Leaving Present for Teachers

andyrules

Last xmas I was approached by one of the parents, who was approaching everyone to ask to contribute towards a pressie for the teacher. A fiver would do I was told. They were going to buy the teacher next vouchers! Needless to say i didn't contribute.:eek:
I wouldn't contribute either, nor would I want this kind of thing for myself - presents are voluntary and should stay that way.

However, well done to jezebel and aotg for setting the record straight about what the job entails.:T

As for the complaint from ailuro re a teacher not listening, obviously I don't know the situation, but young children generally can't appreciate the context at the time and see things from one perspective. in my experience, when this happens there are reasons, but as I said, I wasn't there.

ailuro2

andyrules wrote: »

As for the complaint from ailuro re a teacher not listening, obviously I don't know the situation, but young children generally can't appreciate the context at the time and see things from one perspective. in my experience, when this happens there are reasons, but as I said, I wasn't there.

My child is 8 1/2 and never had a problem with this in her first two years at school- the playground supervisors spend their time round the 'big ones' playground-I have always encouraged my DD to tell a teacher or supervisor when anything serious happens (I class someone punching her hard enough to leave a big bruise as serious enough:rolleyes: )
This teacher tells(shouts at) them to sit down and to have no playground tales. If my DD had more than a few weeks to go I'd complain, I admit I should have gone up earlier in the year and got it sorted out- hardly seems worthwhile doing it this late in the year.:o

avfc4life

Both my parents are teachers and in my experience when they get presents the things that go down best are: a nice bottle of wine or sweets/chocolates. You cant go wrong with either of these.

andyrules

My child is 8 1/2 and never had a problem with this in her first two years at school- the playground supervisors spend their time round the 'big ones' playground-I have always encouraged my DD to tell a teacher or supervisor when anything serious happens (I class someone punching her hard enough to leave a big bruise as serious enough )
This teacher tells(shouts at) them to sit down and to have no playground tales.

Was this a one-off incident which you regret not following up, or is it happening regularly? I take it your child is in Y3, in which case has another 3 years at the school, presumably in the same playground. Therefore if the children are not allowed to report incidents then, yes, I would go in and query it before next year. It might be useful to ask other parents if their child has reported anything similar.

Can I just point out that misunderstandings around children are easy - as an example, a colleague of mine was concerned for one child in her class who seemed unwell - the child misinterpreted the attention as being in trouble, and tales of shouting and cruelty went home!:)

jezebel

With regards to presents, as a child of a teacher I know that wine goes down quickly