I want to ask for opinions about appropriate gifts for teachers.
I've just received an email asking everyone to make a $25 contribution for a gift for a my son's teacher. They want to buy something "sentimental" (which is a mug [?]) and a gift card. That's going to be a nice gift card. And then there are the Christmas gifts, too.
The parents at my other son's charter school wanted parents to cook every day for the first week of school so that the teachers (and staff, presumably, though they weren't mentioned) would have free freshly cooked lunch the whole week. Seriously?
This seems a bit much to me. The $25-contribution class is small, and the teacher is wonderful, but still...it's starting to feel like an arms race. What's wrong with something low-key, like getting the kids to make something, and/or some flowers? Why do we have to make everything so lavish?
