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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS teacher here.  Teacher appreciation week is unacknowledged by our school and students.  This attitude doesn't bother me at all.  I would much rather people seriously discuss pay raises and perception of teachers (e.g., I feel that teachers should be viewed in the same company as doctors, lawyers, engineers rather than nurses, firefighters, police officers.  Changing that uniquely American perspective would attract more people to the profession.  But I digress...)

My kids are in elementary school.  Every year, I get a flyer talking about teacher appreciation week, and I promptly recycle it.  I don't mind if others want to throw a little party for the elementary school staff or give them something each and every day during the week, as long as these others don't pressure me to get involved or call me "lazy-ass."[/quote]

Teachers are not equal to doctors, lawyers and engineers and are paid more than other professions, such as police officers and social workers.  I don't get why teachers want to be put on a pedestal for doing their job.  Teachers get plenty of perks and our local school systems pay very well compared to others.  It is a public gov't job.[/quote]

Agree, they get paid about the same as I do as a nurse and I work weekends, holidays, all summers, have had my arm broken by a drug addict, puked on, urinated on, disimpacted elderly, changed colostomy bags, been yelled out by patients, doctors, family members, worked 30+ hours in a row in snowstorms, and usually never get a lunch break on a normal 13hr shift.  But I didn't pick my job for the money.  I have held hands with people as they die alone and scared.  I have helped many people in many years, just as teachers help kids and that is why I am a nurse.  I would never be able to like or live with myself if I was a lawyer.  I may have more money but I sure wouldn't be happy.  I don't demand a doctor pay scale because I didn't go thru the years of schooling they did, nor do I want that pressure for myself.

Teachers work hard no doubt but they get paid well here and have A LOT of vacation days a year. They get to spend every summer and holiday with their kids.  I think there may only be 10 weeks a year, they are working 5 full days.  It is very hard to appreciate the ones that feel entitled to more like the above poster.  
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NP and former preschool teacher here, while it does sound like there are schools that have gone overboard- it seems there is something major you have have missed here- and that is this is a learning opportunity, hence why it is popular in preschool and elementary school. We are teaching your children to appreciate the people who they deal with on a regular basis. That is why it is mostly small simple gestures your children can participate and understand. It isn't about the gifts and making sure the teachers get theirs, just like when we spend time on Mothers day gifts in the classroom, it isn't about the gifts!![/quote]

Well then if that were the case, why don't they carve out 15 minutes one day and have all the kids right a letter of appreciation to the teacher? That would take care of it right there. Instead, some schools (at least mine) selects specific types of gifts for specific days. Who do you think actually purchases those gifts? Parents!! It seems simple on the surface, I know. Bring in a flower for your teacher, you can pick it from your garden. What if you don't have a garden or flowers or a yard?[/quote]

Then don't do it, it is really that simple[/quote]

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