I joined the PTA when I quit the law. The first thing I volunteered to do was to become the PTA Vice President for the grammar school. How hard could that be? I had managed investigations in my last legal job. This would be a piece of cake. What I didn’t realize was that I had been thrown into the deep end of the pool without a life preserver. I had no experience in how to ‘herd cats,’ a kind description for encouraging grammar school parents to work together.