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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$10 to the main teacher, $5 to specials.  It is a token appreciation, same as to therapists and extra curricular coaches and the like.

I don't understand the $50 and $100 answers.  These are paid positions, not charity or volunteers.  I am a teacher, and anything over $20 makes me really uncomfortable.  Is it a bribe? Do you feel sorry for me? Write an email of appreciation to my principal or contribute to the staff luncheon the PTA puts on and call it a day.[/quote]

How easily offended do you get that anything over $20 makes you feel uncomfortable!?

I’m a teacher and a parent myself, gift cards make me happy- not uncomfortable, I use the money to purchase things I wouldn’t otherwise get for myself
 
And as a parent I love to give to my kids’ teachers- If I have ever made you feel uncomfortable with a generous gift, please give it back to me. [/quote]

I am not a teacher, but am a public employee and we are subject to specific gifts rules. Receiving gifts over the allowed amount would put me in an awkward situation and legally I would be required to return it.  Im guessing there is no enforcement in the public school districts and probably no ramifications so long as the teacher and parent don’t advertise it, but your disbelief over how large gifts could make a teacher uncomfortable is kind of puzzling to me…[/quote]

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