To Buy The College T-Shirt Or Not To?

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<p>I’m confused as to the traditions of this country when it comes to post-college gift-giving.</p>

<p>I recently got in to my ED school. And to thank the 2 teachers and 1 counselor who “wrote” my recommendations for me, I decided to buy them all very nice boxes of chocolates before Christmas, but now some people have been telling me that I should buy the T-shirts of the college I got into and give it to them.</p>

<p>Here’s my question:</p>

<li>Why would a teacher want a shirt of the college that “I” got into?</li>
<li>Should I give them a T-shirt?</li>
<li>Is this some special tradition that I’m not aware of?</li>
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<p>Please tell me what you guys think, anything is appreciated.</p>

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<p>I’ve never heard of that, but I’m just a senior</p>

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<p>i got into carolina, our school colors: carolina blue and white, so i gave each of my teachers that helped me with my application and scholarships, flowers with carolina blue and white bows and a thankyou card attached.</p>

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<p>you could get coffee mugs from the schools for your teachers, ive heard of that too.</p>

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<p>I don’t know about t-shirts. I never heard of that before. A small gift would do, maybe related to the college or with the college colors.</p>

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<p>Buy them one of those dumbass mugs that says “Three greatest reasons to be a teacher: June, July, and August.”</p>