http://missbennettinthebay.teachfor.us/2009/08/18/gearing-up/ TFA: Extreme Teaching at its Finest Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:53:45 +0000 http://lyceum.ibiblio.org/?v=1.0.1 http://missbennettinthebay.teachfor.us/2009/08/18/gearing-up/#comment-520667 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:56:09 +0000 http://missbennettinthebay.teachfor.us/2009/08/18/gearing-up/#comment-520667 I have always felt that teachers would be amazed at what parents are willing to do when asked. I fall into that complaining, cynical trap from time to time myself. Yet our school recently had 70 volunteers do eight hours of landscaping on a Saturday (in Florida, in August). All because the administration dared to ask people to help. I have always felt that teachers would be amazed at what parents are willing to do when asked. I fall into that complaining, cynical trap from time to time myself. Yet our school recently had 70 volunteers do eight hours of landscaping on a Saturday (in Florida, in August). All because the administration dared to ask people to help.

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