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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just give cash. Seriously. Put it in an envelope and don't make a big deal of it.[/quote]

But be reasonable. The year a few Tilden families gave $100 bills tucked in cards, I was really freaked out. I ended up plowing it back into classroom materials because ai was worried it would get me in trouble.[/quote]

I teach elementary and have received many, many gifts over $20 in my 25 years. 
i have never reported them, why would I? It’s a nice gesture from the family. I thank them and move along. Mcps has much bigger issues to deal with.[/quote]

Why would you? Because your employment agreement says you have to.

I guess rules don’t apply to you.[/quote]

My employment agreement also says that my duty day begins at 8:20 and ends at 3:50. I work beyond those hours all the time. I have not known a single colleague who has reported a gift over $20. As an mcps parent, I don’t adhere to the limit either. Sorry not sorry.[/quote]

No wonder people have lost respect for teachers.[/quote]

I know, people who regularly work extra hours and give generous gifts are the worst.[/quote]

Most people agree professionals shouldn’t accept anything that gives the appearance of a bribe, which explicitly includes the kinds of gifts being discussed in this thread.

Do you think the gift rules are just there to punish teachers? What about all the other people with jobs that limit gifts?[/quote]

If you think a teacher is going to bump a students grade over 50 dollars, you and my twenty five cent tipping grandma should get together and go bowling.[/quote]

So true! Who is going to risk their job over $50? [/quote]

It sounds like a lot of teachers do, based on this thread.[/quote]

And yet there’s never a parent who posts that their child earned a higher grade solely due to a $50 gift card. Either the going rate for a grade bump is higher than $50 or gift cards don’t buy grades.[/quote]

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