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September 10, 2011, Saturday
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AS both today's Teachers' Day and Monday's Mid-Autumn Festival drew near, many Chinese parents were racking their brains trying to think of gifts appropriate for their children's teachers.
On a website for parents, a mother surnamed Yang from Anhui's provincial capital of Hefei wrote: "What should I send and what kind of gifts are appropriate? We are facing a dilemma as parents cannot afford very expensive gifts, but teachers will not be impressed if the gifts are too cheap."
In China, presenting gifts is considered a way of showing respect and love, especially during holidays and festivals.
Some parents, however, do not realize that some teachers are also stressed out about the gifts.
"No more gifts or I will run into bankruptcy!" a young teacher wrote on weibo.com.
"Many parents send me mooncake vouchers for Mid-Autumn Festival and Teachers' Day. So I return them enclosed in a new dictionary and let their children take them back to them."
The new semester has only just begun, so many parents want to give gifts, hoping teachers will take better care of their children.
But a teacher from the high school attached to Anhui Normal University, surnamed Zhu, said he was "worried" every time parents sent him money or vouchers.
"How to return them worries me very much. I tried everything to persuade parents to take them back. But I will use the money or vouchers from the stubborn parents to buy books for the class," Zhu said.
According to a survey by Lanxixiaowu, a website for parents in southwest China's Chengdu City, 58 percent of parents send gifts to teachers.
Some said they were worried their children would not be well cared for if no gifts were sent. "If all the parents except me give teachers gifts, how do you think the teachers will treat my children?" one parent wrote.
But Zhu said: "What teachers really care about is communication with parents. It is the students' performance that determine teachers' attitudes."
On a website for parents, a mother surnamed Yang from Anhui's provincial capital of Hefei wrote: "What should I send and what kind of gifts are appropriate? We are facing a dilemma as parents cannot afford very expensive gifts, but teachers will not be impressed if the gifts are too cheap."
In China, presenting gifts is considered a way of showing respect and love, especially during holidays and festivals.
Some parents, however, do not realize that some teachers are also stressed out about the gifts.
"No more gifts or I will run into bankruptcy!" a young teacher wrote on weibo.com.
"Many parents send me mooncake vouchers for Mid-Autumn Festival and Teachers' Day. So I return them enclosed in a new dictionary and let their children take them back to them."
The new semester has only just begun, so many parents want to give gifts, hoping teachers will take better care of their children.
But a teacher from the high school attached to Anhui Normal University, surnamed Zhu, said he was "worried" every time parents sent him money or vouchers.
"How to return them worries me very much. I tried everything to persuade parents to take them back. But I will use the money or vouchers from the stubborn parents to buy books for the class," Zhu said.
According to a survey by Lanxixiaowu, a website for parents in southwest China's Chengdu City, 58 percent of parents send gifts to teachers.
Some said they were worried their children would not be well cared for if no gifts were sent. "If all the parents except me give teachers gifts, how do you think the teachers will treat my children?" one parent wrote.
But Zhu said: "What teachers really care about is communication with parents. It is the students' performance that determine teachers' attitudes."
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