Earrings as a teacher gift. Yay or nay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

Some teachers do reasonably well. It depends where you work, like any other profession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. I say go for it!

Teacher here, too . . .

no way - too weird

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

I make over $100K and have my summers off, plus holidays with my kids.

Stop thinking we're next in the Welfare line, fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

Some teachers do reasonably well. It depends where you work, like any other profession.

Really? What teachers do you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

I make over $100K and have my summers off, plus holidays with my kids.

Stop thinking we're next in the Welfare line, fool.

To think that you are raising our kids, is sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

How is it a regift?

[Anonymous]

No, don't do the earrings. Nice thought, but stick with a gift card.

[Anonymous]

Whatever happened to just apples?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to just apples?

Would you like fruit for Christmas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

I make over $100K and have my summers off, plus holidays with my kids.

Stop thinking we're next in the Welfare line, fool.

To think that you are raising our kids, is sad.

Oh for heaven's sake.

She's not raising your kids. YOU'RE raising your kids. She educates your kids, and one of the reasons that education is important is that it teaches critical thinking skills (like the idea that within a profession, there would be a range of salaries and benefits). If the teacher above was frustrated with the idiotic response above hers, I can hardly blame her. I'd be pretty frustrated if people assumed I was unable to appreciate anything other than cash as a gift because I'm a secretary.

[Anonymous]

No.

I don't like people buying jewelry or clothes for me. It's too personal.

Barnes and Noble gift card is just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the feedback. I guess there are enough naysayers that I don't know how she'd take it. They are cute (IMO) and from Stella and Dot. Not high end gold or silver, but more expensive than what I normally give as a giftcard. Definitely not clearance, and yes I'd wear them myself. I guess I will be..

Stella and Dot?

No. Please no. I hate that stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

I make over $100K and have my summers off, plus holidays with my kids.

Stop thinking we're next in the Welfare line, fool.

To think that you are raising our kids, is sad.

So b/c I am living comfortably - married to a teacher, too! - you think it's sad that I'm in this profession?

What do you want? a martyr who can barely feed herself?

sorry to disappoint you, honey bun - But after three degrees and 20 years under my belt (and I took time off), I deserve every penny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That would be a regift. Teachers don't make a lot. The last thing they are worried about is a new pair of earrings. Please stick to a gift card.

I make over $100K and have my summers off, plus holidays with my kids.

Stop thinking we're next in the Welfare line, fool.

To think that you are raising our kids, is sad.

Oh for heaven's sake.

She's not raising your kids. YOU'RE raising your kids. She educates your kids, and one of the reasons that education is important is that it teaches critical thinking skills (like the idea that within a profession, there would be a range of salaries and benefits). If the teacher above was frustrated with the idiotic response above hers, I can hardly blame her. I'd be pretty frustrated if people assumed I was unable to appreciate anything other than cash as a gift because I'm a secretary.

I am the one "raising [your] kids." (although I don't quite understand how any SMART taxpayer sees it as such)

I understand why kids - young ones really - want to give presents to their teachers. But to be honest, I find it embarrassing. I don't need a gift card b/c I can buy my own coffee. My school supplies me with materials. So I don't need a gift card to an educational store. I don't need jewelry. I don't need a coffee mug - unless your child made it! Now THAT I'd love!

I am so disturbed by how we're viewed by society. I work with PhDs who are dynamic in the classroom. The majority of my colleagues have advanced degrees. And while our salaries can't compete against those found in private industry, our benefits are the best. They're better than Fed benefits.

So no, I don't need earrings - a tad bit too personal.

I'd rather receive a card with words of appreciation or an email to the principal about how I motivated your child. I teach high school, and the best gift I ever received was a photograph. It was a black and white photo that he had taken when he visited his family in El Salvador.

I realize this is a thread on teachers' gifts and not an essay on societal perceptions. But you owe us nothing. This is our job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No.

I don't like people buying jewelry or clothes for me. It's too personal.

Barnes and Noble gift card is just fine.

I thought gifts were supposed to be personal.