Teacher gifts: No mugs and no ornaments!

[Anonymous]

Aww, some of the teacher responses are redeeming he faith in teachers I had before reading Op’s post.

[Anonymous]

Starbucks gift cards?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you give me an ornament for Christmas, it will occupy a place on my tree every year. And I will remember the child who gave it to me. Bonus if it’s hand made. If you give me homemade treats, I will happily eat them. I might share them with my family if there are any left. If you make me a card, it will hang on my refrigerator for weeks. If you give me a candle or lotion or a mug, I will be so thankful you took the time to go shopping for me. Literally every teacher friend I know feels the same. I’m not sure who these bitter dcum teachers are. But they shouldn’t be in the classroom.

I shouldn’t be in the classroom because I dislike useless clutter which will take up room in a landfill? Because I hate waste?

Ok, hoarder, take your piles of stuff amd have a great Christmas.

I’m so sure the ungrateful “I will happily throw your gifts away” threads are created by bitter parents who don’t think teachers are unworthy of gifts. They get lambasted when they start those threads so this is a newer creative approach. That way they make teachers look horrible and undeserving without looking like miserly b-ches.

I suspect this, too.

[Anonymous]

Some years I gave flowers. Like a dozen roses. At times there are beautiful rises on sale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you give me an ornament for Christmas, it will occupy a place on my tree every year. And I will remember the child who gave it to me. Bonus if it’s hand made. If you give me homemade treats, I will happily eat them. I might share them with my family if there are any left. If you make me a card, it will hang on my refrigerator for weeks. If you give me a candle or lotion or a mug, I will be so thankful you took the time to go shopping for me. Literally every teacher friend I know feels the same. I’m not sure who these bitter dcum teachers are. But they shouldn’t be in the classroom.

I shouldn’t be in the classroom because I dislike useless clutter which will take up room in a landfill? Because I hate waste?

Ok, hoarder, take your piles of stuff amd have a great Christmas.

I’m so sure the ungrateful “I will happily throw your gifts away” threads are created by bitter parents who don’t think teachers are unworthy of gifts. They get lambasted when they start those threads so this is a newer creative approach. That way they make teachers look horrible and undeserving without looking like miserly b-ches.

I suspect this, too.

+1

Thumbs up!

[Anonymous]

I’m a teacher and just realized I haven’t gotten my kid’s teacher a gift yet!! Eeeek!!

[Anonymous]

Some of you aren’t so great with reading comprehension.

There is a difference between being appreciative and not wanting more junk that will clog up a landfill.

[Anonymous]

Yep.

I give nothing to teachers mid-year. Looks too much like a bribe, especially when they have to write letters of recommendations to my children.

When a teacher has gone above and beyond, I tell them face to face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate and thank students for each and every gift. But I do not keep it all.
What gets tossed, donated, or taken to the break room:
-Homemade treats unless I know the parents and their home environment very well
-store bought treats unless they are reallllly good (no cheap popcorn tins from Walmart or off brand hot cocoa mixes, for example)
-candles
-paper weights, figurines, or other knick knacks
-lotions and soaps unless really high quality
-gift cards to restaurants like Olive Garden, red lobster, etc

The good stuff:
-homemade cards, hand drawn pictures from students and/or handwritten notes from parents.
-gift cards to Amazon, target, Starbucks, or Visa gift cards
-sharpies, nice pens, dry erase markers, copy paper, notebook paper, Kleenex, other school supplies you know every teacher uses

I was shopping with my kindergartener and she saw erasable markers. She told me that Ms. Larla's markers were all going dry and asked if we could get them for her. So my little girl observed a need, selected the colors, and fatness of pen tip.

I am so proud of her for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Champagne please.

Well, I did get the preschool team a case of wine once. We had a challenging year and they deserved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These kind of threads are so distasteful. Teachers are professionals. If they don’t like a gift, they should dispose of it discreetly by re-gifting or tossing it. These kinds of threads make teachers look ridiculous.

This! We get this every year. A couple bitchy teachers make them all look bad!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These kind of threads are so distasteful. Teachers are professionals. If they don’t like a gift, they should dispose of it discreetly by re-gifting or tossing it. These kinds of threads make teachers look ridiculous.

This! We get this every year. A couple bitchy teachers make them all look bad!

I'm not a teacher but I don't think this thread makes them look bad. I'm so sick of women who just give crummy gifts to everyone (and it's women. Men just wouldn't give anything). My coworkers do this also. No more Christmas mugs! At least if you're giving me a coffee mug- try to get one you think I'd like?

[Anonymous]

Wait, you're supposed to give gifts to teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you aren’t so great with reading comprehension.

There is a difference between being appreciative and not wanting more junk that will clog up a landfill.

Considering a GIFT ‘junk’ is not appreciative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you aren’t so great with reading comprehension.

There is a difference between being appreciative and not wanting more junk that will clog up a landfill.

Considering a GIFT ‘junk’ is not appreciative.

NP. It's not very appreciative to give someone a mug or junk. Just stop people.