[speaker001:] okay um
[speaker002:] the one of the things that I've heard uh many people complain about the school systems was that they didn't feel like uh people were dedicated to teaching their children
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] or their heart really wasn't in it you know so what they went and got a degree and and everything but it wasn't their not doing it just because they want to
[speaker001:] are you saying the teachers or the parents
[speaker002:] the teachers the teachers
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know well how do you feel about that
[speaker001:] well I guess I have mixed emotions on one hand I think golly the pay isn't good enough if you didn't really want to do it
[speaker002:] yeah you shouldn't be doing
[speaker001:] it's probably something else out there but on the other hand I think that maybe some people have thought that was kind of an easy way out you can major in something basically useless to the world as a whole like say Spanish or geography geography being one of my favorite subjects but
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah oh really
[speaker001:] nevertheless it's not exactly the thing that's going to make you bucks
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] but you could then go ahead and get a teaching certificate and perhaps feed your family a little
[speaker002:] yeah what do you think about the the recent bill that was just passed you know where
[speaker001:] uh
[speaker002:] they're taking the money from especially the the Dallas area
[speaker001:] you're calling from Texas then
[speaker002:] school oh oh yeah I'm in Dallas Texas
[speaker001:] I'm in Plano
[speaker002:] okay yeah they're taking uh the money from our schools here and distribute it some of the other outlying and and especially like west Texas what
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] what do you think about that because it's it's you know the money's coming from us here that live here and work here and
[speaker001:] well I have always believed in sharing
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know if my neighbor next door was hungry and they needed something to eat or something to wear I'd be glad to share and so I guess in the global sense you have to have that kind of feeling to a certain extent but
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] I also don't believe that people who get funds or equipment or anything without some of their own personal input
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] take care of it nicely or appreciate it or use it properly
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] uh those things have to be taught
[speaker002:] excuse me yeah I agree you know
[speaker001:] so you know so there's that end of it too and and I think it's going to really  you know so I don't I don't say that in a selfish way because I think there that it's probably not totally equitable
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and I don't know that there is a good situation entirely but golly
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] it sure going to make a big difference in our school system
[speaker002:] yeah it is
[speaker001:] you know it uh I was um-hum I was talking to a friend in Irving who sits on a parents advisory council with the Irving Independent School District and she was saying they are number one
[speaker002:] Plano yeah
[speaker001:] they are adding next year they are adding thirty minutes to their school day
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] in order to accommodate the extra teaching that's going to be needed because they're eliminating all aids they're going to they all aids all paid aids everything is going to have to be volunteer through the parent teacher organizations
[speaker002:] oh really uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and frankly we're all ready maxed out with parent you know uh volunteer
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] work I work part-time out of my home and they did you know
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I'm always getting called and you know and used utilized you know what I'm willing to do it but I know during the days when I was uh just not a working mom at all it was ridiculous
[speaker002:] yeah yeah they call you all the time
[speaker001:] uh yeah yeah until I just finally had to say I am so sorry that you know just cannot do everything for you
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah
[speaker001:] but uh
[speaker002:] I agree
[speaker001:] you know so there's and and the moms that work a lot of times just can't help at all and yeah
[speaker002:] right well I I I believe that the school puts a big demand on the students on the teachers and the students for for the fact that they expect the parents to go out and a lot of times chauffeur or lot of times you know buy a lot of things that might seem unnecessary but I it's unreal on the cost of sending a kid to school because of you know you spend your time voluntary and
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] plus you buy a lot of extra arts crafts aids things like that notebooks for reports
[speaker001:] so many yes well and just you know the yearbook and the T-shirt and the teachers presents and the you know it really starts
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] you know we have five children so I know that it really
[speaker002:] projects oh my goodness so you really do yeah like uh all types of projects little bug things you know that
[speaker001:] you know um-hum I just helped a little girl yesterday a teenager friend of ours she had to prepare something for to study Greece
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and they were I think she needed a recipe and the history of of the recipe or the type of food and also um had to actually make it and bring it enough to serve you know fifteen people and I found the cheapest thing I could find that I could help her with and even so figuring it up I think she spent close to twenty dollars
[speaker002:] oh my gosh yeah
[speaker001:] um and it was say you know we did a couple of different ones and it was the least expensive and
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and still be able to fix it at home and tote it up there and what not so
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] but that's
[speaker002:] that's amazing because if if every child does that what are they going to do with all that
[speaker001:] yeah it's a lot of money yeah and would they really eat it of course that's not really you know the quality of education
[speaker002:] yeah um-hum
[speaker001:] but  you know I think that probably you know here in Plano we are uh of course state legislature you know added uh five days next year
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] and uh I think we're going to be seeing alternative calendar very soon I I'm still basically against it although I I do understand the positives
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] that are you know touted but I think overall
[speaker002:] how do you feel about the Plano school system you feel like it's pretty good compared to the others surround you know Richardson and Allen and
[speaker001:] there is a quality of excellence expected here it's very difficult for the children in this school district to excel in more than one area
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] because if you get into drama if you get into speech if you get into drill team or athletics or whatever it is I mean they want you night and day they want your time they want your blood
[speaker002:] oh really yeah money and
[speaker001:] you know so and uh you know I have children who been fortunate enough to be in in these extra curricular things but golly you know it's just really you know it's like a smaller school system you know you could be in the drill team and you could be cheerleader too and you could be you know on the football team and still be on the basketball team and still try out for band you know
[speaker002:] real demanding  basketball right yeah that's amazing
[speaker001:] so you know that and you you can't do that in this school system so you know we've been working on college stuff for my oldest daughter and shoot you know
[speaker002:] that's a that's a big difference uh-huh
[speaker001:] that uh you know you kind of you know you have to to look when we were writing things down I said you know you can't really talk about all your individual things but you know you've got to make sure that when you put down band here that it's not just any old band that this is a band that took this honor and that honor and participated in this competition and participated in that competition so they understand really
[speaker002:] uh-huh right right that's wild well it's been good talking to you
[speaker001:] well yeah this is uh this is interesting interesting topic
[speaker002:] thank you uh good night bye-bye
[speaker001:] thank you Jackie have a good day bye-bye