Isn't the road to hell paved with good intentions? Parents may have to get involved in their children's schools or else. A proposal making its way through the General Assembly would require parents with children in kindergarten through grade 4 to ''volunteer'' at least 12 hours a year. And they couldn't just show up they'd be expected to get involved in the teaching process by tutoring, chaperoning lesson-related field trips or helping students play educational games. [ Haven't I read that this is sort of standard in Japan. I think that I have. Only, I don't know that it's a legal requirement. Fundamentally, I don't think that mandates are the right way to do this. Parents should *want* to help educate their children and their children's peers because doing so assists in socializing them, by exposing them to many different kinds of people. It has the upshot of letting the parents get to know the kids their child is surrounded by. I guess the "It takes a village" philosophy isn't too big here in the US though. -k] Bill would make parents 'volunteer' in schools (Tenn) | 
