is no penalty for a teacher to blow off a scheduled meeting with a parent? Elected Representatives like this one should be recalled. > Under the bill, parents who miss a scheduled conference
> with a teacher could be charged with a Class C misdemeanor
> and fined up to $500.

Let’s review some of the bidding .. within the past month, we’ve seen laws proposed in California to: 1) outlaw spanking, 2) the incandescent electric light bulb, 3) cigarette smoking in you apartment (in Burlingame, Ca) and now in Texas: 4) missing a scheduled appointment with a teacher. Anybody seeing a pattern here? Far too much power in the hands of a small number of people very detached from the rest of us.

By-the-way, notice there is no penalty for a teacher to blow off a scheduled meeting with a parent?

Elected Representatives like this one should be recalled.

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