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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Other parents will talk but the teachers won't know and won't care.[/quote]

This. I taught at a private years ago. I don't care if you don't give. I don't want anyone to feel pressured to give anything or more than they feel comfortable. To be honest, when you get a really generous amount from the class, you need to discuss with the principal whether you can accept it and in the back of my mind I always worried it might be because the room parent was pushing parents rather than because they wanted to give that much. I judged how good a teacher parents thought I was by the notes of gratitude not the dollar amount. The money was always appreciated, but I would never think less of a parent for refraining from giving. Just, please think twice about giving cookies, chocolates, etc. So much ended up in the teacher's lounge because by the end of the school year we were all trying to lose the winter weight gain and some teachers have diabetes and other health issues. I remember when a parent from the parent's association came in the faculty lounge to deliver flowers (so sweet) and I wanted to cry seeing her reaction to all those gifts that were on the tables uneaten. I was one of the people who put gifts there and I always wrote a thank you note, but I just can't control myself around sweets and I wasn't alone.[/quote]

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