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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is really lovely! I am a teacher, but we are not allowed to accept gifts over $25.  We actually have a yearly training on ethics, so it's not like someone can claim ignorance.  Do some people receive more than that? Perhaps, but I never have. I would not be comfortable with that at all - nor alcohol. You never know if someone is in recovery or their family is. Or that their religion condones it. A very nice gesture, but honestly, what means the most to me are real, heartfelt notes.  I had a student - a really 'tough' guy in 7th grade - write me a note at the end of the year.  It said' Don't open until you have a really bad day' So I waited.  And I opened it on a particularly tough day.  The kid who everyone else dismissed - apparently somehow something I did made a difference.  Please have your kids tell your teachers how they made a difference.  We need to hear that. It stays with us so much longer than a bottle of wine, a gift card, or some trinket.  (Just my 2 cents as a very exhausted middle school teacher) [/quote]

We don't have ethics training every year? [/quote]

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