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[quote=Anonymous]That would be considered a gift not a necessity. Teachers often buy items that are necessities in order to teach lessons. There is a difference.
 But, it was nice of you to do that considering you didn't make much. Also, I'm surprised that none of their families gave you gifts. I know I would always buy gifts for nurses and caregivers. [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly. Couldn't the teacher spending his or her own money be considered a gift? Who else spends their personal money on their job? [quote=Anonymous]

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I'm the PP who posted about all the bills coming due this month and the room mom & pta shakedown (with very specific gift surveys from the teachers emailed out twice for good measure).

Since you asked, many people in lines of work that deal with underprivileged or neglected people or animals REGULARLY spend their own money on the job. In my early 20s, I worked in nursing homes as a nurse's aide for $7-10/hr (early 2000s). I often went to Big Lots (back when it was very cheap) for a nice scented lotion or hair products for the forgotten nursing home residents. They liked smelling good and they liked not having their hair flopping all over the place-- I guess because that's something their generation valued, and their happiness made me happy. At those wages there was little else I could do with $5-10 that would make me as happy. . 
The private nursing home that charged residents the most (many I had recognized from the country club where I'd used to wait tables) actually paid the least -- I started out at $7.50/hr. The one with the most medicare/Medicaid paid around $10.50. I had my electricity shut off twice during those years, and I paid HR Block $100 for an instant pay-out of my very meager tax return so I could take my beloved dog to the vet for an earache. 
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