Since when was giving teachers a gift a thing?

OU812

Don’t get me started on the lollipop ladies & men.

Bags upon bags of gifts for all

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Since at least the 1970s in my experience. If anything, it has reduced somewhat in recent years. (Several teachers in the family and they actually dislike and discourage the practice)

mikemac2

Was going on in the 80’s

Soap on a rope was the gift of choice!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mikemac2 wrote: »

Was going on in the 80’s

Soap on a rope was the gift of choice!

Then scented candles became all the rage.

lazygal

Was the norm in school when I was there.
In our daughter's class parent collects a fiver from those who want to contribute and buys our teacher a gift voucher. Much easier than stacks of the crap they probably get otherwise.

Digs

My Mam is a recently retired primary teacher, I’m 32 and she had been getting gifts for as long as I can remember. Bootful of stuff, some of it really was a waste of money.

We give a tenner to one Mam in my daughters class at Christmas and Summer and she gets her a big Dundrum voucher and a few small bits to say thanks for her work during the year.

whisky_galore

Never heard of this before, unless it was some sort of bribe or earning suck-up brownie points.

Chancer3001

whisky_galore wrote: »

Never heard of this before, unless it was some sort of bribe or earning suck-up brownie points.

It's a point of saying , yeah you get paid by the government for your job,

But we appreciate the extra effort you've been making educating our child.

Thanks.

Here's a symbolic token of thanks to show we appreciate the hard work

Avatar MIA

Karson Lively Pidgin wrote: »

Then scented candles became all the rage.

Sun Newspaper headline. SCENTED CANDLES, THE BURNING ISSUE!


Kids bond with teachers, some are surrogate parents - especially for the younger kids. Kids and parents feel like rewarding them in a small way, especially if they feel the teacher has gone the extra mile.


A certain teacher I know got all choked up (Funnily enough, earlier in the year they felt like getting coked up) when the infants told them they loved them and didn't want the summer holidays to come. One student left school early and gave their teacher a handmade card, mostly written by the parent but signed by their pupil. It meant a lot more to them than the accompanying present.

Ishmael

Common enough, never did it nor will i do it.

Overpaid bunch of ....... :pac: