AIBU?
Calling Teachers (unashamedly TAAT i just need to check, is that BU?)
VacantExpression · 01/07/2015 13:18
Would you REALLY appreciate a thank you gift of stationery supplies? As I think I really like this idea but don't want DS's teachers (who are lovely) to think WTF?
AIBU To remain unconvinced this would be popular?
glenthebattleostrich · 01/07/2015 13:35
Ooh, shameless highjack!
We are planning on getting the teachers and TA's in DD's class (there are 6 I think!) a nice notebook and pen each but DD also likes to make presents. Would a fabric pencil case go down well? Or a fabric bag? Like these:
www.yellowmoon.org.uk/large-fabric-shoulder-bags
www.yellowmoon.org.uk/design-a-fabric-pencil-case
I would never inflict baking on anyone but family but wanted to give something personal. The other idea was a photograph on a notebook from somewhere like funky pigeon?
There are 4 parents all putting in for a joint present so it will also include a small bar of hotel chocolat and a bottle of Aldi's finest prosecco (my favourite by the way, not being a cheapscate!)
modelthroughit · 01/07/2015 15:07
I'm a teacher. I LOVE stationery; I'm pretty convinced we all do. Back to school stationery sales are one of my favourite things.
To have a pencil case or similar made by a student would probably make me cry (hopefully in private, and with joy) and I'd treasure it for a long time to come.
Failing that, any stationery comes in handy. In my experience, a teacher's pen is NEVER where they left it - and more often than not, it's in a kid's pocket 
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neverputasockinatoaster · 01/07/2015 16:09
I am an ex teacher.
Yes to stationery! I loved getting glue sticks as ours all went walkabout and were like gold dust!
One year a child put those knotted plastic lace things around a black and red pen for me so no one else would steal my register pens. Scoobies I think they were called.
Another year my PPA cover always nicked my pens so a child had a pen engraved with my name. She told me she'd chosen pink because she knew Mr X hated pink!
PuntasticUsername · 01/07/2015 16:28
This thread confirms my own personal experience, which is that every single teacher I know is thoroughly obsessed with cool stationery and either they are happy to admit that that's why they went into the profession to begin with, or they're still in denial
mayfridaycomequickly · 01/07/2015 16:42
A little boy once gave me a pot like this www.paperchase.co.uk/stationery/essentials/pencil-cases/kraft-pen-pot.html
but he'd made and decorated it himself (think it was a tea bag box painted and varnished) with nice pens in. Best present ever and I still use the pot 12 years later!
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