At the end of next week, the UK sees almost every parent’s worst nightmare; the schools’ six-week summer holiday. To tie in with this, many of the shops, card shops in particular, are promoting their range of “Thank you Teacher” cards and gifts.
Come again?
When I was at school, the teachers were there to teach. Not to be your “much missed friend” at the end of the year. Some were more tolerable than others. The occasional one became a favourite (mainly because they either let you get away with murder, or steered the lessons wildly off-track from the syllabus), but we never felt the need to go out and buy them cards & gifts when we were moving on a year.
I guess times have moved on, and now that the staff can’t beat the shit out of the pupils for minor infractions the boundaries have become somewhat blurred. Still, if it wasn’t for the parents committing selfless acts of unprotected sex, there wouldn’t be any kids to teach. So I propose the teachers should be buying gifts and cards for the parents come the end of term, to thank them for keeping them in gainful employment.
I’ll expect my box of luxury chocolates by the end of next week.
