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Primary school teachers are underpaid in my view, they do really good work with our children, and they build quite strong relationships with them.
I'll ring the local tax office and see who has been looking after my files for the last few years and get the names of the tax-payers in the same tax district. We'll all lob a few quid into the kitty and buy a gift-card and a thank you card.
Too old-fashioned, cringe-worthy and valueless to be discarded because none of them can be thrown over the bar with the other vouchers to subsidise a "right good auld tear" during the prolonged holidays
So if primary school children (or their parents) giving money to their teacher is as innocuous as some claim, then the OP will have no difficulty posting here or PM'ing me the name of the school, the class concerned and I'll contact the principal and the board of management myself. Just to get their position on the matter as these are the only views that count. No? Then you know in your heart and soul that the €100 back-hander, under-the-counter payment to the teacher is wrong.
Why has no-one answered my question about a card, a thank you card signed by all the pupils? Is it possible that's because as it has no monetary value and will be binned as thanks only have value if there's a three figure euro number attached to quantify them? €50 = thanks, €100 = thank you, €200 = thank you very much, €400 = a lads I'm grateful, etc.
What value a card and a work of art produced and signed by all the class? Why not a little poem or short essay where the children express their gratitude to the teacher about what / how s/he helped throughout the year? Too old-fashioned, cringe-worthy and valueless to be discarded because none of them can be thrown over the bar with the other vouchers to subsidise a "right good auld tear" during the prolonged holidays.
I wonder how many parents of children in that class have had their hours cut or lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 virus? How many of them would love to be still doing "tremendous job during the lock down" and not subsidising unnecessary and unappreciated luxuries for a well-paid teacher in full time employment? What family necessities might that €5 have provided? Do the teachers know? Or do they care?
I wonder how many of the supporters of this ugly demeaning practice are teachers?
I suppose it's only fair that their fellow public servants should benefit from this new tradition. I'll ring the local tax office and see who has been looking after my files for the last few years and get the names of the tax-payers in the same tax district. We'll all lob a few quid into the kitty and buy a gift-card and a thank you card.
I thought it was too until I realised they were handing over cash to people in full employment. Does anyone want to be the kid who hasn't a fiver to hand over, the fiver that won't be missed and won't be mentioned by classmates ever? Do you want to be that child? Children don't bully and parents don't gossip, that of course is the other side of this appalling story.
I used to volunteer in a charity shop and every July without fail there would be bags of donations of candles / photo frames etc which were clearly unwanted gifts given to teachers. Far better getting a voucher that is actually useful.
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