Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most teachers are practical. The original question was pretty much asking what is not a practical gift for you. It doesn't speak for all teachers.
It doesn't mean that teachers are not appreciative. It doesn't even mean that teachers expect presents. What it asked was in your experience what is a gift that you receive that you don't find useful. What do people keep twisting it around?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume teachers need hundreds of dollars worth of Starbucks?

Amazon.

I received both and was very happy that I did.

I don’t understand teacher dissatisfaction with GIFTS. From STUDENTS-people who don’t have to give you a damned thing!

I did get an over abundance of chocolates. I won’t be able to eat it all in a year. Nor will I try. But I appreciated the hell out of the thought.

+1
The question was asked. What do they not want?

We have my DS’s teacher’s gift cards for Amazon. I don’t want to give something that won’t be used.

Gift cards are best--Amazon is wonderful, so are Target and Walmart--places where the teacher can buy whatever s/he wants from slippers to deodorant, COFFEE if s/he wants it, etc. And if s/he wants chocolates, s/he can get those too!

Unless you know what restaurants and such they like. My students are very observant. They notice that I bring in Chipotle and Chic Fil a quite often. So I got several gift cards for those places. They also know that purple is my favorite color so I got a lot of nice purple stuff. And of course they know I love coffee. So Starbucks made sense to them. They also notice that I wear leggings. Oh how I wish that Lularue Mom's kid was in my class. *green with envy*

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most teachers are practical. The original question was pretty much asking what is not a practical gift for you. It doesn't speak for all teachers.
It doesn't mean that teachers are not appreciative. It doesn't even mean that teachers expect presents. What it asked was in your experience what is a gift that you receive that you don't find useful. What do people keep twisting it around?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume teachers need hundreds of dollars worth of Starbucks?

Amazon.

I received both and was very happy that I did.

I don’t understand teacher dissatisfaction with GIFTS. From STUDENTS-people who don’t have to give you a damned thing!

I did get an over abundance of chocolates. I won’t be able to eat it all in a year. Nor will I try. But I appreciated the hell out of the thought.

1. Most PEOPLE in general are practical.

2. STARBUCKS gift cards are INDEED PRACTICAL gifts for TEACHERS. You may not drink coffee, but you don't have to be a genius to notice all the coffee mugs and cups being held by teachers in Kiss in Ride lines, every single time you enter a school building or when you're in a conference and look onto a teachers desk.

3. It seems that what's practical for MOST teachers is not so for YOU. Therefore, YOU are the one twisting things.

4. Asking about a gift you did not find 'useful' smacks of extreme ungratefulness.

PS: What the hell is a PRACTICAL person going to do with a handwritten note?

Anonymous wrote:Most teachers are practical. The original question was pretty much asking what is not a practical gift for you. It doesn't speak for all teachers.
It doesn't mean that teachers are not appreciative. It doesn't even mean that teachers expect presents. What it asked was in your experience what is a gift that you receive that you don't find useful. What do people keep twisting it around?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume teachers need hundreds of dollars worth of Starbucks?

Amazon.

I received both and was very happy that I did.

I don’t understand teacher dissatisfaction with GIFTS. From STUDENTS-people who don’t have to give you a damned thing!

I did get an over abundance of chocolates. I won’t be able to eat it all in a year. Nor will I try. But I appreciated the hell out of the thought.

1. Most PEOPLE in general are practical.

2. STARBUCKS gift cards are INDEED PRACTICAL gifts for TEACHERS. You may not drink coffee, but you don't have to be a genius to notice all the coffee mugs and cups being held by teachers in Kiss in Ride lines, every single time you enter a school building or when you're in a conference and look onto a teachers desk.

3. It seems that what's practical for MOST teachers is not so for YOU. Therefore, YOU are the one twisting things.

4. Asking about a gift you did not find 'useful' smacks of extreme ungratefulness.

Anonymous wrote:My son's teachers both have their own kids. I typically get teachers like that a Target gift card. I have also given cash in the past, but do worry that it could get lost.

I appreciated my Target gift card, too. I usually don't shop at Target but did this past weekend just because a family was kind enough to give me the card. I saved the money I would've spent on household items elsewhere and purchased everything at Target. I'd forgotten what a one-stop-shop that place is. Food, clothing, books, electronics, health and beauty...I was SOOOO grateful.

Signed,

The Teacher Who Received the Starbucks, Amazon Cards and Tons of Chocolates Who Would Gladly Take The Leggings, Mugs and Starbucks Cards Off the Hands of the Other Teachers in this Thread

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume teachers need hundreds of dollars worth of Starbucks?

Amazon.

I received both and was very happy that I did.

I don’t understand teacher dissatisfaction with GIFTS. From STUDENTS-people who don’t have to give you a damned thing!

I did get an over abundance of chocolates. I won’t be able to eat it all in a year. Nor will I try. But I appreciated the hell out of the thought.

My kid wanted to give many staff at the school gifts. The only affordable way was to give the main teachers gift cards and the other staff candy. I assume if you don't want it you'll put it in the teachers lounge for other staff. I get not wanting tons of junk, but its not an option to give 10-15 people 10-20 gift cards for some of our families.

Lots of us take the chocolates and sweets that we don't eat home to our very appreciative families. We do enjoy the candies and chocolates, but when you get them from 20 or so kids....Our kids and family members are VERY, VERY happy.

How about a gift card for amazon? Do most teachers have amazon prime? Had no idea what to get and have so much respect and appreciation for my sons teacher. Son also wrote a nice letter.

When I taught, I was deeply touched by every gift, regardless of what it was or whether I needed/used it.

Anonymous wrote:My mom is a teacher and my siblings and I loved the homemade treats she brought home from her students every year!

Me too. I loved it all and she got a kick out of me liking it. Propbably since it was picked out by kids for kids.

Anonymous wrote:Most teachers are practical. The original question was pretty much asking what is not a practical gift for you. It doesn't speak for all teachers.
It doesn't mean that teachers are not appreciative. It doesn't even mean that teachers expect presents. What it asked was in your experience what is a gift that you receive that you don't find useful. What do people keep twisting it around?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume teachers need hundreds of dollars worth of Starbucks?

Amazon.

I received both and was very happy that I did.

I don’t understand teacher dissatisfaction with GIFTS. From STUDENTS-people who don’t have to give you a damned thing!

I did get an over abundance of chocolates. I won’t be able to eat it all in a year. Nor will I try. But I appreciated the hell out of the thought.

+1
The question was asked. What do they not want?

We have my DS’s teacher’s gift cards for Amazon. I don’t want to give something that won’t be used.

Anonymous wrote:How many boxes of See's candy can one teacher eat?

I love them to regift.

How many boxes of See's candy can one teacher eat?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a specialist teacher, I am usually appreciative of anything... except cheap lotions that end up actually drying my hands out. Gift cards and notes from student are awesome.

As a parent, I have trouble drawing a line at where to stop giving gifts for all the adults that help my children. I can’t afford to even get $10 giftcards for all of them.

The money part is a big issue as we have a SN child who has multiple staff helping directly and indirectly. I'm doing gift cards for the 4 main and a small token gift for the rest. It still adds up.

PP here. Yes, we have a SN preschooler and with the teachers, aids, therapists, bus drivers & aids... and then our ES age child’s teacher and bus driver (and he likes giving the specialists gifts, too), it just gets to be a lot.

Same situation...SN preschooler who also goes to daycare. We spent a total of $500 this year on everyone, including 6 SNs teachers/therapists, 4 drivers/aides, 2 primary daycare teachers, 2 aides, 3 front office staff, and a check for the entire daycare gift pot.

Private SN care would cost much more!

You're forgetting the cost of SN school. PP clearly has child already in SN school. This $500 is on top of the 44K in tuition.

My mom is a teacher and my siblings and I loved the homemade treats she brought home from her students every year!

Based on what I see in fellow teachers' classrooms, a gift of approximately 2500 glue sticks would probably be appreciated. Or left-handed kiddie scissors.

Most teachers are practical. The original question was pretty much asking what is not a practical gift for you. It doesn't speak for all teachers.
It doesn't mean that teachers are not appreciative. It doesn't even mean that teachers expect presents. What it asked was in your experience what is a gift that you receive that you don't find useful. What do people keep twisting it around?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assume teachers need hundreds of dollars worth of Starbucks?

Amazon.

I received both and was very happy that I did.

I don’t understand teacher dissatisfaction with GIFTS. From STUDENTS-people who don’t have to give you a damned thing!

I did get an over abundance of chocolates. I won’t be able to eat it all in a year. Nor will I try. But I appreciated the hell out of the thought.