They present it on various occasions as an expression of their great love for them

Student gifts for teachers: teddy bears, pens, and coins

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Teachers in private and public schools publish pictures of gifts or cards signed with the names of students, on social media, and comment on them, saying that they received them from their students as an expression of loyalty to them.

Teachers confirm that this type of gift, despite its simplicity, leaves a deep positive impact on them, because what it contains of sincere feelings cannot be bought with money.

In addition, students’ families take advantage of private and public occasions to express their feelings towards their children’s teachers, including Mother’s Day, Teacher’s Day, holidays, and others, by presenting them with gifts of monetary value, or “closed envelopes.”

While they see that their gifts are a means of expressing feelings of gratitude, others do not rule out that they are a justification for distinguishing a student from his classmates, calling on school administrations to control the relationship of the students' parents with the teaching staff.

The administration of a private school stated that it had developed a policy to set a financial ceiling on the value of gifts given by students' families to teachers, as an expression of appreciation for the efforts made by the teacher with their children students.

In detail, a first class teacher in a public school said that she received a wonderful gift from one of her students, a painting depicting her in a childish way.

She explained that the student told her that she drew it because she loved it so much.

The teacher said that these words from her student made her more enthusiastic about work and a desire to give.

Another teacher stated that she could not resist her strong desire to share with her relatives and friends on “Facebook”, the happiness she felt when she received a colored card from one of her students, with her name written on top of it.

She explained that the student hired a member of his family to write to her, in a distinctive handwriting, a few lines expressing her feelings of loyalty and love.

Teachers in different schools said that they had received various gifts from their students, including "Nutella plates", "teddy bears", "pens", "magic hat", "piggy bank" and others.

Teachers also reported that they received gifts from the students’ families, which included watches and sums of money, stressing that the justification for giving these gifts to them was the students’ families’ feeling of gratitude towards them, because they helped their children excel in school.

Ahmed El-Sawy (father of a student), said that “gifts are a kind of expression of appreciation for the teacher who studies my daughter, and they are not intended to treat her as distinguished from the rest of the students,” adding that his daughter, who is studying in the third grade, constantly praises her class teacher.

Sherine Salah (Taleb's mother) stated that "the gift to the teacher does not mean a request for exceptional treatment, but rather a recognition by the student's family of the teacher's effort in educating her children or improving their educational levels," noting that "the gift may make the teacher inadvertently tend to care for the student, but it Certainly, you will not ignore the 35 male and female students in the class.”

Jamila Shaaban (the mother of a student), said that “some mothers try to entice teachers with gifts to distinguish their children in treatment, and to pay more attention to their education than their colleagues in the same class,” pointing out that “the teacher’s interest in one or more students at the expense of others may leave unpleasant effects in the classroom. Their souls, as they feel frustrated at their inability to provide similar gifts because they get the exaggerated attention shown by the teacher towards the gift-bearers of their colleagues.”

Khaled Abdel-Gawad (father of three students), indicated that the item of expenses for gifts for teachers increases the financial stress of a family that has three students in the first years of education, because every student wants to give his or her teacher a gift, calling on school administrations to prevent families gifts to teachers, or make The gift presented by the student’s family to his teacher reaches him through the school administration, and not from the student or his family directly.

For her part, teacher Samah Zuhair confirmed that she is happy to receive a gift from her students, considering that the gift is evidence of her positive impact on students.

And she added, "It is better to present gifts to teachers at the end of the school year, so that they are an expression of appreciation for their efforts throughout the year, and so that there is no room for distinguishing one student from another because of a gift, whether intentionally or unintentionally."

She added, "The gifts presented by students are simple in value, including (a small plate with a prayer written on it), or (a small teddy bear) or (a pen), but they confirm to me great meanings of respect and appreciation, and confirm my success in the educational goals that I seek to instill in my students. the souls of my students.

The Vice President of Communication at GEMS Education Group, Jonathan Bramley, stated that the group has developed a policy for gifts offered to teachers, which includes setting a certain ceiling for the value of the gift provided by students or their parents, so that it is an expression of thanks and appreciation for the efforts made by the teacher or teacher, and from that the A group of students in the class collect a certain amount to buy a gift for the teacher in recognition of his dedication to his work.

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