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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, I did not sed thank you notes to students.  I thanked them in person for the gift. If for some reason they didn't hand it to me and get thanked in person, I would send a note over break.  I am astounded that a parent would be this mean spirited about her child's teacher.  Miss Manners is VERY clear that written thank you notes are not required for gifts when the giver is thanked in person.  Frankly, I had 125+ students a year in 5 classes.  If I had to write a note for every tchotchke I got at Christmastime, I'd spend days over break writing them.  Since I always spent most of my break catching up with work and grading papers, no, that wasn't going to happen.

Please refrain from giving teacher's gifts if your main objective is to audit the quality and timeliness of a written thank you.  You're not giving in the spirit of giving, and it's frankly not worth the hassle and resentment that you create.[/quote]

Apologies for the autocorrect typos![/quote]

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