How typical is it for parents to give end-of-school-year gifts to teachers at a private school?  If it is usual or frequent, what types of gifts and how expensive?  (My 6 yo has 4 teachers for his kindergarden class.)
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My 16 year old wants to give her teachers Christmas gifts. She is in 10th grade, so there are quite a number of teachers.  As a retired teacher, I do not think teachers need gifts. I would have loved a card or note with a comment or appreciative remarks. I taught special needs students and liked when a parent made snack for the entire class or contributed to the trip fund, but I never needed them to spend their hard-earned money on me.  I suggested my kid make cards -- she is very artistic, and add a heartfelt message. She disagrees and wants twenty dollar gift cards, which for the record, she cannot contribute to.  We are trying to find a compromise. I think that over $100 is ridiculous. It is also too much to 'lend' my kid.   (Deep background, this is not my own daughter but my godchild. When her parents died, I became her guardian. She was 4 when they died. So sometimes she uses that as her trump card. Teens aren't 'easy'.)  I said I'd ask what others think.
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If a professor in a North American country presents his- or herself by his/her first name in email messages, does this mean that students can refer to him/her by his/her first name? Or is this generally not a good idea, unless the professor has explicitly mentioned that he/she can be referred to by first name? I've noticed that most professors, who prefer to be referred to more formally, do not sign their emails with just their first names, but usually initials or first and last name.
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I was reading the news on Yahoo and found a mistake (as per my opinion). I need your valuable feedback to make sure if it was a mistake or I am wrong! It is a paragraph on Yahoo. Please check and let me know.  On Yahoo:     There has been a shift of power, control and decision making from the   parents and elders of the family to the individuals themselves. That   is not saying that parents and the family is not involved in the   decision, but there is much more emphasis placed on what the   individuals want, what they are looking for and who they will be   compatible with.   As per my opinion:     There has been a shift of power, control and decision making from the   parents and elders of the family to the individuals themselves. That   is not saying that parents and the family are not involved in the   decision, but there is much more emphasis placed on what the   individuals want, what they are looking for and who they will be   compatible with.   Thanks in advance.
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I, a twenty-year-old female, have come to admire the graduate teaching assistant for my summer course quite strongly. I'm extremely interested in what he has to say, I always pay attention, never use my phone and use eye contact to show interest. I do like them very much and I think about them with warmth often. I want to know about their work, I want to know what he is interested in. I would like to at least be their friend. Despite my strong admiration I must emphasize that I have not and do not plan to cross professional boundaries until the end of the course. I have spoken to them though it was only a short conversation about the work that was assigned to us the following weekend, however he did seem quite warm and open to conversation. Specifically he emphasizes in his syllabus to not hesitate to contact him with any questions we may have at all. I would like to be able to talk to them more without bothering them, and over stepping professional boundaries. I hopefully plan to ask them out once the course has ended, but I would still like to be able to have the chance to talk to them too as friends outside of course hours about the course material. Would this be ethical? Should I just back down? Specifically I wanted to thank him for giving me a very positive, in-depth feed back in the essay assignment that I had turned in that I got a perfect grade on. I've been going through a really rough time in my personal life. Despite having flunked before, I made a promise to myself to work harder and to never give up on my goals. Truly their receptiveness, warmth and passion has genuinely inspired me to keep going and to study harder. I would very much like to thank them for inspiring me and being a good teacher which has helped me understand the material.  Would it be ethical to express these sentiments of admiration and gratitude to them during their office hours?  Would it be possible to date them after the course has ended since he is essentially a normal graduate student instead of a true professor?   *edit Class has ended and we have a date planned! Thanks all for your advice! *edit #2 We are still dating and our 9 month anniversary is coming up soon! The relationship is going really well and it is the best and most loving relationship we’ve ever been in! We are excited to grow together and the mention of having children someday has come up occasionally. Sometimes he jokes about being my TA but he is very adamant about making it clear he didn’t like me during the course, but in conclusion we are both doing fantastic! Thanks for all your help ! (May 7th 2020) *edit # 3 Not sure if anyone comes across this anymore but our one year anniversary passed a few months ago and we're growing strong! I'm really happy that I went out of my comfort zone and found a lasting relationship. (10/28/2020)
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Is  a ?  If not, what is it then?  If yes why, don't we teach kids this basic example?    UPDATE: I probably meant a regular commonplace fire of the usual temperature. That should simplify the answer.
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In Mexico we use word "bloqe" to refer a set of subjects to give titles to teachers. We need electronic signatures and business cards for them and we're not sure what word to use. As the Direction is very conservative, decided not to use "set of subjects" and prefer to use only one word which refers to that.
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What are/ were some of your good mathematician's study habits that you found really worked for you?  I'm a CS major at a respected school and have a solid GPA...  However, I definitely lack when it comes to getting great grades in relatively higher level maths (300 and 400 level).  I feel that even though I study a lot, I perhaps don't study effectively enough.  I would like to ask for any tips/ tricks as to how you keep yourself focused, motivated etc that could perhaps help me or others.  Thanks in advance.
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A teacher at a university is still teacher or lecturer?    I'm a little bit confused in light of two different sources   The 1st source - (the book "Check Your English Vocabulary For Living In UK") says the following things:     But on the other hand,  states:   sity is still teacher, unlike what the first source says.  I must to say, that some universities that I know the lecture is the one who gives the lecture in a big hall for many classes of students while a teacher is the one who responsible for examination or practical part and he works with each class separately unlike the lecturer. In your countries do you have also such distinguishing?
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Well, years ago I was an English teacher in an English Teaching Institute. In the country I live, students call their teachers by saying "Mr. Teacher" or "Teacher" (literally translated) in schools. In places other than schools and universities, students also can call their teacher by saying "Mr. X", and in universities they call their professor by saying "Dr." and "Master". It was always question for me that in an English class what should I be called by my students because I didn't know what American students call their teacher in class.  To sum up my question, what do students call their teacher in class in a typical school in the U.S.? Is it different for the students of primary school and secondary school? I would be glad to hear the same question about England and Australia.
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I just read a question and answer about tipping housekeeping daily (). But how should I physically give them the money? Obviously if I see them I can hand them the money but if I'm out for the day?   I guess I leave cash somewhere obvious, should I leave a note as well? What if it's a non-English speaking country (I'm not sure if you'd be expected to tip there, but maybe you want to). Is there some customary place to leave the tip?   As someone brought up in a generally non-tipping country I often have to work out how to tip, but in general you can just keep an eye on what everyone else does. Not in this case.
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It is important to know that I have requested about 7/8 letters per professors ( 3 total ). I have told them that I was conscious that it was a lot of letters to write so I was content with a general letter for most of the schools I wanted to get in and maybe one letter that was a bit more personalized for the school they felt I would have the highest chances of admission.  The nearest deadline is 10 days away. I have asked about this in late January and I haven't gotten anything yet.  I asked for an update in early March and the profs were either working on it or were being bottlenecked by the administration. But since then I got nothing.  The deadlines are approaching quickly and I hope you understand how stressed I feel about this. Would it be too petty to ask for a second update?  I need at least 3 letters, and I have only asked to 4 professors, one of which didn't answer so I think he doesn't want to write me one (for a reason I ignore). I may have made a mistake and should've asked more professors, that's on me. The point is I don't want to upset because if at least one of them decides that I am too annoying I can already cross half of the schools I wanted off the list.
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I'm trying to get my kids to be honest and take responsibility.   I'm seeing a repeated pattern where one or both of my kids will lie to get out of trouble. They're starting to see that they can deny responsiblity.   Our current system of reward involves a marble jar, where the family will go out for a collective treat. When this stuff happens we take marbles out of the jar as a joint penalty.   This seems to be decreasing in effectiveness.   My question is: What do I do when I walk into a room with a broken item and both children shrug their shoulders and say "Wasn't me"?  Clarification: Kids are girl: 5 and boy: 4. Cultural context is Australian middle class with two university educated parents.
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Is there a way to transfer more than one Pokemon at a time to the professor?  Or possibly an addon that gives me this ability?  Vendoring all the trash Pokemon for candies individually is really annoying and time consuming.
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I am nearing the end of my PhD and I would quite like to buy a "thank you" gift for my supervisor (although, she's the socially awkward type who I'm sure will be greatly embarrassed to receive one).  I'm just wondering whether a gift is the done thing? And if so, what sort of gift seems appropriate? I suppose a bottle of wine would be a safe choice?
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I have someone that wants to bless me with a large amount of money. I am working on a project. But I see some red flags they want to send me cash in a package. They have been trying to send it for 3 weeks.   But they said I had to pay for it when it comes. So much is going on I do not know what to think or feel. It's coming out of Africa. I ask them did I have to pay the money back they said no its a gift. But I am feeling something my family says its a scam I do not know what to do.   I ask them to put the money on my pay pal account but for the amount, they can not do it. I do not know what to do. And I need it for the project I am working on
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Let's say person A is person B's dad. Person A lives in Europe and is not in any way a US citizen/resident etc... Person B is a US resident (is there a difference between citizen and just a resident?).   Person A wants to send person B a gift of 1 million US dollars. This money was earned by person A outside the US and income tax was paid for it outside the US.  Does person B have to do anything specific so that he won't be taxed in the US for this gift? I have read online on multiple sources that all gifts over $100,000 have to be reported to the IRS via form 3520. But it's not clear to me if this absolves person B of paying anything for this gift?
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Are there other schools for witches and wizards in the rest of the world? In the books they only speak of 3 schools, but what about Asian or American people?  And even more, were they affected by the events happening in Europe?