In an effort to stem the flow of yet more unneeded teacher mugs, bad chocolate and cheap bath products, my colleague across the hall has designed an ingenious social justice lesson integrated with a gently worded "don't buy me more crap at Christmas" letter to send home with his students.
With his permission, I share it below.
With his permission, I share it below.
| | In years past, I have encouraged students to donate books to our classroom library or games for indoor recess. I will confess here, too, that in my early years of teaching (albeit in a more affluent neighbourhood than the one in which I currently hang my professional hat), I also trained my students to bring only quality chocolate, i.e. Lindt, etc. :)))) There is also a story about the year I got a class set of theraband balls as a communal gift from parents... or the year my principal got a bottle of vaginal spray, and the (heavily ESL) student subsequently inquired whether Ms. Jarvis "like the perfume"! If you have a favourite "Christmas teacher gift" story to share, why not leave a comment below? |
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