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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do PTSAs demand pies for teachers on Pi Day, and on staff appreciation day and on ... .  Well, you get my drift.  I see this at a school where many kids are supposedly without the means to have a good meal.  So, teachers why don't you tell our PTSA people to make a difference by feeding the needy?  [/quote]
My family were originally from China where teachers are highly regarded. When my sister and I started our graduate study in the US  8 years ago, I chose to major in business and she wanted to study education because she loved children and she thought that it was an honorable job. Now 6 years after we both graduated from school I have paid off my student loans, and bought a house I wanted while she still having 10,000+ in student loans and renting the same one bed room apartment we once shared together.

When she first started, she worked about 10 hours a day during week days and also worked many hours during the weekend to  plan for her lessons, prepare for classroom materials and grade student works. She also spent  several hundred dollars per school year to purchase classroom materials that her school did not provide. Now, she is an experience teacher but still spending hours of her own time modifying her lessons, creating new center activities and grading students works. I often joke that I have 2 children but she has 28. In my company, I might put in an extra hour on busy days if needed, and my boss is certainly to let me know that the extra work I put in is very much appreciated, but I wonder how many times my sister gets praise on all the extra hours she did for her work. 
 
One of my children is attending a private school, and I have been trying to recruit my sister to teach in the school my child is attending because the class size is so much smaller and the teachers get a lot of support from the PTA and the principal. But she likes her school and thinks that she is in the place where she is needed the most.

If you think that bringing food for teachers is too much, you should come to private schools and see the parents lavish each of the teachers with a $500 gift card for Christmas. Teachers like my sister will not care for a pie or any gift cards but they will care if they feel that they are not respected by the parents. If you want good teachers to stay in public school system to educate your children, please show them the respect they deserved and make them feel that they are valued. 
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spot on

I'm glad your sister feels fulfilled.

I've told my kids (and I swear on my dad's grave) that if they take the education route, I won't be paying for college.

We are a two-teacher HH, and while our salaries are solid b/c we're both vets, I've seen the system deteriorate to such a point that I do worry about my own children's education. 
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