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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school teachers are notoriously underpaid.  That's why some people do it[/quote]

So it’s charity. The $500+ in gift cards they get will allow them to buy presents for their kids.[b] I would be humiliated [/b]if I were a teacher and this is the reason parents give me gift cards.[/quote]

So if your boss gives you $500 you would be humiliated?  What a strange response![/quote]

But it not the boss giving $500 is it? 
Any professional outside of teaching would be mortified if the people that are in their care were [b]expected [/b]to give them gifts.  
But teachers in the US have become so spoiled with gifts, they actually put out into the universe what children/people should gift them.  It is so gross and narcissistic. [/quote]

I don't think you should slam every teacher. My spouse is a teacher and there is no expectation of gifts.  Would you suggest that he return the gift card?  The homemade fudge and note?   Or what?  Do you hate teachers?    I don't think you would last one day teaching children. my spouse chose the profession because they wanted to teach and change someone's life.

what have you done?[/quote]

Pay a ton in taxes to pay his wages and raised a responsible child.  
He is not a saint or hero, just a person doing a job like the majority of adult humans.  
My husband is a cop that keeps you and yours safe, what have you done? [/quote]

Teachers do a bit more than “a job”. Let’s be honest here: we expect teachers in this country to give every ounce of themselves and expect very little back in return. We don’t pay them well. We don’t respect them. And we certainly don’t support them.

I am a teacher. I don’t expect gifts nor do I even really want them. I’m appreciative when gifts come because I’m a kind person, but I would prefer people to advocate for a more reasonable teacher workload.

And as for police? I’m married to one. He makes about twice what I do, and he is paid for overtime. Perhaps that’s how we can reward teachers. Overtime. [/quote]

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