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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, our family gave thank you gifts, cards, letters of appreciation and red envelopes to all three recommenders.

Screw these posters. I am Asian.  My child will be a model student, work hard and excel, and treat his teachers with utmost respect.

We show our respect with volunteering, giving generously for staff appreciation and other occasions and giving gifts for thanksgiving and end of school.  And we have done that for the entire academic career of my kids.

And by the way, did not even have one single Asian teacher for the 15 years my kids were in school. It was 99% White teachers and one or two Black teachers. NO ONE OBJECTED.[/quote]

I object. I will not accept money for recommendation letters. I have turned down monetary gifts in the past, and [b]when a family insists then I simply donate the money[/b]. My sense of ethics is more important to me than a gift card.

Your “screw these posters” says a lot about you. You don’t really care about teachers if you think your money is more important than their wishes. That not respectful, as you claim to be. 
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So, you do take the money.  What you do with the money is your choice.  You can donate it (like you say you do) or wipe your azz with it - it is yours to do with it as you wish.

I am guessing you are not a teacher.  I am guessing you are a poor trailer trash Karen actually.  Your rage is because you cannot afford to give gifts to teachers and that your culture actually really disrespects teachers. [/quote]

Sigh. DCUM at its finest, I see.

I am a teacher and this happens to me every year. I have to graciously tell parents that I won’t accept cash or gift cards. When it becomes evident that they won’t take “no” for an answer, I tell them that I’ll be taking the card to the main office so it can be used for the school’s benefit. I won’t accept money for recommendations; it’s unethical.

I appreciate others don’t themselves to my standards and I can’t change that. [/quote]

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