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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 74028" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I have a good friend in this situation. Our local school P & C (Aussie version of PTA) has been perpetrating the attitude around the village that to send your child elsewhere, or to home-schools, is disloyal. I know of one home-schooling family that has actually chosen to move hundreds of miles away rather than put up with persecution by P & C zealots.</p><p>My friend was Secretary. She did a darn good job, but power-trippers were the bane of her existence. My friend put a lot of good things in place but the power-trippers would step in and take over, then drop the bundle leaving her with the ultimate responsibility. Fortunately she keeps good records and was able to clarify responsibility with email records.</p><p></p><p>She moved her child to a different school this year and at first was attacked as a traitor. She had prepared a valid reason ahead of time (shouldn't have to!) to do with her new job and the difficulty of being home for the child when both parents work too far away. The new school makes collection by grandma much more possible.</p><p></p><p>The new P & C staff are all the previous power-trippers who began by asking her for help with this and advice with that. She however had prepared a thorough handover in the form of detailed records and notes. When asked for help she referred them to her notes and asked to not be bothered again - she now has different priorities and no time to split her responsibilities even further.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes the sweetest victory of all is watching the power trippers fall flat on their faces, without any help from you.</p><p></p><p>because if you choose to help them or offer any advice, they will find a way to turn it back on you if things go wrong, as with you not being at the bank. That was HER fault, yet she managed to make you look bad. If you hadn't been trying to help her out, she wouldn't have been able to do that to you.</p><p></p><p>Let her do it all for herself from here. You have other needs, other priorities. She's already got far more out of you than she would have out of me. With any organisation I'm happy to provide corporate memory stuff, but constant advice on basic matters is where I draw the line.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 74028, member: 1991"] I have a good friend in this situation. Our local school P & C (Aussie version of PTA) has been perpetrating the attitude around the village that to send your child elsewhere, or to home-schools, is disloyal. I know of one home-schooling family that has actually chosen to move hundreds of miles away rather than put up with persecution by P & C zealots. My friend was Secretary. She did a darn good job, but power-trippers were the bane of her existence. My friend put a lot of good things in place but the power-trippers would step in and take over, then drop the bundle leaving her with the ultimate responsibility. Fortunately she keeps good records and was able to clarify responsibility with email records. She moved her child to a different school this year and at first was attacked as a traitor. She had prepared a valid reason ahead of time (shouldn't have to!) to do with her new job and the difficulty of being home for the child when both parents work too far away. The new school makes collection by grandma much more possible. The new P & C staff are all the previous power-trippers who began by asking her for help with this and advice with that. She however had prepared a thorough handover in the form of detailed records and notes. When asked for help she referred them to her notes and asked to not be bothered again - she now has different priorities and no time to split her responsibilities even further. Sometimes the sweetest victory of all is watching the power trippers fall flat on their faces, without any help from you. because if you choose to help them or offer any advice, they will find a way to turn it back on you if things go wrong, as with you not being at the bank. That was HER fault, yet she managed to make you look bad. If you hadn't been trying to help her out, she wouldn't have been able to do that to you. Let her do it all for herself from here. You have other needs, other priorities. She's already got far more out of you than she would have out of me. With any organisation I'm happy to provide corporate memory stuff, but constant advice on basic matters is where I draw the line. Marg [/QUOTE]
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