Gifts for teachers

Millancad
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:37:35 +0000

I don’t think anyone here gets giftcards for recommending teachers. They just seem so impersonal. Sometimes we get a giftcard four our orchestra teacher’s end of year present from the seniors, but only in addition to other stuff.

I got my chem teacher a giant cookie that was in the shape of the periodic table. It had all of the element’s symbols on them, and was color coded for the different families. He liked it, so much that he gave me a little thank you letter (leading me to wonder if I should re-thank him) and it was huge, so he shared it with the class. It was difficult finding a box large enough for it though.
For my Art History teacher, I just happened to be at Schipol airport in the Netherlands, and since they’re all “We’re Dutch, look at our Dutch art!” they have chocolates whose wrappers have famous pictures on them. I was sure she would think that was cool, and then I got her a book at the British Museum, since she wrote my British recommendation. Oh, and next year, she’s getting a thank you letter from MIT, which is cool, because it seems to be a school she really likes (her father’s alma mater). Like, she told us all about them announcing decisions on pi day/hour/minute and everything. It wasn’t that expensive, maybe €5 for the chocolate and £3 for the little book, so eleven or twelve bucks.

So, those are gifts related to the teachers’ subjects. Sometimes people also get more random gifts. My human Geo teacher is sort of a random person, so this girl, who was also sort of random, got him a pineapple, which he seemed to like. He showed it off to his classes. But most people get their teachers pastries, I think, either homemade or bought. Sometimes more generic presents can be good. If I had bought a present for my 9th grade Modern History teacher, it would have been a coffee mug, since he’s basically a coffee addict. And I considered buying a mug with chem stuff on it for my chem teacher, since he also loves coffee, but I decided to instead neglect my studies and spend hours making the aforementioned giant cookie.