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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school teachers are notoriously underpaid.  That's why some people do it[/quote]

So it’s charity. The $500+ in gift cards they get will allow them to buy presents for their kids.[b] I would be humiliated [/b]if I were a teacher and this is the reason parents give me gift cards.[/quote]

So if your boss gives you $500 you would be humiliated?  What a strange response![/quote]

But it not the boss giving $500 is it? 
Any professional outside of teaching would be mortified if the people that are in their care were expected to give them gifts.  
But teachers in the US have become so spoiled with gifts, they actually put out into the universe what shildren/people should gift them.  It is so gross and narcissistic. [/quote]

I’ve been in teaching a REALLY LONG time. I haven’t ever seen a teacher in person or online say what people should give. Ever. What teachers are telling you what to give?

As a parent myself, I’ve had PTAs and administrators reach out to me and ask me to contribute to teacher gifts. I’ve never had a teacher tell me what to get them, however.[/quote]

Catholic school in Fairfax has a "teacher's favorite" list that is circulated before holidays. Includes favorite stores, foods, hobbies. Doesn't explicitly say "buy me this" but gives you the general ideas.

Preschool in DC was exactly the same.

I have not seen it at Fairfax public school.

Those are my only data points. I thought it was totally fine and was happy to know what they wanted.[/quote]

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