Reply to crap -- please tell me some of you do NOT give cash/gift card to homeroom teacher at Xmas?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "crap -- please tell me some of you do NOT give cash/gift card to homeroom teacher at Xmas?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I have really mixed feelings. I sort of hate giving gift cards: it seems to imply that the relationship is merely transactional, and that a monetary value can be placed on it. At the same time, I recognize that a gift card (accompanied by a nice personal note from the child and the parents!!) may be a more practical gift, and appreciated by teachers, who tend to be underpaid. (Let's face it, I am an overpaid lawyer, and even so, I like getting gift cards myself!).

This year we contributed $ to the class gift (big gift-card) in one child's class and DD (age 9) made the teachers hand-made cards. In the other child's class there was no class-wide gift, so we got nice boxes of Godiva chocolates and some fancy coffee (teacher is a coffee-aholic), and in that class too child contributed a hand-made card. We'll do another gift at year's end, so maybe we will mix it up a bit then.

But though I think teachers at our kids' school are underpaid and are probably quite happy to get gift cards, I also think heartfelt verbal thanks are important. We could not be more full of admiration and appreciation for our children's teachers, and try to make sure we let them know it on a regular basis, not just on special occasions.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics