Teachers and gifts-- it's just too much

[Anonymous]

Look I appreciate our teachers. I really do. But enough with the gifts. I mean the constant obsessing on these boards about starbucks gift cards, end of year gifts, class birthday gifts. Then on top of it, teacher appreciation so more gifts, more thank yous. Seriously there are a lot of people in our lives that deserve thanks and they don't get one. It just seems like too much.

[Anonymous]

Did you not buy your valentine gift for teachers yet?!!?

[Anonymous]

So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

Don't many lawyers get things like paid maternity leave, and year end bonuses? If so, I'm happy to trade those for my gift card (this year I got $20 to Target).

[Anonymous]

There are the families who have a cultural tradition of giving gifts and showing appreciation to teachers for educating their children, there are those who are affluent and tend to throw money at situations and there are the Pinterest moms who have turned gift-giving and crafting into some kind of adult hobby.

[Anonymous]

Why are you posting this on 2/3? Who is asking you for gift money in early Feb?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

Don't many lawyers get things like paid maternity leave, and year end bonuses? If so, I'm happy to trade those for my gift card (this year I got $20 to Target).

Not the OP, but no. We need to have 2300 billable hours a year, time off paid or not is a luxury we don't have. Admittedly, pay is good above the 2300 though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

Don't many lawyers get things like paid maternity leave, and year end bonuses? If so, I'm happy to trade those for my gift card (this year I got $20 to Target).

Not the OP, but no. We need to have 2300 billable hours a year, time off paid or not is a luxury we don't have. Admittedly, pay is good above the 2300 though.

Are you a mom? How many days did you take off when your child was born. I assume from this answer you went back the next day. Am I wrong?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

Don't many lawyers get things like paid maternity leave, and year end bonuses? If so, I'm happy to trade those for my gift card (this year I got $20 to Target).

Not the OP, but no. We need to have 2300 billable hours a year, time off paid or not is a luxury we don't have. Admittedly, pay is good above the 2300 though.

Are you a mom? How many days did you take off when your child was born. I assume from this answer you went back the next day. Am I wrong?

NP here - and a lawyer. I didn't even take off the days my kids were born. Even when my first was born as a preemie. I was at the hospital, in early labor, emailing clients. My water had broken and I was in labor and there was nothing else that could be done but wait. So I grabbed my phone and worked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

Don't many lawyers get things like paid maternity leave, and year end bonuses? If so, I'm happy to trade those for my gift card (this year I got $20 to Target).

You could have those things too if you went to law school. Instead you chose teaching. I don't owe you anything for yohr choice of profession. Btw I'm the op.

[Anonymous]

What are you talking about? The threads I've read about teacher gifts are posted by the parents. I am a teacher and I don't get any gifts. My principal pays for a Panera boxed lunch for us for Teacher Appreciation Day in May. That's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are the families who have a cultural tradition of giving gifts and showing appreciation to teachers for educating their children, there are those who are affluent and tend to throw money at situations and there are the Pinterest moms who have turned gift-giving and crafting into some kind of adult hobby.

And then there are those that genuinely enjoy showing the teacher our gratitude for everything they do. This choice is not intended to pressure, guilt or otherwise compete with others. It has nothing to do with you or your child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

Don't many lawyers get things like paid maternity leave, and year end bonuses? If so, I'm happy to trade those for my gift card (this year I got $20 to Target).

Not the OP, but no. We need to have 2300 billable hours a year, time off paid or not is a luxury we don't have. Admittedly, pay is good above the 2300 though.

Are you a mom? How many days did you take off when your child was born. I assume from this answer you went back the next day. Am I wrong?

NP here - and a lawyer. I didn't even take off the days my kids were born. Even when my first was born as a preemie. I was at the hospital, in early labor, emailing clients. My water had broken and I was in labor and there was nothing else that could be done but wait. So I grabbed my phone and worked.

Any work that's not in front of the client (e.g. the kid in my case) doesn't count as work. At least that's what teachers are told over and over again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So... don't participate. Really, what a weird thing to get riled up about.

I'm not riled. Just tired of it. I need a lawyer appreciation day! Someone get me a Starbucks gift card!

Don't many lawyers get things like paid maternity leave, and year end bonuses? If so, I'm happy to trade those for my gift card (this year I got $20 to Target).

Not the OP, but no. We need to have 2300 billable hours a year, time off paid or not is a luxury we don't have. Admittedly, pay is good above the 2300 though.

Are you a mom? How many days did you take off when your child was born. I assume from this answer you went back the next day. Am I wrong?

Why not try a little planning and use summer break as maternity leave?