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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid’s teachers make more money than I do and get better benefits. I very much appreciate them, am always polite, do not try to take their time or make their lives harder. But this idea that I somehow inadequately appreciate teachers is weird to me. Or the idea that I owe them lots of gift cards or gifts. I always make a point of sending thank you cards and, if it is in budget, a target gift card. Beyond that I really don’t think anything else should be expected of me as a parent.

Just how appreciative do I need to be? I am honestly not that appreciated in my job.[/quote]+10[/quote]

Teacher here, who posted above about AP workloads. I don’t need appreciation. I don’t expect it at holidays or at the end of the year. I do appreciate thank you letters when I write college recommendations, but I know not to expect them since they come about 2-5% of the time.

I’d be happy if I can just get some respect. That might look like not [b]calling my job “easy” and telling me to appreciate my summers off.[/b] Those 4-5 weeks aren’t much of a trade-off for the grueling 60-70 hour weeks throughout the year. [/quote]

Nobody does that.  No one.[/quote]

Seriously? It’s in this thread. Page 2, I believe. It’s literally in EVERY thread that talks about teacher pay or work hours. Heck, my sister-in-law said it a few weeks back. [/quote]

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