I agree too.Another voice of agreement - nobody should suggest what (if any) gift you give a teacher. If you feel like giving a gift, choose it yourself.
Why on earth doesn't she just tell this other parent that she is not interested in participating in her scheme thanks very much?My sister arrived at the school yesterday and again this morning to hear "have you the money yet?". I would liken this to bullying.
From what has been posted so far I feel that it's a gross exaggeration to call this bullying. But then again some people are prone to making accusations of bullying at the drop of a hat these days. Obviously this militates against identfying and dealing with genuine cases of bullying. This case seems like something that a simple, polite and firm "no thanks" would sort out.I can't believe that parents are now expected to fork out money, in fact are being bullied into giving money!
Agreed. Seems like an obvious solution for a grown and mature adult to take.In my opinion, the OP's sister should stand up and say no, that she'd prefer to get a small gift herself - or say, sorry, I've already bought a gift.
I don't really understand the relevance of this.She is the only single parent in the class
Fair enough - but she should just say no if it doesn't suit her and forget about the (most likely few) people who find this a cause for comment. People should not worry so much about what others think or say about them in my opinion. It's probably going to happen at some stage(s) in life so who cares?and is younger than most of the other parents. Sometimes it is not easy to speak up, she is shy - and there is an embarrassment at being seen as mean with money and a bit of a scrooge.
Good for her.She is going to "just say no" tomorrow morning at the school gates.
I've never heard of that happening before. I doubt that it's the norm.I suppose my issue lies more with her being asked via a letter passed out to the students and if this is normal nowadays in primary schools.
People should not worry so much about what others think or say about them in my opinion. It's probably going to happen at some stage(s) in life so who cares?
Why on earth was the teacher handing out a letter that was presumably not from the school authorities? This is totally out of order in my opinion (based on the details posted so far)!To add to my original post - my 5 year old nephew came home with a sealed letter that had been handed out in the class. The teachers could not have known what it said (and presumably thought it was a birthday invite or something like that) but it was from another parent and said that instead of giving a lot of small things a sum of €15 or more could be given by each parent in order to create a generous cash gift.