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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher Appreciation Week always makes me think of that show The Good Place (spoilers below if you haven't seen it). The whole premise of that show is that the characters thing they are in heaven but they are actually in a simulation created by hell's demons (bad place employees) to torture them psychologically. So "the good place" is filled with stuff that seems like it should be great, but is poorly executed or just off enough that it actually torments the people who have been sent there. That's what Teacher Appreciation is. It sounds great! Who doesn't want to appreciate teachers? But in execution, it's actually kind of miserable for everyone, including teachers, because it winds up being a strange interaction loaded with guilt, obligation, fear of offense, and ethical minefields. If you give a card without a gift card, do you seem cheap? If you give a Target gift card, will the teacher just use it on stuff for the classroom? Should you just buy something for the classroom instead? Is that self serving? If you give cash is it offensive? If you give anything, does it look like you are currying favor? If you give nothing, does it look like you don't care? It's dumb and we should declare some kind of moratorium on it and replace it with something sensible, but I don't even know what that would be. In the meantime, [img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/cRMGqNpvm9XS2gRcpL/giphy.gif[/img][/quote] Yeah, I've stopped trying to keep up with the different themed days, and just come in upfront with the "Thank You" gift card and call it a week.[/quote]
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