Flowers for teachers, appropiate?

elmer

I took in flowers for the teacher that subbed my daughter through her exchange trip as she lost her money on the first day. I also reimbursed her the money she gave her, but the flowers were a thank you

pollypenny

Yes, flowers would be lovely,,especially as she would be home to enjoy them.

Once, I had the most beautiful arrangement delivered to school at 4.30 on the last day of term. Luckily a gang of us were sitting in the staff room drinking! And I was leaving for a holiday the next day.

I also had some brought to the house by sixth formers, but that was because of my six foot son, I think!

Buzzybee90

I think it's a lovely idea, as long as you don't embarrass your son. I recently got a thank you card from someone at work and it made my week!

susancs

I had similar with one of my children's physics secondary school teacher who really went the extra mile to help my daughter's AS revision by giving her extra tailored work and revision tiips and held revision classes during lunchtime and after school. I sent her a thank you email and copied the Head of the school into it. According to DD she loved fruit and I dropped off a fruit basket to the front office for her. My DD said she was delighted with it and also said the Head Teacher had approached her before she got a chance to read the email to let her know how pleased he was to get such an email. This was a week before the end of term.

itsanne

It's nice to be appreciated.

Definitely not vouchers! It's too much like giving money. A card telling her of your appreciation would go down well and would be something she could keep. I don't see a problem with flowers at a time other than the end of term because you know she'll be at home to appreciate them, but I share the reservations about you singling her out while keeping in touch with a number of your son's teachers and it would be more obvious at this stage in the term.

FBaby

If I was a teacher, I think I would much more value a heartfelt letter thanking me for what I have done for their son that I could keep forever than flowers that will fade away in days and a quite note that I will not remember who it came from in a few years time.

pinkshoes

I prefer alcohol! (Although as I'm now pregnant, i have to stash it!).

It's what is written in the card that i like the most though, as it is nice to be appreciated when you have gone the extra mile to help someone.

Alchemilla

duchy wrote: »

My next door neighbours at one point were teachers............. and the parents were very generous- however as one of them pointed out to me flowers were lovely except she would be going away at term end so often she didn't get to appreciate them - same with wine and chocolates -often they weren't the right ones eg plain v milk chocolate or red v white wine. I'd go for a voucher too.

They sound rather ungrateful.

OP as a teacher who works in a school where reputation is all what I would appreciate most is a letter/email to the head asking for your thanks for x y and z to be passed on to me!

betsie

I did the same for my sons English teacher in year 11. I bought her an orchid in M&S as they last for months ( my mums one is now in its 5 mth) added a thank you card and dropped it into the school reception on a Friday. She emailed that evening to say it had made her day after a hard week. We all like to know we are appreciated and in my opinion secondary school teachers have a hard job and good ones make all the difference.

fluffysox

As a secondary school teacher, flowers are perfectly acceptable. Don't worry about upsetting other teachers- you won't! Absolutely true though, a handwritten card means a lot. Some parents send one to all staff via the Head. They get put up in the staffroom. Praise of a teacher to the Head is something very powerful though. These days most parents only write complaints lol.