Teachers! Tell us about the Christmas gifts your students have given you!?

Question

There was an article on this once in the NEA magazine, about this teacher and all of the things that she collected during her lifetime career.

Answer 1

I have gotten all kinds of Christmas presents from my students over the years. The worst was a jar of pickled watermelon rind (I lived in California at the time and had never even HEARD of pickled watermelon rind)! It was homemade and given from the heart, I'm sure, so I accepted graciously but I'll never forget it!

The best gift I ever got from a student was last year. The father of one of my students owns a spa at a hotel here on Kauai and I was given a gift certificate for a 50 minute massage. Aaahhhhhh...

Answer 2

I'm not a teacher, but I helped a class make a present for their teacher who was leaving the school at the end of that year.
We made up a draught board and painted it up black and white.
We cut a piece of thick dowling into 24 thin slices, painted half yellow and half red. One one side, the yellow ones the boys painted a ladybird on each one, on the red, the girls painted three forget-me-knots on each one.
On the back of each piece, was the name of each student in her class. (There were 24 students in her class).
On the side borders of the draugh board, we painted ladybirds and forget-me-knots.
We used acrylic paints, and gave it a couple of clear coats to finish. We did this during lunchtime period throughout the last term, including the sandpapering and undercoating. I cut up the dowling at home.
The teacher cried when they presented it to her.

Answer 3

I've gotten candy, hand cream, candles, a shelf a student made in shop class, and a book of love poems with a bottle of perfume from a young man who had a crush on me.