Parents Stepping in to Teach Arts

Talking Points

With your tutor, conversation partners, or classmates, you may wish to discuss the following:

1. What do you think of parents stepping in to help schools teach?
2. Where does the budget for public school events come from?
3. When schools need to raise money for a school activity, where should they go?
   (parents, school districts, taxpayers, volunteers, etc.)
4. What do you think would be a reasonable amount for citizens to pay
   to support education in their communities?
5. How should schools determine which extracurricular activities to support?
   (e.g. athletics, band, clubs, dances, drama, etc.)

For More Practice

Pretend you are a parent and need to raise funds to support your child's
school soccer team. How would you go about it?

Role play the above situation, asking a local businessman/woman
to support your cause.

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