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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don’t want to be bothered by your school’s PTA, come to my school. Not only do we not have a PTA, you won’t even know it’s TAW. But we will be busy making multiple gifts for moms for Mother’s Day. We are bitter people like some DCUMs clearly are. [/quote]

Can you not see the difference? Kids love their mothers and this is fun for them and you can work learning into it: handwriting, fine motor skills, art. It’s actually for the kids, they enjoy making these and gifting these to their mothers.  Pretty sure you don’t want 30 kids crafts for TAW.  I don’t want to participate in a weeks worth of hoopla for teachers plus all the cost for said hoopla plus gift cards. It’s ridiculous and has nothing to do with kids showing their appreciation to their teacher.  My kids enjoy writing their teacher a nice note about what they’ve enjoyed in class and what they like about their teacher.  That’s should be what teacher appreciation is about.  Not a bunch a snacks, gift cards, gift baskets, etc. [/quote]

NP. I'm a mom and not a teacher. I made my kids all write cards to their teachers and a picture (my youngest two are pre-K and 1st). I also thought as they did it that it was helping their handwriting, fine motor skills and helping to recognize/thank others.

I'm not going to give snacks or their favorite things or make a little basket. I guess it's because I don't like things like that myself and it seems like extra work for women.

I will have my kids do things for their teachers though and I will slip in cash in appreciation. I'm not bitter at all about teacher appreciation week, nor about mother's day. I like both actually.[/quote]

The slipping in cash is demeaning.  They aren’t your housekeeper or babysitter. [/quote]

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