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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at a small private school.  Parents pay a lot to go there, but teachers pay is very low because of student/teacher ratio. (Ratio anywhere from 4:1 to 7:1).  Maybe I'm just rude, but I don't think there is anything wrong with a $100 gift card per person.  First of all, it's only $10 a month... I am a teacher who provides cell phone access, texting access, etc.  I am 100% accessible to these families at all times.  These families are going on vacations overseas, cruises on a regular basis - some even own properties in other countries.  Of the 15 students I work with throughout the day, this year I received gifts from only 5.... and these gifts were all valued under $2.00 - except two of them.  Of the two that were left, they were valued at $15 and $30.  Maybe I'm ridiculous - but when my kids go to school, they give $100.  I'm not rich - but I am kind.[/quote]

Perhaps the private school where you work discourages gifts priced over a certain amount. As a former teacher I would not feel right accepting $100 from one student not do I think any administrator I have known would condone that. I got plenty of gifts, but you know what I remember the most-thoughtful cards. I saved every card with a note or a letter and I still go back and read them.

Re:gifts as bribes. While I'm sure most parents have the best intentions, yes, there are people who use gifts to manipulate. Heck people will offer to make big donations to a school in the hopes a disciplinary action might dissapear. These "gifts" are always declined. It happens and we set a good example for kids by only accepting modest gifts. I certainly would not stay at anyone's beach house or what have you. It concerns me to see a teacher say "I am not rich, but I am kind" implying those who don't give large sums of money are somehow cruel. I don't want my children to think this way.[/quote]

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