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 In
my experience as a teacher, I have found that any gift from apples
to pencils to trinkets, are sentimentally valuable to me. Whether
I like the fruit or the trinket they bring me—whether I would
have considered buying it for myself or completely ignored it in
the store—the gift is an expression from the student and/or
parent that says “thanks for all you have done,” and
that means a lot.
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So, as either a parent or a child, how do you select gifts for
teachers? I cannot speak for every teacher but I do speak for most
of them when I say that the gift itself is not the important thing.
So do not worry too much about it.
Firstly, if the child wants to choose the gift him or herself,
let them. And even if you think it is horrible—you really
do not have to suggest something else for the child to consider
as an alternative gift for his or her teacher. The child will be
proud that he or she picked something out all by themselves, and
will probably brag to the teacher that the gift was his or her idea
without any help. –They do this with big smiles on their faces.
It is great to see.
Secondly, gifts for teachers do not have to be something that you
buy in a store or order from a catalogue or shop for online. Sometimes
the best gifts for teachers are things like crafts, drawings, or
projects that their students make for them. These kinds of gifts
for teachers, you will find, also give the children a sense of pride
in their work and in their giving. –To have pride in the concept
of giving—to have the giving itself feel good, is one of the
most precious things a child can be taught. They almost teach it
to themselves when they want to give or to make gifts for teachers.
Some of my most treasured gifts were hand-crafted or drawn for me
by students of all ages. There is something absolutely irreplaceable
about them.
Third, gifts for teachers can be given at any time—and you
never have to feel obligated to bring gifts for your childrens teachers.
Maybe your childs teacher was especially encouraging in a subject
where the child needed or wanted to improve. A random gift is so
much more surprising and pleasing to the instructor if it is unexpected.
Fourth: Bringing gifts for teachers on test days may be cute and
thoughtful—but often this gift will not improve your childs
grade on the test she or she is taking that day. I still appreciate
finding an apple on my desk on the day of the big history test—but
I find myself thinking to myself ‘nice try, but you cannot
fool me’, even though the gift still puts a smile on my face.
The apple on the desk any other day is much more pleasing. In this
case I am more likely to think ‘oh, how sweet!’
Fifth, many parents feel obligated to bring in gifts for teachers
on the holidays—especially Christmas. The same rules apply—do
not feel that it is an obligation on your part, and do not fell
as though you need to spend money.
Sixth, if you really are concerned about bringing in practical
gifts for teachers that the teachers will be able to use in the
classroom, some great gift ideas are things like pencils, nice pens,
notebooks, chalk, a new chalkboard eraser (especially if the one
in the classroom seems particularly old) etc.
Just be sure to remember that when it comes to gifts for teachers,
it really is, (to use the old cliché) the thought that counts.
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