Do teachers really throw away homebaked gifts?

Mojisola

pinknfluffy28 wrote: »

i cant believe people nowdays can still be so judgemental and ungrateful!!!

I'd rather be judgmental than sick all over Christmas!

I don't imagine any teacher would throw a present away at school. If the giver is thanked and the gift is taken home, no-one would know whether the present was eaten or disposed of so no-one's feelings would be hurt.

If you'd seen how some people live, you'll know it's not the occasional picked nose that teachers have to worry about. Some people's houses are disgusting!

Annieuk75

I am a nursery teacher and had to share my story. Each Christmas, I would bring home the presents from the children and put them all under my tree. I used to love sitting down on Christmas Day and open them all and I could then tell the children. This one year, there was an awful smell in my front room, and I couldn't figure out what it was. Each day it got worse and I looked and cleaned everywhere! I soon found the culprit on Christmas Day...one of the children had bought me a selection of cheeses and a cheese board!!

aloiseb

As the wife of a teacher for nearly 20 years, I can say that all boxes of chocs and bottles of wine so far have been very gratefully received. He's also been given delicious home-made biscuits once or twice - we didn't think twice about enjoying them. How yucky can these kids be that everyone is talking about?:eek: As long as their kitchens are no more disgusting than mine...:o

I suspect most parents don't have the time to make anything and that's why what we mostly get is yummy things in wrapped boxes from the supermarket.

I can assure everyone that in a big extended family, if there were ever too many, there would never be any problem disposing of them! This is one of the perks of the job.

The other is the holidays, which of course are not really needed, as all teachers have to do is sit with delightful children all day and mark their cute worksheets, right? :cool::cool::cool:
(nearest I can get to a sarcasm emoticon)

pawsies

Food for thought- do all chefs and kitchen staff wash their hands before they cook your meal?

Old_Git

MoaningMyrtle wrote: »

My SIL who is a teacher loves the wine gifts.

a bag off wine gums and she is happy :rotfl:

Owain_Moneysaver

aloiseb wrote: »

The other is the holidays, which of course are not really needed, as all teachers have to do is sit with delightful children all day and mark their cute worksheets, right? :cool::cool::cool:
(nearest I can get to a sarcasm emoticon)

I thought the inter-active white-boards marked the worksheets automatically?

ouchy2012

I have to say I can see why teachers would not want to eat home made gifts, some of the kids at my sons school are not very hygienic. one little boys is lovely and always looks clean but his parents are the complete opposite, one mum has rotten teeth, dirty nails, smells vile and always wears the same dirty clothes and tbh the thought of eating anything made by her would make me sick.

And as a parent of a 6 year old boy even i would be wary about eating food he has cooked, trust me you would not believe the places his fingers go :rotfl:

daisiegg

pinknfluffy28 wrote: »

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!

If you only tool 'a tiny bite' from some of them, what did you do with the rest of it if you wouldn't dream of throwing it away?! Is your house full of 11 year old cakes with one bite taken out of them?!

Squoozy

I don't think its the fact that some teachers may not use or consume gifts give to them by children that people (including myself) are objecting to. I think its the tone of some of the posts and apparent complete lack of appreciation for the thought and care behind the gifts that is really unsettling. I'm not only re-thinking whether I ever want to send in a present again, I'm becoming very concerned about the sort of values and ideas children can be learning in school from teachers who have such a low opinion of their pupils.

NiceGuyEddie_2

I'm not quite sure how not eating a hm gift means that no appreciation is shown? It's perfectly possible to acknowledge the effort that's gone in to a gift without putting it in your mouth.

IMO it can be easy to fall into the trap with HM gifts of assuming the recipient must love it because it's HM. Well, I'm sure the majority of recipients can appreciate the thought, but to me a gift should be chosen by considering what the recipient would like to receive - why would this necessarily be a biscuit?

Time and time again, teachers on here have stated that they like notes and cards and that whilst gifts are appreciated, many are duplicates or not suitable (box of chocolates where recipient doesn't eat choc for example). Teachers appreciate that someone has given them a gift, but they're allowed to not be keen on the gift itself. If people insist on gifts for teachers, then why should it be any different from the normal way of gifting, by choosing something the recipient would like (within a set budget)?