Teacher Appreciation Week
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, and like gratitude, I think we should try to show our appreciation as much as possible. Click here if you missed my post on gratitude.
I've been looking at Pinterest for Teacher Appreciation Week gift ideas. During my research, I noticed a few things: there are lots of ideas for fun or funny gifts, there are a ton of bad puns, loads of ideas for candy/food gifts, and cute ways to wrap up office supplies, which is usually my gift of choice. I even saw an idea for a gift of wine personalized to state that your kid is the reason her or his teacher drinks (I’m not too sure about that one).
While fun and funny, I felt the main focus of the week was lost. The true respect, admiration, and recognition of the difference teachers make in our lives was not the focus and we need to make sure that is a part of any teacher...