Miss Manners: My Child’s Tacky School Appreciation Week Just Sounds Like ‘Buy Us Stuff!’

Miss Manners: Teacher Appreciation week in poor taste? Here’s a parent who has had enough

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My child’s school is having a staff appreciation week, which isn’t a bad idea, given the effort they put in and how they enhance our kids’ lives. What strikes me as extremely gauche, however, is that it’s organized and run by the school, while asking parents to contribute.

Miss Manners: My child’s tacky school appreciation week just sounds like ‘Buy us stuff!’

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My child’s school is having a staff appreciation week, which isn’t a bad idea, given the effort they put in and how they enhance our kids’ lives. What strikes me as extremely gauche, however, is that it’s organized and run by the school, while asking parents to contribute.

Miss Manners: Parent feels school’s teacher appreciation events are getting out of hand

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My child’s school is having a staff appreciation week, which isn’t a bad idea, given the effort they put in and how they enhance our kids’ lives. What strikes me as extremely gauche, however, is that it’s organized and run by the school, while asking parents to contribute.

Miss Manners: School demands parents fund staff appreciation week: It’s tacky

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My child’s school is having a staff appreciation week, which isn’t a bad idea, given the effort they put in and how they enhance our kids’ lives. What strikes me as extremely gauche, however, is that it’s organized and run by the school, while asking parents to contribute.

Miss Manners: 'Appreciation week' for school staff rankles parent

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My child’s school is having a staff appreciation week, which isn’t a bad idea, given the effort they put in and how they enhance our kids’ lives. What strikes me as extremely gauche, however, is that it’s organized and run by the school, while asking parents to contribute.

Have you ever heard of »Teacher Appreciation«, »Chaperone« and »Star Student«? No? Any luck? Parents with children at U.S. educational institutions feel they have to make a contribution to the school system every week.