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Will i be considered to be stingy?

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pelvicfloorSNOWmore · 04/12/2006 21:41

If i dont buy for dd1's teachers etc?
Have read a few threads on here and everyone seems to automatically buy for them.

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Piffle · 04/12/2006 21:42

I've never bought owt
I reward them every day by sending my pride and joy to them, for their enjoyment.
presents, the joy of his attendance is pleasure enough IMO

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pelvicfloorSNOWmore · 04/12/2006 21:44

lol

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pelvicfloorSNOWmore · 04/12/2006 21:47

ooh i do hope your joking about the sats Malory?

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MoreEggnogAnyone · 04/12/2006 21:48

no

loopybear · 04/12/2006 21:50

No I never expect presents. ALthough the best present I recieved was 5 years ago. A child drew me a picture and put it in a basic clip frame. It's still up in my kitchen. I shouldn't mention that another of his pals shoplifted me a hair clip from the chemist. I worked in a catholic school at the time. He gave me the clip and bless him started crying because he thought he would go to hell. I suggested he took it back, he did and got a lollipop from the chemist for his honesty!!!

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pelvicfloorSNOWmore · 04/12/2006 21:53

LoopyBear

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pelvicfloorSNOWmore · 04/12/2006 21:54

I just think that we have enough people to buy for at Christmas anyway without adding further strain on the budget.

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wakeupandsmellthecoffee · 04/12/2006 22:14

At our school we all club together to get vouchers but all the kids names go on the card wether they have contributed or not .

PanicPants · 04/12/2006 22:17

My favourite present ever from a pupil was a homemade clay baby Jesus! Lovely thought, and didn't cost a penny.

Hallgerda · 05/12/2006 07:35

I don't buy presents for my children's teachers for several reasons. Firstly, if I do it it only adds to the pressure on parents of larger families with lower incomes who can ill afford it. Secondly, I feel it gives an appearance of bribery, even if no reasonable teacher would be influenced by which child's parent brought in the biggest present. Thirdly, I'm a thrifty northerner.

Zog · 05/12/2006 08:22

I think the stories here demonstrate that it's more about the thought than the expense. If you really can't afford anything, I'm sure the teacher would appreciate a card from you with a suitable message. Otherwise, what about a teeny box of chocs (e.g. those ones that have one or two chocs in) - they're less than £1.

ruslara · 05/12/2006 10:16

I've done "Oxfam Unwrapped" this year for everyone - all the cousins and teachers too! There's a "pocket money" section where you can get two text books for a needy third world village school for £6 or school dinners for for 100 children for £5.
Or you could bake some Christmas cookies and not break the bank. I do agree though, that it can get out of hand - my DS has two teachers and four classroom assistants!

HuwEdwards · 05/12/2006 10:18

I had never heard of this before, so in Reception dd didn't take anything in. Teachers handed out pre-printed thankyou notes as a matter of course. Have bought small gifts this year.

Tortington · 05/12/2006 10:19

i dont buy teachers - they get paid.

only suck up arse mummies who want their kid to be virgin mary in xmas play buy teacher pressies

suck ups

LemonTart · 05/12/2006 10:20

The best teacher present I received at Christmas was a little homemade scrap book. On each page (only about 10 pages in it) was a drawing/poem/funny little message of thanks or a memory of something I said/did that touched her. Truly the thought that counts.
It made me cry to both our embarrassment when I opened it. She was about 14 I guess and in my tutor group (she had coped with a family separation and I had supported her through it so we were fairly close I guess!)

LemonTart · 05/12/2006 10:21

custardo - you sound like COD!!!!

Blu · 05/12/2006 10:38

Yes, well Custy, when your child is playing the donkey,you will do anything........

slug · 05/12/2006 10:44

I don't buy them presents. I work higher up the education chain and we rarely get pressies.

The sluglet, however, loves to bake. So we might do that. I'll probably get one or two of her friends around, make some biscuits, ice them and present them to the teachers. Play date and pressies in one

Hallgerda · 05/12/2006 10:57

Blu, the animals were the stars in DS1's nativity play last year, and Mary and Joseph mere walk-on parts.

And there's worse than being a donkey - I know someone who was a tree several years running

Blu · 05/12/2006 11:03

I have to find grey clothes for him! We have nothing grey, and he will not countencance brown!

Zog · 05/12/2006 11:08

Hang on - so I'm a "suck up" if I choose to thank anyone who I feel has done a good job (teacher, window cleaner, dustman etc.) at Christmas time?? DD1 is a chicken, so it obviously doesn't work