Do teachers really throw away homebaked gifts?

LV_Sue

My daughter is often asked by the teachers at her son's school when she is next bringing in more home-baked goods. The teachers 'fight' in the staffroom over her Mars bar cakes & Baileys cheesecake!
I think the difference is that my daughter often helps at the school and has done since grandson was in Nursery there and so all the teachers know her.

Last Christmas she made her son's teachers & TAs sweets in a wineglass and they were very well received - just as they were when I made them for her teachers over 30 years ago! Basically a piece of Oasis in a tissue or foil lined wineglass with wrapped chocolates (Heroes, Quality Street etc) attached to florists wire and stuck into the Oasis. Add a few pieces of curling ribbon and there you have a sweetie bouquet in a glass. In fact one of the teachers in Year 1 (grandson's year now) was heard to say last Christmas, "I hope Mrs M makes them next year too".

treetrunks

In defence of the teachers, what would you do with 30 tins of chocolates, cakes etc a week or two before christmas. We have a few friends that are teachers, they generally all have a bit of gathering, eat as much as you want. The rest is getting thrown or given away, you cant eat it all.

bossymoo

I don't "get" the giving teachers a gift thing. And, tbh, if you've given a kid detention, and they bring you cake, would you not think it was a "sneezer" lol.
I'm not sure I'd want to be given it actually.

real1314

weeclick wrote: »

I couldnt imagine any parent being careless enough to cook in an unsafe environment or even bake something which could cause effect!!

....but to say its because of who has brought it in or the fact that you didnt control the kitchen it would made in really does shock me

Although others have said the same, I really cannot fail to also say that I have seem some homes from which I would not eat something wrapped and almost untaintable - even a tin of beans or a fully wrapped mars bar.

What you are doing is projecting your own standards to the population at large.
I've absolutely no doubt that your standards are high enough to avoid any risk at all. Could you honestly say the same of anyone at all that you have ever met?
Can you be sure have washed their hands after sneezing / picking their nose / scratching their bum? :cool:

annie_d

My husband bins all the cards, mugs, toiletries, home made gifts. He keeps the Maltesers and gives me the wine as he doesn't drink.

he does make it clear that he doesn't expect ANY gifts or cards and tells the children to give things to people they care for.

laurel7172

I share my boxes of chocolates with the overworked, underappreciated contract staff who do the school cleaning...it isn't that I'm not grateful for them, but I get given too many-and teachers and TAs are the public face of a team.

Have never been given home made gifts. My children used to grow something for their teachers...bulbs in a nice pot, different herbs, that sort of thing.

mothershipton

If I were a teacher, I wouldnt eat any home made stuff! Ive seen my kids cook...

poet123

Sorry, but no, you just cannot be assured of the hygiene standards. Nice thought, but the reality is that a card with a genuine sentiment is the best way to go.

mrcow

I'm a secondary school teacher and have had homemode stuff in the past. My thought process would be that it would depend on the child (sorry!).

There are some children that I just don't think I'd eat food from them based on what I already know about them.

Although plenty of kids in my form have made stuff (or rather I'd imagine their Mums have!) and we've all eaten it happily. It really does depend on where it comes from.

Sorry - is that really awful?

pinknfluffy28

I too am now thinking i wont bother with gifts for teachers anymore. I worked with children for 11 years and was grateful for every single gift i was ever given, no matter who it was from! yes, i would only take a tiny bite from some of them, but i would never dream of throwing them away! I would also never dream of implying that us parents do not know how to follow the simple rules of hygiene... just because a child may have suffered with a runny nose, scraped knees, nits or chicken pox at sometime or another (and lets face it, whos child hasnt) does not mean that their parents are automaticly dirty and unhygienic! My kids love making homemade gifts, they are always supervised, and we take every hygiene measure possible. My dd got nits last year from school, but believe me, this does no way reflect how we live, and certainly does not make us any less "clean" than any teacher. sorry rant over, but i cant believe people nowdays can still be so judgemental and ungrateful!!!