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My husband and I have never gotten bonuses.  We don't have cleaning people, our trash collectors are county paid, etc.  You can show reasonable appreciation but the demand is greedy.  I donate a lot to the classroom.  [/quote]

You see it as a demand. I see it as a way to appreciate people who positively affect my family’s life:  tutor, leader of book club, teacher, dentist if we go that month, close neighbors, all get something.  What’s the “a lot” you’re donating to the classroom?  Supplies for the kids - like napkins for parties - or gifts for a teacher to thank her?
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Many people do their jobs and get paid without having elaborate displays of appreciation.  It's no longer showing real appreciation when it's expected or mandatory.

I see a ton of people around me in society positively affecting the community around me.  Most of them aren't constantly needing gifts to feel appreciated.  That being said, many of us give our own gifts to the teachers.  I've given each teacher and several specials teachers gift cards for X-mas.  I spend well over the $40 that a PP was seeking per parent.  But I contribute because I want to do so - not because someone else is on a power trip and making demands.  I also think that X-mas gifts, birthday gifts, end-of-year gifts, teacher appreciation week (and in some places, that's something every day of the week), etc. is ridiculous.  [/quote]

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