<p>is it wrong to give home-made cookies & a gift certificate? (my mom wants me to give each teacher a $30 gift certificate to border's...) the problem isn't money, but i just feel that it may be too much. </p>
<p>ADVICE PLEASE?!?</p>
<p>i gave $30 to barnes and noble back in the day</p>
<p>Not if you're close with the teachers, and this is your way of saying thank you not only for the recommendation, but all of the guidance they gave you to be that stellar student that they could write about in the letter. ;)</p>
<p>Which sounds cheesy. But if you think they deserve it, then by all means go ahead.</p>
<p>I'm giving them a nice box of chocolates and a nice christmas card their way...especially because I GOT INTO NYU~~~!!!!! YAY</p>
<p>well, try to find out whether they like it when students give them gifts (I know some who r Completely against it!) So, just try to get some hint like whether they might be angry w/ u (some feel like it's unethical or sth!) So, just chekc theirs personality a bit! I personally would love to show my thnx thru some appropriate gifts.</p>
<p>im VERY close with one of my teachers, shes like my mentor and i talk to her about EVERYTHING. im really into theatre (technical side), its what i applied for my schools for, and this teacher has come and seen my plays and stuff, and she really likes going to shows. so i'm going all out with her gift and i'm getting her a gift certificate for broadway.com for her and a friend to get like orchestra seats at any show they want to go to, it's really expensive like it'll come to $260, but she really deserves it. (and im not getting the money from my parents, im saving it from my job)</p>
<p>Write a thank you note, and if appropriate give a small gift (a small box of chocolate, a gift card, a plant, a bag of coffee, etc...)</p>
<p>A bag of NICE coffee from like Starbucks, not coffee from Safeway.</p>
<p>Do people really give this much stuff? I just said thanks!</p>
<p>yeah i'm not THAT THAT close with any of them, i just figured a nice gift would be nice. i thought i'd go with a small gift certificate ($10, $20 MAX) but my mother is insisting on something more. i think some of my teachers wouldn't really like if i gave them more, they might feel uncomfortable.</p>
<p>BUMP bump bump</p>
<p>i have yet to do so but go to your local wal-mart/target and find the coffee spoons, they have chocolate on the bottom of the spoon (delicious) in various flavors from french vanilla to hazel nut to mint etc. the point is to mix the coffee with half and half or whatever with the spoon and the chocolate flavoring melts into the coffee making for a delicious cup o' joe. give them each a spoon, or each their own package of spoons, depends on your relationship with the teacher in combination with a christmas card where you PERSONALLY write thanks, you helped me get into college blah blah blah and you should be all set without going too deep into your pockets.</p>
<p>I got mine a box of chocolate (i think $15) and a thank you/happy holidays card.</p>
<p>i'm thinking cookies & starbucks card</p>
<p>I would rather say a plain "thank you" than give huge gifts. Most of the time, nice good words are enough.</p>
<p>My son made cookies and gave them to his guidance counselor. Our school prohibits gifts that cost real money, which I think is a good policy. (Otherwise it smacks of, "I'll write a rec for the rich kid but not the poor one, 'cause I want the gift.")</p>
<p>I just wrote a nice thank-you note.</p>
<p>Get a hint of what the person's preference is like. We have become such a materialistic world that it seems a "payback" is expected for any kind of help. I feel offended when I get hailed by stranded motorists in a highway and the first thing they do is offer money for helping them get going again, when a simple thank you is more than enough. But that's just me, your recs may be otherwise.</p>
<p>I gave each of my teachers a book which I thought they would like. I'm close with both of them, one was an American Studies teacher, and he is easily my favorite teacher that I've had, and he made me want to become a high school teacher. I got him "Teacher Man", by Frank McCourt, which I am sure he would like. My other rec was my AP Statistics teacher, who was also my freshman year basketball coach, and he is probablly the adult other than my parents who I'm closest to. Ive known him since i was a freshman, and he's a great guy. He spent 3 years in Africa doing Peace Corps when he was younger, and so I got him Doctors Without Borders, which he had been meaning to read, he told me</p>
<p>So, all that being said, I would get something that you think they would appreciate, regardless of size/expense.</p>
<p>i love teacher man--thats a great idea for a gift and i might give that...thanks spaceball</p>