Valentine's Day Teacher Gift Ideas

Valentine's Day Teacher Gift Ideas is a holiday for romance and sweethearts. It’s a time for professing one’s undying love for another. It’s a holiday that celebrates cupid and his adorable little arrow. It is also, curiously, a time when teachers receive many gifts from their students. While teachers are grateful for the gestures and gifts given on this holiday, ask any of them and they can tell you what they’d rather not receive on Valentine's Day Teacher Gift Ideas. Of course, at the risk of sounding like ingrates, they probably won’t tell you what they’d rather not receive, so I’ll tell you instead!

Having recently celebrated the winter holidays, teachers (like most others) have indulged in one too many pieces of pie, one too many servings of stuffing and one too many cups of eggnog. In other words, by the time Valentine’s Day rolls around, teachers (like most others) are still trying to lose those 5 pounds they gained between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Teachers would rather not receive boxes of candy this Valentine’s Day. Those calorie laden care packages are counterproductive in their quest to fit back into their skinny jeans. (Yes, teachers own skinny jeans.)

Likewise when it comes to homemade goods, such as cookies, muffins, peanut brittle, etc. Teachers don’t want to receive these items for several reasons. First, most of these items are fattening (see previous paragraph). Valentine's Day Teacher Gift Ideas Secondly, teachers are wary of any item coming from students that is not hermetically sealed. Even the most favorite of teachers has received laxative laced brownies at one time or another. Valentine's Day Teacher Gift IdeasIt’s an unspoken rule in the halls of schools everywhere: don’t eat anything your students may have a hand in making.