Part of me based buying a gift on the fact that his teacher has made herself available after hours on more than one occasion. This includes meetings, email responses that come in aftyer hours, and updating the homework website every day.
I also recognize my kid isn't always the easiest person to deal with; and certainly added some stress to her job.
It also ended up being a good learning experience for my son. He now knows that random gifts are a way of being nice, and that "women like cards for some reason." He picked out the wine (with some vetoing from me), as well as the card. He also wanted to write the message in the card without me reading it.
I get paid pretty well for what I do, and it's nice when I get random things in my mailbox that show appreciation.
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