£34 teacher's gift - really?!

[Hippobert101]

Can't believe the Bronzo Italia lady just suggested getting a £34 bracelet as a Christmas gift for a teacher!

I must live in a completely different world.

 

[stratobuddy]

Yes, far too cheap to give to a teacher.

Perhaps suitable as a gift for your bin man?

 

[Brissles]

I wish Q would STOP all this 'gifting' nonsense. WHO are these people who gift anyway ?

My parents never gave the teachers anything when I was at school - so who started this ****** ridiculous ritual ?
I tip both my hairdresser and beautician.
I tip in restaurants
I give the newspaper boy £10 at Christmas
I give the postman £5 at Christmas
I give the milkman £10 at Christmas

and these amounts are always gratefully received in a Christmas card. Wrapping up presents for all and sundry other than friends and family is unheard of amongst my friends and family - so who does this for gawds sake ? its enough to rack your brain buying for loved ones, let alone giving a pair of socks to the milkman !!!!

 

[ohnonotshoppingagain]

Well it certainly didn't happen when I was a young kid at school in the 50s and 60s, so far as I know, in my area it didn't happen in the 70s either, scuse me peeps, but I think this was something started in England and I've never seen the need for it. Teachers are doing a job they are paid for, so who thinks they should get gifts from children anyway - I don't get it, and I'm not tight, I just don't get it.

As for Q - I wish they would shut up about it too, but remember they are selling, so what better opportunity than to suggest "now this would make a lovely gift for a teacher, don't ya think"?

bollox.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I think they are building on the Boxing Day tradition - which extends beyond England, and way back in time, but doesn't seem to include teachers, or doctors...

 

[thatu]

Teachers could easily live without it because it encourages yet another form of competition (who's had the most presents) into their jobs. Cash-strapped parents could do without it. Kids couldn't give a monkeys. I think it's a really stupid idea.

 

[shopperholic]

Teachers could easily live without it because it encourages yet another form of competition (who's had the most presents) into their jobs. Cash-strapped parents could do without it. Kids couldn't give a monkeys. I think it's a really stupid idea.

You're right, it puts the less well off parents in a difficult position, also makes you wonder does the child who's parent gave them the best most, expensive present get better treatment/favouritism? Who knows.

 

[Tinkywinky150]

I am a teacher and believe me teachers don't get gifts like that.
A card is plenty - it's the thought that counts. Sometimes I might get very small gifts like soap or chocolate, but nothing more than a couple of quid.
We never gave gifts to teachers or other people like that when I was at school - again it's another modern commercialised marketing trick to con you into spending money - like Halloween, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Easter - these are all much more hyped up than when I was a kid - what happened to the simple making a card a school, no not enough profit for retailers for that !

 

[Bettyboo]

It's just another marketing ploy by QVC. I could not afford to buy my loved ones a gift costing that amount as I am retired and with three children and their spouses, ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren I have to limit what I spend on each one of them. I am already sick of seeing Halloween trash in the shops and of course Christmas cards are also now on sale in some shops and I have eight family Birthdays before Christmas. I'm not pleading poverty here but sometimes I wish we could go back in time to the traditional ways. An apple for the teacher lol.....

 

[csap]

I wouldn't spend that much on a teacher's gift, I would feel uncomfortable going so, and I'm sure the teacher would feel uncomfortable receiving it too.
I do get the kids to make their teachers a home made card if they wish, and we choose a little token gift for around £5.
I like to show appreciation, we have had very good teachers so far, but there is no need to go OTT with spending

 

[historymystery]

Yes, these are really important points. If parents have 2 or 3 kids at school, is the Q guest presenter really suggesting they spend getting on for £100 on presents to teachers? Not every parent has a high-earning job and many people are unemployed and struggling. I hate this type of selly telly comment with a passion - and I'm sure most teachers don't want parents spending a lot of money. We are all paid for the work we do, and this gifting lark gets out of hand IMO.

You're right, it puts the less well off parents in a difficult position, also makes you wonder does the child who's parent gave them the best most, expensive present get better treatment/favouritism? Who knows.

 

[historymystery]

Come off it, strato, only a £34 gift for the bin man? In Q land, you'd get your rubbish dumped through your letterbox for this!

Yes, far too cheap to give to a teacher.

Perhaps suitable as a gift for your bin man?

 

[Vienna]

If I were a Head Teacher I`d gather my staff and ask them to collectively choose a Charity they`d like to support. I`d then send a letter to every parent asking them please don`t buy teacher gifts and that the teachers would prefer support for a chosen charity and IF a parent wishes to show their appreciation there will be a box in reception/entrance/wherever in which to drop their envelope but not to feel obliged to do so.

 

[Hippygirl]

What I hate most about this sort of 'perhaps this would make a good gift for your childrens' teachers, your bin man, dentist, doctor etc' or 'you could split this into ......' is that it assumes a lack of imagination on the part of us viewers, even if we do want to buy gifts for all and sundry. Do they really think we are that stupid? Maybe they judge us on their own intelligence, or lack of? I cannot think of a single occasion in my many years of QVC viewing when I have been influenced by such sales patter.

 

[Toril]

I'm a teacher and, although I do receive things from the pupils (which are usually small or homemade,) the best gift is to see children smiling when they come into the classroom because they want to be there. And the ultimate gift is the joy of seeing them make progress. The cost for that? Nothing.

Wise up QVC ............ most of us don't live in Cloud Cuckooland. We live in the real world!

 

[Vienna]

Their job is to sell material things to a materialistic World and they`ll do or say anything to succeed in that. You only need to read some of their fb threads where you`ll see grown women typing " got mine, got mine, got mine, need that, need it, desperate for it, can`t wait, soooo excited, I want , I want blah blah blah " and all sounding like a bunch of kids waiting for Christmas. So is it any wonder the presenters and guests talk as they do, when they know they`ve got a bunch of clapping sea lions waiting to buy ?

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Its the bleeding "bridesmaid gifts" that get on my nerves.

PS I was at school in the early 50's and for some unknown reason my mum DID buy small gifts (talc, soap etc) for teachers and brownie leaders etc so it is not entirely the modern age.

Also selection boxes are in my local shop already.

 

[boffy]

my mum bought our teachers small gifts but i did not carry on the family traddition

 

[historymystery]

A good idea, Vienna. Be nice if this idea caught on.:mysmilie_502:

If I were a Head Teacher I`d gather my staff and ask them to collectively choose a Charity they`d like to support. I`d then send a letter to every parent asking them please don`t buy teacher gifts and that the teachers would prefer support for a chosen charity and IF a parent wishes to show their appreciation there will be a box in reception/entrance/wherever in which to drop their envelope but not to feel obliged to do so.

 

[Silver Fox]

If I were a Head Teacher I`d gather my staff and ask them to collectively choose a Charity they`d like to support. I`d then send a letter to every parent asking them please don`t buy teacher gifts and that the teachers would prefer support for a chosen charity and IF a parent wishes to show their appreciation there will be a box in reception/entrance/wherever in which to drop their envelope but not to feel obliged to do so.

This 'Teacher' gifting (sorry hate the phrase!) who does it anyway & does it happen as much as Q would like to think? I am fully in agreement with Vienna, if I was a Head I would make sure it did not happen in my school.