Question for present or former teachers re teacher gifts

[Anonymous]

I know we have both teachers and former teachers on this list--please weigh in:

Do you prefer cards and gifts to be given on the last day of school or during the class party, which in our case is the week before? For all the kids' teachers, I'm giving a card and a Barnes & Noble gift card, so it's not a heavy load to bring home. But just wondering what is easiest for you.

[Anonymous]

I'd wait for the last day.

[Anonymous]

Last day.

[Anonymous]

Last day

[Anonymous]

Last day but please no Barnes and Nobles gift card. That is not useful. If you do not like giving out cash, please do something universal, such as Target.

[Anonymous]

If it's a gift card or paper of some sort, last day is fine. If it's a dreaded mug, then any day BEFORE the last day as there will be much stuff to take home I don't need any more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last day but please no Barnes and Nobles gift card. That is not useful. If you do not like giving out cash, please do something universal, such as Target.

I know for a fact that our teachers buy some of their own books for the classroom, so a Barnes & Noble gift card would be quite useful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last day but please no Barnes and Nobles gift card. That is not useful. If you do not like giving out cash, please do something universal, such as Target.

I know for a fact that our teachers buy some of their own books for the classroom, so a Barnes & Noble gift card would be quite useful.

Ok but let the gift be for the actual teacher, not his or her class. Donate books to the class or hold a book drive for the class. Actually doing something for the teacher, making it personal, is nice.

[Anonymous]

I usually give B&N gift cards or Starbucks. But today I've learned that those are the less desirable ones. Good to know.

[Anonymous]

I love Starbucks cards!!!

[Anonymous]

I'm disappointed to hear tht a teacher considers a gift card to a bookstore to be "not useful."

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and prefer to get gifts before the last day of school so that I can get thank you notes written before school is out. It is so much easier than having to mail out thank you notes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm disappointed to hear tht a teacher considers a gift card to a bookstore to be "not useful."

No kidding! I can see saying "I get too many of those," but "not useful"--really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and prefer to get gifts before the last day of school so that I can get thank you notes written before school is out. It is so much easier than having to mail out thank you notes.

OP here. Thank you--I suspected as much but didn't know if I should stick to tradition, which is why I posted this question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last day but please no Barnes and Nobles gift card. That is not useful. If you do not like giving out cash, please do something universal, such as Target.

I actually like giving out cash but always end up doing a target gift card because I wasn't sure it was proper etiquette to give cash.. How do teacher's feel about getting cash?