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Anonymous wrote:I agree completely OP. I can’t imagine that question would have been asked of a dad. It’s more unnecessary expectations on women by women. I appreciate the women (usually it’s women) who step up to be on the pta but I wish they would be mindful of creating unnecessary sh*t to do. Unnecessary because I don’t think the teachers even care about this stuff.

Ding! We really don't.

Our week is laid out like this:

Monday - early breakfast; yes, arriving at school 45 mins. is exactly how I want to start off my week. Especially for some greasy Chick-fil-A.
Tuesday - flower day; my favorites are the hand-drawn flowers instead of real ones as most flowers give me an instant headache. I tell the kids I'm taking them home to brighten up my house but immediately toss them in the trash. I do feel bad for .02 seconds after tossing them.
Wednesday - gift card day; this one makes me most uncomfortable because I always feel like I'm being bribed. 99% of the gift cards received will be for Starbucks, which is awesome, but again, I just don't think that money, even in gift card form, should be exchanged with teachers.
Thursday - card day; they're supposed to be handmade, but most are storebought. Some aren't even signed by the kid and are instead signed by the parent as the kid. To make up for immediately tossing the flowers, I usually keep and display the cards for a week.
Friday - lunch & cake day; catered lunch & cake is fine and probably all that's ever really needed for this week. Some years the room parents will take up a separate collection for a larger gift card and give it to you on this day. Again, it makes me super uncomfortable. I'd rather parents just donated that gift card money to the PTA fund that covers field trip fees for the kids whose parents can't.

Uncomfortable is a valid complaint. Then you should communicate that to your PTA and Principal.

The rest of your post is obnoxiously rude. The breakfast at our school is not "chik-fil-a" but homemade casseroles and Panera items. And they are set out about 20 min before the doors open. They teachers an partake or not. But, after reading a post like yours, I def won't be contributing this year.

As for the gifts, you're ungrateful and make some ridiculous assumptions. Nothing more to be said.

I think that’s kind of her whole point - she doesn’t care if you participate or not. I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but she said teachers don’t care about TA week so your threat not to bring in breakfast items is kind of silly.

Oh sure. You don't think those teachers would be the FIRST to complain about how "parents can't even be bothered to bring in some restaurant prepared casserole?" MMMk. They absolutely would. 100% sure they would.

And more to the point here, the KIDS know it's TA appreciation week. And in ES, at least, enjoy seeing the teachers recognized and giving them gifts or seeing them receive special treatment. I couldn't possibly care less what any teacher thinks of me or my efforts on behalf of TA week. But my child is involved in picking things out and is excited to participate. So, to hear this teacher's complaining, rudeness, and admitting to just throwing things out, I have a problem with that.

You are way too invested in this. She’s accepting the gifts nicely so your special little snowflake isn’t disappointed. But clearly you are doing this for your child, and don’t give a shit what the teacher wants. And then are upset she’s not properly appreciative.

Wrong again. I'm just tired of hearing how much all of this is unappreciated, when people are trying to do something nice. My kid is far from a snowflake, so you can save your BS accusations. You know exactly nothing in that regard. But, yes, when people aren't appreciative, I find that distasteful. How hard is it to just shut it and be grateful. Instead of coming on here and complaining that you don't like this or that? It doesn't matter if they say thank you to the child if it's disingenuous. And we now know that it is.

As far as what the teacher wants, we get a yearly "wish list" of likes/dislikes, just like a registry. They get something off that, usually a GC and something else they like. So, wrong again.

If the TEACHERS are so put out by all this, then they should go to the principal, their union, their PTA, etc. and demand that it stop. Get back to me if that happens. I'll wait .. .

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Anonymous wrote:I agree completely OP. I can’t imagine that question would have been asked of a dad. It’s more unnecessary expectations on women by women. I appreciate the women (usually it’s women) who step up to be on the pta but I wish they would be mindful of creating unnecessary sh*t to do. Unnecessary because I don’t think the teachers even care about this stuff.

Ding! We really don't.

Our week is laid out like this:

Monday - early breakfast; yes, arriving at school 45 mins. is exactly how I want to start off my week. Especially for some greasy Chick-fil-A.
Tuesday - flower day; my favorites are the hand-drawn flowers instead of real ones as most flowers give me an instant headache. I tell the kids I'm taking them home to brighten up my house but immediately toss them in the trash. I do feel bad for .02 seconds after tossing them.
Wednesday - gift card day; this one makes me most uncomfortable because I always feel like I'm being bribed. 99% of the gift cards received will be for Starbucks, which is awesome, but again, I just don't think that money, even in gift card form, should be exchanged with teachers.
Thursday - card day; they're supposed to be handmade, but most are storebought. Some aren't even signed by the kid and are instead signed by the parent as the kid. To make up for immediately tossing the flowers, I usually keep and display the cards for a week.
Friday - lunch & cake day; catered lunch & cake is fine and probably all that's ever really needed for this week. Some years the room parents will take up a separate collection for a larger gift card and give it to you on this day. Again, it makes me super uncomfortable. I'd rather parents just donated that gift card money to the PTA fund that covers field trip fees for the kids whose parents can't.

Uncomfortable is a valid complaint. Then you should communicate that to your PTA and Principal.

The rest of your post is obnoxiously rude. The breakfast at our school is not "chik-fil-a" but homemade casseroles and Panera items. And they are set out about 20 min before the doors open. They teachers an partake or not. But, after reading a post like yours, I def won't be contributing this year.

As for the gifts, you're ungrateful and make some ridiculous assumptions. Nothing more to be said.

I think that’s kind of her whole point - she doesn’t care if you participate or not. I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but she said teachers don’t care about TA week so your threat not to bring in breakfast items is kind of silly.

Oh sure. You don't think those teachers would be the FIRST to complain about how "parents can't even be bothered to bring in some restaurant prepared casserole?" MMMk. They absolutely would. 100% sure they would.

And more to the point here, the KIDS know it's TA appreciation week. And in ES, at least, enjoy seeing the teachers recognized and giving them gifts or seeing them receive special treatment. I couldn't possibly care less what any teacher thinks of me or my efforts on behalf of TA week. But my child is involved in picking things out and is excited to participate. So, to hear this teacher's complaining, rudeness, and admitting to just throwing things out, I have a problem with that.

You are way too invested in this. She’s accepting the gifts nicely so your special little snowflake isn’t disappointed. But clearly you are doing this for your child, and don’t give a shit what the teacher wants. And then are upset she’s not properly appreciative.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree completely OP. I can’t imagine that question would have been asked of a dad. It’s more unnecessary expectations on women by women. I appreciate the women (usually it’s women) who step up to be on the pta but I wish they would be mindful of creating unnecessary sh*t to do. Unnecessary because I don’t think the teachers even care about this stuff.

Ding! We really don't.

Our week is laid out like this:

Monday - early breakfast; yes, arriving at school 45 mins. is exactly how I want to start off my week. Especially for some greasy Chick-fil-A.
Tuesday - flower day; my favorites are the hand-drawn flowers instead of real ones as most flowers give me an instant headache. I tell the kids I'm taking them home to brighten up my house but immediately toss them in the trash. I do feel bad for .02 seconds after tossing them.
Wednesday - gift card day; this one makes me most uncomfortable because I always feel like I'm being bribed. 99% of the gift cards received will be for Starbucks, which is awesome, but again, I just don't think that money, even in gift card form, should be exchanged with teachers.
Thursday - card day; they're supposed to be handmade, but most are storebought. Some aren't even signed by the kid and are instead signed by the parent as the kid. To make up for immediately tossing the flowers, I usually keep and display the cards for a week.
Friday - lunch & cake day; catered lunch & cake is fine and probably all that's ever really needed for this week. Some years the room parents will take up a separate collection for a larger gift card and give it to you on this day. Again, it makes me super uncomfortable. I'd rather parents just donated that gift card money to the PTA fund that covers field trip fees for the kids whose parents can't.

Uncomfortable is a valid complaint. Then you should communicate that to your PTA and Principal.

The rest of your post is obnoxiously rude. The breakfast at our school is not "chik-fil-a" but homemade casseroles and Panera items. And they are set out about 20 min before the doors open. They teachers an partake or not. But, after reading a post like yours, I def won't be contributing this year.

As for the gifts, you're ungrateful and make some ridiculous assumptions. Nothing more to be said.

I think that’s kind of her whole point - she doesn’t care if you participate or not. I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but she said teachers don’t care about TA week so your threat not to bring in breakfast items is kind of silly.

Oh sure. You don't think those teachers would be the FIRST to complain about how "parents can't even be bothered to bring in some restaurant prepared casserole?" MMMk. They absolutely would. 100% sure they would.

And more to the point here, the KIDS know it's TA appreciation week. And in ES, at least, enjoy seeing the teachers recognized and giving them gifts or seeing them receive special treatment. I couldn't possibly care less what any teacher thinks of me or my efforts on behalf of TA week. But my child is involved in picking things out and is excited to participate. So, to hear this teacher's complaining, rudeness, and admitting to just throwing things out, I have a problem with that.

Nobody cares about your casserole, lady. This may come as a shock, but most teachers aren’t sitting around complaining about the lack of casseroles.

Anonymous wrote:I have received over a dozen emails, not including reminders from PTA/parents about Teacher Appreciation Week, plus the letter that was sent home for one child and not the other. Each email was from a different person, asking for slightly different things or the exact same thing. Only a few emails were tied to a specific class/teacher. They want money, lots of food, gifts (door prize), gift cards (door prize), door decorators, flowers, cards, wearing a certain color, special drinks, cooks, general volunteers, and supplies. Its such a cluster! I don't mind helping out, but get organized. Help me help you, and in turn we can all thank the teachers/staff/administration.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the whole concept of TAW is stupid. I'm fine with giving a winter gift and/or end-of-year gift, but an entire week on top of those? Nope.

I'm a teacher and I agree with this as well.

Teacher here, also.

I would love for parents to show their appreciation simply by raising their kids to realize that are the center of the universe and that “no” is a real thing.

It would also be nice if some teachers had some rules as well. Bullying is rampant at our school, but no consequences because that would involve work and actually being strict about something.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree completely OP. I can’t imagine that question would have been asked of a dad. It’s more unnecessary expectations on women by women. I appreciate the women (usually it’s women) who step up to be on the pta but I wish they would be mindful of creating unnecessary sh*t to do. Unnecessary because I don’t think the teachers even care about this stuff.

Ding! We really don't.

Our week is laid out like this:

Monday - early breakfast; yes, arriving at school 45 mins. is exactly how I want to start off my week. Especially for some greasy Chick-fil-A.
Tuesday - flower day; my favorites are the hand-drawn flowers instead of real ones as most flowers give me an instant headache. I tell the kids I'm taking them home to brighten up my house but immediately toss them in the trash. I do feel bad for .02 seconds after tossing them.
Wednesday - gift card day; this one makes me most uncomfortable because I always feel like I'm being bribed. 99% of the gift cards received will be for Starbucks, which is awesome, but again, I just don't think that money, even in gift card form, should be exchanged with teachers.
Thursday - card day; they're supposed to be handmade, but most are storebought. Some aren't even signed by the kid and are instead signed by the parent as the kid. To make up for immediately tossing the flowers, I usually keep and display the cards for a week.
Friday - lunch & cake day; catered lunch & cake is fine and probably all that's ever really needed for this week. Some years the room parents will take up a separate collection for a larger gift card and give it to you on this day. Again, it makes me super uncomfortable. I'd rather parents just donated that gift card money to the PTA fund that covers field trip fees for the kids whose parents can't.

Uncomfortable is a valid complaint. Then you should communicate that to your PTA and Principal.

The rest of your post is obnoxiously rude. The breakfast at our school is not "chik-fil-a" but homemade casseroles and Panera items. And they are set out about 20 min before the doors open. They teachers an partake or not. But, after reading a post like yours, I def won't be contributing this year.

As for the gifts, you're ungrateful and make some ridiculous assumptions. Nothing more to be said.

I think that’s kind of her whole point - she doesn’t care if you participate or not. I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but she said teachers don’t care about TA week so your threat not to bring in breakfast items is kind of silly.

Oh sure. You don't think those teachers would be the FIRST to complain about how "parents can't even be bothered to bring in some restaurant prepared casserole?" MMMk. They absolutely would. 100% sure they would.

And more to the point here, the KIDS know it's TA appreciation week. And in ES, at least, enjoy seeing the teachers recognized and giving them gifts or seeing them receive special treatment. I couldn't possibly care less what any teacher thinks of me or my efforts on behalf of TA week. But my child is involved in picking things out and is excited to participate. So, to hear this teacher's complaining, rudeness, and admitting to just throwing things out, I have a problem with that.

You are way too invested in this. She’s accepting the gifts nicely so your special little snowflake isn’t disappointed. But clearly you are doing this for your child, and don’t give a shit what the teacher wants. And then are upset she’s not properly appreciative.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the whole concept of TAW is stupid. I'm fine with giving a winter gift and/or end-of-year gift, but an entire week on top of those? Nope.

I'm a teacher and I agree with this as well.

Teacher here, also.

I would love for parents to show their appreciation simply by raising their kids to realize that are the center of the universe and that “no” is a real thing.

Anonymous wrote:My kid's school has parents sign up to make the teachers each a homemade dinner during TA week. This seems like such a waste - this stuff goes right in the trash, right??

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Anonymous wrote:I think the whole concept of TAW is stupid. I'm fine with giving a winter gift and/or end-of-year gift, but an entire week on top of those? Nope.

I'm a teacher and I agree with this as well.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree completely OP. I can’t imagine that question would have been asked of a dad. It’s more unnecessary expectations on women by women. I appreciate the women (usually it’s women) who step up to be on the pta but I wish they would be mindful of creating unnecessary sh*t to do. Unnecessary because I don’t think the teachers even care about this stuff.

Ding! We really don't.

Our week is laid out like this:

Monday - early breakfast; yes, arriving at school 45 mins. is exactly how I want to start off my week. Especially for some greasy Chick-fil-A.
Tuesday - flower day; my favorites are the hand-drawn flowers instead of real ones as most flowers give me an instant headache. I tell the kids I'm taking them home to brighten up my house but immediately toss them in the trash. I do feel bad for .02 seconds after tossing them.
Wednesday - gift card day; this one makes me most uncomfortable because I always feel like I'm being bribed. 99% of the gift cards received will be for Starbucks, which is awesome, but again, I just don't think that money, even in gift card form, should be exchanged with teachers.
Thursday - card day; they're supposed to be handmade, but most are storebought. Some aren't even signed by the kid and are instead signed by the parent as the kid. To make up for immediately tossing the flowers, I usually keep and display the cards for a week.
Friday - lunch & cake day; catered lunch & cake is fine and probably all that's ever really needed for this week. Some years the room parents will take up a separate collection for a larger gift card and give it to you on this day. Again, it makes me super uncomfortable. I'd rather parents just donated that gift card money to the PTA fund that covers field trip fees for the kids whose parents can't.

Uncomfortable is a valid complaint. Then you should communicate that to your PTA and Principal.

The rest of your post is obnoxiously rude. The breakfast at our school is not "chik-fil-a" but homemade casseroles and Panera items. And they are set out about 20 min before the doors open. They teachers an partake or not. But, after reading a post like yours, I def won't be contributing this year.

As for the gifts, you're ungrateful and make some ridiculous assumptions. Nothing more to be said.

I think that’s kind of her whole point - she doesn’t care if you participate or not. I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but she said teachers don’t care about TA week so your threat not to bring in breakfast items is kind of silly.

Oh sure. You don't think those teachers would be the FIRST to complain about how "parents can't even be bothered to bring in some restaurant prepared casserole?" MMMk. They absolutely would. 100% sure they would.

And more to the point here, the KIDS know it's TA appreciation week. And in ES, at least, enjoy seeing the teachers recognized and giving them gifts or seeing them receive special treatment. I couldn't possibly care less what any teacher thinks of me or my efforts on behalf of TA week. But my child is involved in picking things out and is excited to participate. So, to hear this teacher's complaining, rudeness, and admitting to just throwing things out, I have a problem with that.