Anonymous
08/03/2018 08:33
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
$50???
Way out of line by any measure.
Way out of line by any measure.
Anonymous
08/03/2018 08:11
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Anonymous wrote:I wrote a rec for a student last year, that she asked for the day before it was due. It was for a private HS. After she got accepted, she wrote me a lovely note and got me a mug from the school. Not anything I ever expected, but a nice gesture!
I love that!
Anonymous
08/03/2018 07:48
Subject: Re:Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Our children each hand-wrote notes and we included Target gift cards for $50. It takes a lot of time to write those recs and to keep them genuine. None of the teachers who wrote the recs for our kids did it pro forma, they all asked a lot of questions and really knew our kids.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 23:31
Subject: Re:Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
We gave gift (coffee mug, socks, shirt, etc ) from school DS was attending to recommenders to thank them. All gifts under $25 and included a handwritten note.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 23:05
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
DD thanked her recommending teachers in person and gave small gifts to all the teachers she felt close to (including recommenders) at the end of the year.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 17:26
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
My kids wrote a note and gave a Starbuck's gift card.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 16:15
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
I wrote a rec for a student last year, that she asked for the day before it was due. It was for a private HS. After she got accepted, she wrote me a lovely note and got me a mug from the school. Not anything I ever expected, but a nice gesture!
Anonymous
08/02/2018 16:14
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
A nice thank you note.
When I was in high school, we had a teacher who demanded gifts for writing recommendations. She had a list of things she liked.
Yeah, I hated her.
When I was in high school, we had a teacher who demanded gifts for writing recommendations. She had a list of things she liked.
Yeah, I hated her.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 16:13
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Yuck. That makes me uncomfortable.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 15:04
Subject: Re:Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
At our MCPS high school gifts seemed to be the norm. We did amazon gift cards, maybe $50? Of course this was after the recs had been submitted.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 14:23
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
A gift or gift card with a TY note for a letter feels like a tip.
Send a thank you note for the rec letter.
And, if your child feels really close to that teacher, let them give that teacher a small gift at the end of the school year thanking them for all they've done for her over their high school career.
Send a thank you note for the rec letter.
And, if your child feels really close to that teacher, let them give that teacher a small gift at the end of the school year thanking them for all they've done for her over their high school career.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 14:12
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Anonymous wrote:A thank you note is lovely. A gift strikes me as unethical.
Just wondering why you think it's unethical. My kid did include a small gift card with the thank you note, but after she knew the rec deadline had passed and teacher had sent in her rec.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 13:51
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
Anonymous wrote:A thank you note is lovely. A gift strikes me as unethical.
Yes, I agree.
-- teacher who often writes recs.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 13:48
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
A thank you note is lovely. A gift strikes me as unethical.
Anonymous
08/02/2018 13:30
Subject: Etiquette for thanking teachers for rec
I think at our school, the counselor mentioned a thank you note to teachers that write your rec. Is that the norm? Do students give small gifts too?