Anonymous
Post 12/25/2018 01:47     Subject: Re:Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I give out school supplies all year long so it's gifts for everyone all year.


Its only a gift if you are buying them. We donated a ton of supplies as do other parents so its not a gift from the teacher. However, I prefer nothing to stuff we'd toss.


I'm a teacher. Since September I've spent $1500 out of pocket on my classroom. My students can't afford lunch, let alone pencils.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2018 21:01     Subject: Re:Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:I give out school supplies all year long so it's gifts for everyone all year.


Its only a gift if you are buying them. We donated a ton of supplies as do other parents so its not a gift from the teacher. However, I prefer nothing to stuff we'd toss.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2018 20:45     Subject: Re:Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
I give out school supplies all year long so it's gifts for everyone all year.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2018 00:22     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?

There is no need to give your students anything except quality teaching, OP.

My third grader came home with a Swiss Miss hot choc packet with a little card attached, which looked really cute. Last year I don't recall they received anything from their second grade teacher, and that was fine too!
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 22:31     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
My kids have received:

K: book
1: sweets
2: water bottle
3: homework passes
4: nothing



Their favorite and my favorite???

Homework passes!
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 21:30     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
I would agree that is the effect.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 20:43     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I mean, if you “gift” your students that means you have given your students to someone. So, no, I hope no one is gifting their students. That would be inappropriate.


Not necessarily. It's one of the meanings of the verb "to gift," but it can also be used as synonymous with "to present."

From Merriam-Webster:

2b : present

//gifted her with flowers

//In this, her ninth novel, she has succeeded in gifting us with a story that will stay with us for a long time.

— Dorothy Rochmis


I know, I know. Other PP is going to still judge it as lily-livered, but what can you do? Hah.


OP is still missing the ever-important “with” from your example. Without it, she does, indeed, appear to be giving away her students.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 20:32     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well i have 150 of them so no lol


MS and HS kids are pretty pleased to get those cheap peppermint balls. They come 200 to a bucket for $5. I also used to buy the grab bags of mixed pencils at Oriental Trading.


HS kids don't want Christmas pencils cmon. I gave them a movie day and that was good for them.


Not everyone celebrates Christmas.


Since I didn’t give Christmas-themed pencils, it wasn’t an issue. And few kids turn down candy.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 19:58     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:I mean, if you “gift” your students that means you have given your students to someone. So, no, I hope no one is gifting their students. That would be inappropriate.


Not necessarily. It's one of the meanings of the verb "to gift," but it can also be used as synonymous with "to present."

From Merriam-Webster:

2b : present

//gifted her with flowers

//In this, her ninth novel, she has succeeded in gifting us with a story that will stay with us for a long time.

— Dorothy Rochmis


I know, I know. Other PP is going to still judge it as lily-livered, but what can you do? Hah.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 19:53     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Never heard of such a thing. And it is giving. Not gifting. Giving.


NP

"Gift" has been used as a verb for 400 years. That's plenty of time to get used to it.

From Merriam-Webster, Is "Gift" Really a Verb?:

Happy holidays! 'Tis the season for gifting!

Ooh, sorry—did that use of the verb gift make you feel weird? Or perhaps fill you with an unearthly fury? We apologize, but we did it for your own good. You're likely to keep hearing and seeing the verb gift in the coming weeks, and as your dictionary, we feel it is our duty to help make those encounters as pain-free as possible. If you'd like to be better equipped to cope with the onslaught of gift-as-a-verb incidences, read on.

Gift has been a verb for 400 years. It is real. It is not new.
…


Go ahead and use it, but I judge you, just like I judge those who say "he passed" instead of "he died" and "intimacy" instead of "sex". It's so mealy-mouthed and middle class.


I don't think you know what mealy-mouthed means. HTH.


Well, an attempt was made!

Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 19:20     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well i have 150 of them so no lol


MS and HS kids are pretty pleased to get those cheap peppermint balls. They come 200 to a bucket for $5. I also used to buy the grab bags of mixed pencils at Oriental Trading.


HS kids don't want Christmas pencils cmon. I gave them a movie day and that was good for them.


Not everyone celebrates Christmas.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 18:53     Subject: Re:Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
I usually do give something to my students, but this year was a hard one financially for my family. So I didn't. Everyone got a hug and I'll be happy to see them when they return. It's fine. I don't typically get hardly anything from students nor do I expect any gifts, either.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2018 16:38     Subject: Re:Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
My kid’s teacher gave him a no-homework one-tine free pass that has to be used in the month of January.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2018 13:19     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well i have 150 of them so no lol


MS and HS kids are pretty pleased to get those cheap peppermint balls. They come 200 to a bucket for $5. I also used to buy the grab bags of mixed pencils at Oriental Trading.


HS kids don't want Christmas pencils cmon. I gave them a movie day and that was good for them.


I didn’t do Christmas pencils. If you buy the steeply discounted gross of misprints, they are often really funny and my high schoolers would argue over who got the most egregious ones. Like “Speling Bee Winner!”

LOL, that is awesome.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2018 13:15     Subject: Any other teachers NOT gifting their students?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well i have 150 of them so no lol


MS and HS kids are pretty pleased to get those cheap peppermint balls. They come 200 to a bucket for $5. I also used to buy the grab bags of mixed pencils at Oriental Trading.


HS kids don't want Christmas pencils cmon. I gave them a movie day and that was good for them.


I didn’t do Christmas pencils. If you buy the steeply discounted gross of misprints, they are often really funny and my high schoolers would argue over who got the most egregious ones. Like “Speling Bee Winner!”