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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a high school teacher and appreciate everything. We do not receive as much as elementary teachers and I agree that the handwritten cards or emails are the best. I also admit that I am thrilled with the occasional gift card.  Large amounts would make me uncomfortable and I’ve never received an expensive handbag. 
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As for someone asking about gifts in exchange for recommendations, I don’t see how this would be possible.[/b] Students asked me for college recommendations at the end of last year or the very beginning of this year. Mine were all due in October. No one has ever offered a beginning of the year gift card in exchange for a recommendation. Obviously that would not be accepted. [/quote]

It's not possible.

1. The teacher would have to go in to change grades in the computer-which no one is willing to do.

2. Besides, the teacher can't go back and change grades from previous quarters because those grades are cemented in stone already.

3. Recommendations are (usually) confidential. The teacher can rest assured the generous family will never know what they wrote.

4. A raving recommendation from a teacher cannot save low grades, poor standardized test scores, a poorly written essay and non-existent extra curriculars.

5. NO teacher is willing to risk their career and licensure over a $50 gift card.[/quote]

I had a teacher who insisted that students buy her lunch or bring in treats in exchange for a rec.[/quote]

I have a feeling that teacher was joking and wouldn't have refused a recommendation if a kid didn't give her treats. In fact, I'm sure some kids didn't but she wrote the rec anyway. [/quote]

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