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Last night I went to our monthly PTA executive board meeting. I don't even remember what the remark was, but someone made a comment that had a sexual connotation. In a humorous way, the president chided this person, mentioning that there were 2 men in the room. After a brief pause, someone pointed out that there were, in fact, 3 men in the room. The president excused herself for not seeing all the men by making the excuse that I had long hair. The response to that was that two of the men had that problem. One of the other men, a board member and teacher at the school, also has long hair. Suddenly, everyone was looking at the shorthaired man as if he was some sort of freak. It was hilarious.
For all non U.S. citizens:
What is PTA?
Thanks.
Tom,it means Parent-Teacher Association. It is a school association made up of parents & teachers dealing with problems of the school, students,parents, & teachers. I hope that answers your question.
Good question, Toms.
PTA stands for "Parent-Teachers Association". In reality it is the parents' organization for a school. The use of the abbreviation "PTA" is ubiquitous, but it seldom occurs in entertainment media, so thus you hadn't heard of it. An exception to the media silence was a country-western song about 30 years ago, "Harper Valley PTA", by Jeanie C. Riley, which dealt with the hypocracy of a local PTA group to people who are different, something we longhairs can certainly identify with!
At our school the way it works is like this:
Anybody can become a member of the PTA if they pay dues, which is $3 per school year. There may be some rule about having to have some sort of connection with the school. I'm not sure why anyone else would want to get involved anyway. Within the PTA is the executive board which consists of several committees (usually one or two people). The committees and office holders are:
President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Parliamentarian, ACCPTA, Adopt-A-School, Book Fair, Campus Advisory Counsil, Cultural Arts, School Directory, Carnival, Gift Wrap, Newsletter (this is where I come in), Parent Education, Plant Sale, Publicity, Supply Sale, Teacher Appreciation, Track & Field, Volunteer Coordinator, and Yearbook.
As you can see, these positions support things like fund raisers, communication, and activities that augment the school curriculum.
Great story. I as I was reading it I figured there would be some sort of statement of outrage... God! did I laugh. The poor short-haired gentleman must have felt uneasy for a second while thinking, "Whaaaaat?". Thats the kind of story I like to read in here, a bit of laugher. You should have have said to the man, "Well, a lot of women are wearing their hair these days...", Just to put the shoe on the other foot!