Oops, teacher not giving thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC K teacher received a Christmas gift from us early this week and I didn't hear a thank you. She didn't bother sending a quick note. Do some teachers assume parents HAVE to send gifts and they don't need to give thanks for that?

Miss Manners says that thank you cards should be sent within 14 days.

Emily Post says that thank you cards for Christmas gifts should be sent before January 1.

And both agree that written thanks are not necessary when they were given in person and the giver was thanked verbally. Done.

[Anonymous]

I'm a preschool teacher, and usually receive a class gift. I don't know which parents contributed and which didn't, so I usually post an open note of thanks outside the door for all parents to read. I have no idea what miss manners would think about it, but it makes the most sense.

[Anonymous]

I don't expect a thank you note from the teacher. My gift was a thank you!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't expect a thank you note from the teacher. My gift was a thank you!!!

Exactly. I'm always very (pleasantly) surprised when a teacher writes a thank you note.

[Anonymous]

Quit being such a martyr and find something else to do with your time - perhaps a job?

If you can do the above, THANK YOU, see you next Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

Maybe your kid never delivered the gift or maybe he lost the thank you card. Maybe it's your kid and not the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Teachers being crazy, too. How crazy? Depends if it's a public or private school. Teachers make parents crazy, parents make teachers crazy. It's mutual.

[Anonymous]

I think OP might be the worst person on DCUM this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't expect a thank you note from the teacher. My gift was a thank you!!!

Exactly. I'm always very (pleasantly) surprised when a teacher writes a thank you note.

+1

[Anonymous]

Next year, tell the teacher she should stop teaching her class for an hour or two so she can write out 25 personalized thank you notes for all the gifts she's received. I'm sure the class will understand and behave perfectly while the teacher is otherwise occupied.

[Anonymous]

I was a teacher, and would give every child who gave me a gift a handwritten thank you note. A parent emailed me over break, asking if I had received the gift, as she hadn't gotten a thank you note. I responded by telling her that I had given her child the note.
In hindsight, I imagine many parents wondered why they didn't get a thank you note, if the child opened it, read it, and tossed it. These were 4-6 graders. But, I can't force your child to give it you, and I'm not going to write the thank you notes and mail them to your house.

[Anonymous]

did she thank you in person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Teacher has no children and I think a brief note (just one sentence) doesn't hurt her time. I'm not a tight ass, I've been helping her in the classroom as volunteer, have two children, a husband, a profession, a house, my health to take care of. Every time I receive a gift, even if it's simple, write a brief thank you note the following day or the same week.

She probably got 25 gifts. 25 notes is a little harder than one. And Op if you're only giving a gift to get a thank you then you shouldn't bother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't expect a thank you note from the teacher. My gift was a thank you!!!

+1

[Anonymous]

Hey, OP! Why don't you tell us some more stories of things that bother you. It's entertaining!