teachers- do you give thank you notes to students?

[Tinijocaro]

I've had it happen too many times that teachers don't give a thank you note. How can you not write a quick thank you note for students who bothered to remember you? I always wrote one when I was teaching and the kids seemed to like getting a note from their teacher.

How many of you get thank you's from your kid's teachers?

Jackie

 

[Disney Ella]

Every single teacher my kids have ever had has written a thank you note for gifts.

 

[clarabelle]

my DD got two in the mail this week. I do like it. I felt a little silly though -because all I gave them were giant Hershey bars - really just a gesture. She had 5 teachers this year and I did not want to spend much.
My other DD has not gotten any notes yet -but she usually gets one in her folder -not via the mail.
I like them -often they are not fancy notecards -sometimes they are printed on those construction paper cut outs that teachers make with a machine (I don't know what they are called.

 

[Auggietina]

Every single teacher my kids have ever had has written a thank you note for gifts.

US too!

 

[mickeyboat]

Up until this year, we have received thank you notes for all of the gifts my girls have given to their teachers. We gave gifts on Monday, so I think it's a little soon to expect a note just yet, although we have received one already.

Denae

 

[mrsmom]

We received two this week from my son teachers.
Kim

 

[powellrj]

We don't get many. I use to send gifts for both kids that are still in school teachers. Now that DS is in high school we don't send any, but I still send to all of DD regular and special teachers. Last year out of about 25 gifts I sent I would say we got thank-yous from about 7 or 8.

 

[lemondog]

I am a preschool teacher and I always send thank you notes to my students for any gifts they give me.

 

[princess pooh]

I always send a thank you note home in the kid's schoolbag. I think I had a easy time writing the thank you notes for my wedding because of the years of practice!

 

[angelam]

I send or give thank yous to my students. Last year I was really disappointed in my son's teacher, because she never gave him a thank you, or bothered to thank me at all, and I work in the same building as she does! An email thank you or just an in person thank you would have been good enough for me, but I didn't even get that.

Angie

 

[sandibeck]

We received a thank you note from both DD's teacher & assistant for their gifts. We also received a note from her teacher thanking us for coming to the mall last Saturday to help shop for the needy family the class chose to assist this year. I thought that was nice, but really not necessary - we enjoyed helping and didn't feel that it was something that required a thank you note. But her teacher is very, very sweet and I know she really appreciated all the families that were able to come & help shop. I was quite shocked to get a thank you note for it though.

 

[Buckalew11]

My Dd came home from school last week with a Thank You note from every teacher.

I have about 100 thank yous to write to every one of my haircut clients.

 

[poohandwendy]

Doesn't really bother me if they don't send home a thank you. Most have done so, but some haven't. I guess I just try to consider that they are super busy and even if they don't send a formal acknowledgement, my kids have always said that the teachers are super appreciative when they give them a gift. That's enough for me.

 

[RUDisney]

When my kids went to Catholic School, they always got thank you notes, even for the smallest things that they might do (an out of the ordinary act of kindness, etc.) When they transferred to public school, they've gotten no thank you cards for anything.

I just don't get it. What's so hard about using up some of the note paper that many teachers are bombarded with around the holidays to acknowledge a gift? No postage is required. It can be handed directly to the student to bring home.

I gave Lenox bowls to two of DD's teachers and a very nice grill set from Stonewall Kitchens to my DS's teacher. We'll see if the gifts are ever acknowledged. I won't hold my breath.

 

[RUDisney]

I guess I just try to consider that they are super busy

I'm busy, too. I bet you are, too. That's not an excuse to let manners fall to the side. Heck, a photocopied note, signed by the teacher doesn't take long to prepare.

How do we teach our children to do the right thing when their teachers don't?

 

[Buckalew11]

I'm busy, too. I bet you are, too. That's not an excuse to let manners fall to the side. Heck, a photocopied note, signed by the teacher doesn't take long to prepare.

How do we teach our children to do the right thing when their teachers don't?

I agree with your thoughts.
I remember the year DH's died Jan.2. He was sick throughout the holidays and I was forever getting those notes in the mail but still did it and I am sure every one of my clients would have understood if I had not.

 

[poohandwendy]

I'm busy, too. I bet you are, too. That's not an excuse to let manners fall to the side. Heck, a photocopied note, signed by the teacher doesn't take long to prepare.

True I am very busy, but this just isn't a huge issue to me. It's Christmas time, I give a gift and that is the end of it.

How do we teach our children to do the right thing when their teachers don't?

LOL, I don't have any problem teaching my children right and wrong, regardless of what other people do or do not do.

Part of teaching right and wrong is also teaching that everyone has a different way of doing things. What you consider customary may not be what someone else thinks is customary.

 

[Marseeya]

How do you know the teacher didn't give the kids notes and they're not just sitting in the bottom of your child's desk? Some kids, especially the older ones, aren't that great about bringing things home.

My kids' teachers always send home thank you notes. This year's teacher must have been extra happy because I spent a good bit more than I normally would. I wanted to get her a $5 or $10 gift card to a book store, but we got in a hurry and had to leave town for a funeral -- the local grocery store has gift cards to all kinds of stores, but they were in denominations of $25 and $50.

 

[mickeyboat]

My kids' teachers always send home thank you notes. This year's teacher must have been extra happy because I spent a good bit more than I normally would. I wanted to get her a $5 or $10 gift card to a book store, but we got in a hurry and had to leave town for a funeral -- the local grocery store has gift cards to all kinds of stores, but they were in denominations of $25 and $50.

This is why I often end up getting nice gifts from DH. He waits until the last minute, shops in a hurry, and ends up getting more than he planned. I can't way I mind, though.

Denae

 

[disykat]

Although I've always sent notes, I thought teacher gifts were kind of a "thank you" and that technically you don't have to send a thank you for a thank you gift.