to suggest anybody who gave their kid's teacher home grown vegetables...

[thisfantasticvoyage]

as an end of year present or any of the other pointless shite the Guardian recommended recently is basically...a knobber?

YABU

I think people (teacher or other) should be happy to get presents at all. I really loath this new "fashion" that people have to complain about gifts! Someone thought about you, spent time effort and money getting something for you what's wrong with just accepting it gracefully!

Thisfantastic!! :o
Gorion - what happened to a smile and thank you ... No showy gifts for me thanks!

I think a little wicker basket filled with home grown veg is a lovely present - I'd love it!!

DS1 wanted to get his Teacher and TA plants - so we bought little ones from Asda and wrapped them in ribbon etc. A lot of the class went in together to get vouchers, but he I wanted to get something a bit more personal

it's not an insult - it's a lovely gift.
especialyl as there's a whole thing in schools about healthy eating and growing stuff.

I gave my friend a bunch of courgettes, some runner beans and some eggs for his wedding present, because they were all homegrown, I was proud of them, and his dad kept an allotment so it meant something to him too.

estaGG

Exactly. When did this thing about presents and stuff for teachers start? Its so bloody competative too.

Its nice to get flowers and stuff but what the hell do you do with 30 'best teacher ever' resin award thingies from Clintons?

Over a career that would add up to an awful lot of crap.
Funny thing - you dont see them in charity shops much so I suppose the poor teachers have to keep them incase a pupil's parent spots them whilst browsing in Oxfam. AND it wouldnt even have to be your resin thingy, it could just be one given to another teacher but if spotted there would always be that

So fess up. What do you do with them all? Is there some sort of recycling centre? Do you have a deal with Clintons and you can just return them for re-sale?

I take back everything I have said - I want a resin best teacher award from clintons please.

I am a teacher and my favourite ever present was a necklace made from paperclips. The little boy had clipped a silk flower to it and sprayed it with his mum's perfume. I loved it and I still have it five years later. Homemade stuff is the best. I have 25 boxes of chocs at home which are still lovely and thoughtful but will still be hanging round in December!

I'd adore a bag full of home-grown veg BTW. OP YABU.

Imagine donating you resin award ( not that I would because I would treasure it) and it being bought and given to me by another child the next year... Good for the charity shop I suppose -.it could go on for years!

Maybe it was all the family could afford this year. Perhaps if )thisfantasticvoyage bothered to read newspapers or watch the news she might have heard of the recession that is upon us?

Anyway, why don't we all jsut rewind 30 yrs and stop buying teachers presents?

YABU, I would like some vegetables.

I'm not a teacher though I suppose.

30 years ago didn't teachers get apples as presents?

I knew a few teachers who were vegatables.

I grew up with a teacher relative. She would pass on a couple of boxes of chocolates to our house. The rest and all the wine would go into the next school fair as prizes. It just didn't interest her, though obviously she appreciated the thought. Anything too identifiable would be regifted to family. She would have loved homegrown veg.

I think people are laying it on a bit thick about liking home-grown veg. You'd think we were on about bloody liquid gold the way some posters are talking about it. It's only bloody veg ffs.

I suppose if you knew for sure that the teacher was really into veg, or if you'd talked about how she could never get her prize marrows right or something, it might be a good present.

Otherwise, I think it's odd.

But why is it only OK if they're homegrown? If the teacher is known to adore carrots, why would it be crap to get her a bag of Taste The Difference chantenay carrots, but good to present her with some you'd grown? WHy should children without allotments or big gardens be prevented from giving yummy veg?

Tis fashionable OP :o

Homegrown vegetables vs a box of chocolates or wine that's often bought during the weekly shop. One took much more time and effort to produce.

In answer to your question Malcontentinthemiddle, because it's all part of the affected, silly competitiveness of modern parenting.

Malcon :o

So paying for something makes it worth less? Interesting!

Ditto cards written by the children

30 lots of homegrown veg would be a bit rubbish.

But if you're getting 20 boxes of chocolates and 9 bunches of flowers then something different might be quite nice.