“One year, the moms had gathered to give me a nice gift. I had received several months before a questionnaire to fill. I did not suspect anything”recalls Nathalie. “”But that was a little over 15 years ago. Today, it is no longer likely to happen. “
“Please do not offer a cup!” : the teachers no longer want this gift
If attentions at the end of the year have not completely disappeared, they are rarer. In the Bénédicte school, the teachers hardly receive nothing “not even a thank you”. While several teachers tell us that we no longer bring them anything at all.
A cat or lingerie as the end of years gifts to the teachers: when the well -established tradition turns to the unusual
The economic crisis has passed through there but there is also another explanation. “”The mentality of now considers that it is our job, that we are paid for that. People don’t see the whole side with children. The master has become a daycare center that is paid for that. Some schools even prohibit accepting any gift “Analysis Joëlle who worked for years at school and who has seen the gifts evolve. “”At first it was a bouquet of flowers, then three roses then one and finally nothing at all. We went through chocolates, baker’s cookies, plastic frog and fluorescent flowers. I was treated to a delicious homemade couscous. But what makes me the most pleasure is a drawing, a DIY of the child. “
Fortunately, there are still parents who take the time to recognize the work of teachers and congratulate them. Parents teachers or who have attended the environment are very attentive. “The best gift I received date from four years ago. My students gave me a framework with kit kat in it (my usual snack) and they had written on the glass ‘to break in an emergency'”Marina term. “With my daughter, last year, we made chocolate plates ourselves with a few celebration chocolates for her teachers and childcare workers. “
