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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who planned this? Every damn year, the week leading up to Mother’s Day is Teacher A-Freaking-ppreciation Week. I appreciate teachers and do more than my part to celebrate them multiple times a year—gift cards and buying from Amazon wish lists multiple times a year, contributing to numerous PTA lunches and coffee carts, volunteering as a chaperone and helping with class parties, on and on. I do gift cards, notes, and a SignUpGenius contribution for the Teacher Appreciation Week stuff.

But why must we run mother’s ragged during this specific time? It’s like squeeze all the juice out of the lemon before celebrating moms on one DAY after they’ve spent a week doing things for teachers. It’s a lot, on top of a full-time job and all the other things we do as moms.[/quote]

You know you don't have to do all (or any) of it, right?[/quote]

And then we’ll be treated to more “Teachers are soooooo unapprecccciiiiattteeddd” threads here on DCUM.[/quote]

New poster and my kid is long since out of elementary. Get some perspective, OP and all of you moaning about "it's too close to Mother's Day!" So? Give nothing, give a gift card, do something or do nothing for teachers. But making teacher appreciation events all about yourselves and precious Mother's Day should embarrass you. I bet you all brag about how well you multitask and juggle things, yet the fact that something school-related is in the WEEK before Mother's Day has you pi$$ed off and feeling disrespected and oh so tired.

Mother's Day is supposed to be about your family doing something for you. Unless you're busy arranging all your own Mother's Day treats for yourself--you should have time to toss some tiny acknowledgement into whatever the room parents arranged for the teacher. If you ARE having to make your own Mother's Day plans, well, that's on your husband and kids and they're the problem -- not the PTA calendar, the teacher, or the room parents.

And no, I'm not a teacher or room parent (in case you want to snark that way at me). I just know whiners when I hear them. [/quote]

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