We've got that covered, too. I rolled out the cookie dough and the kids did the cutting tonight. A few Christmas cookies will be included.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cashmere - Dec 18, 2008 6:13:42 pm PST #5001 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Fay - Dec 18, 2008 6:22:10 pm PST #5002 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Yeah, I guess. I just...well, all the other teachers gave gifts. This would have been helpful information to have. Well, actually, I don't think the other part-time teachers did, so I guess it's ok.
Woman - chill! (a) You are not a full time teacher anyway; (b) even if you were, it's still TOTALLY AT YOUR DISCRETION; (c) kids are generally MORE excited about playing a fun game/baking cookies/receiving praise and a sticker than they are about being handed a present. I know this, because I do do the present thing, and some years they've STILL all gone home grumpy and feeling ripped off just because one kid won a big present in pass-the-parcel. (Said present being a truly crappy kitsch jokey Secret Santa present I'd just been handed, and promptly rewrapped and given away. BAD call. All the kids resented the fact that one kid ended up with this huge thing.)
Are $10 Target gift cards too cheap and impersonal?
You can always add some homemade goodies.
But you don't need to! Honestly, I'd be delighted with the equivalent of a $10 Target gift card. It's always lovely to get anything, and when it's something actually nice and/or useful (rather than the gilt-edged ceramic clown picked out by a child, bless) then that's a definite bonus. If you feel like adding home made goodies, that's lovely - but, honestly, don't feel you need to go the domestic goddess route.
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Aaaand because I am still very excited about the lovely gold taffata skirt I found yesterday, but made the mistake of posting about it in the same post as the shministim thing, I am posting it again.
Isn't it pretty? And it was less than half price!
ChiKat - Dec 18, 2008 7:33:36 pm PST #5003 of 10000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Are $10 Target gift cards too cheap and impersonal?
No. Absolutely not. I get a few gift cards from students and they're generally $5 for Starbucks or Panera. I love them. A free coffee or sandwich? Rocks.
WindSparrow - Dec 18, 2008 9:12:47 pm PST #5004 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
You know what?
WindSparrow - Dec 18, 2008 9:13:20 pm PST #5005 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm a number slut.
And I rhymed.
omnis_audis - Dec 18, 2008 9:25:21 pm PST #5006 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I think I figured out why I've been so wiped past few days. Nose. It's mostly stuffed. I think I've come down with a cold. Blargh!
WindSparrow - Dec 18, 2008 9:56:42 pm PST #5007 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Aw, poor omnis. I wish you lots of chicken soup.
Calli - Dec 19, 2008 2:02:37 am PST #5008 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That skirt is lovely, Fay. Do you know what you'll be wearing it with? Would it be possible to find something backless to wear with it, so you could show off your peacock feather tattoo? Because that over the gold taffeta would be lux and delicious as hell.
Barb - Dec 19, 2008 2:14:03 am PST #5009 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Isn't it pretty? And it was less than half price!
Oh Fay, that skirt rocks. And is hot. And for less than half price?
::is jealous::
Emily - Dec 19, 2008 3:57:58 am PST #5010 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I got a few things from a student's mother in San Francisco but other than that no student presents. And I don't expect them, neither (for one thing, I've got boys, and the particular kind of boy who just isn't going to think of it*), so anything at all is wonderful and nice.
Speaking of, I just got presents from three other teachers, to all of whom (thank goodness) I gave something yesterday (I'm not getting everyone in my department this year, just the ones I work with regularly). One is a CD of Christmas music, one is some kind of unlabelled jelly, and the other is... a full basket with homemade salsa and apple butter, bunches of candy, and an ornament. What the heck? I mean, it's wonderful! But wow.
(*Or I could not get presents because I'm a crappy teacher. It's so hard to tell sometimes. Nevertheless, I feel I provide a valuable service by bonding over video games and postmodern books with otherwise-marginalized kids.)