Some parents may be dissuaded to get involved with what they perceive as a
group of close -
knit educational professionals who engage in language and practices
meant to exclude parents from the work of educational systems.
Human nature being what it is, over a period of years a close -
knit group of well -
meaning, dogmatically like - minded Realtors managed to convert the original idea of organized real estate into unwieldy, quasi-governmental agencies that sprouted growing nightmarish bureaucracies, studded with wasteful committees and task forces fore and aft.