Mahjong74 Supercharged August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 (edited) http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/08/24/catho...s-from-parents/ The Catholic High School (CHS) is openly soliciting for "gifts and presents" from the parents of its students, to "touch the teacher's life", in its coming Teachers' Day Celebration. According to the CHS memo which was forwarded to TR Emeritus (TRE) by a parent, the event is organized by CHS Management Committee, CHS Alumni and the Parent Support Group (PSG). The memo wrote that the PSG Exco is appealing to parents who would like to show their heartfelt gratitute to contribute a present to this event, and listed the 'proposed' presents as "shopping vouchers, dining vouchers, current digital gadgets or home appliance, tour packages, etc". Parents are asked to deposit the gifts into a box at the Primary or Secondary School's General office by 27th August 2012. The memo also listed the contact person for parents with enquiries as Bee Yen (Primary) and Winy Quek (Secondary). Edited August 27, 2012 by Mahjong74 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yr1985 1st Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 those elite schools...rich parents...spolit kids...let them burn... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahjong74 Supercharged August 27, 2012 Author Share August 27, 2012 Thought teachers as civil servant should not expect showers of material gifts as they are in the public service. In my days, I simply just gave flowers and cards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjkbeluga 5th Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Hmmm.... This is indeed disgusting.... It's alrite to ask for a small gift but to specify such stuffs as a gift is highly inappropriate... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Hmmm.... This is indeed disgusting.... It's alrite to ask for a small gift but to specify such stuffs as a gift is highly inappropriate... can report cpib Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subutai 3rd Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 SPA vouchers ai mai? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjkbeluga 5th Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 can report cpib Looks like somebody's livelihood is gonna be affected very soon.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lv3338 Clutched August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 from Sex for grades... now become...Gift for grades ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangadrool Supersonic August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Some peope may argue how great teachers' sacrifices and contributions to children are. But, imo, teachers are paid to do their job. There's no difference (as far as importance is concerned) between a cleaner and teacher's job. So, why the special treatment and solicitation of gifts??? Some companies have already stopped soliciting presents/gifts for their annual dinner & dance from suppliers (governance issue). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin79 2nd Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Pretty sure there will be some rich parents who will pull all stops to donate a "impressive present" for the teachers... this will guarantee special treatment for their child in future... Sad that Schools have to resort to this... teachers nowadays dun feel appreciated by hand made cards anymore???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet 3rd Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Pretty sure there will be some rich parents who will pull all stops to donate a "impressive present" for the teachers... this will guarantee special treatment for their child in future... Sad that Schools have to resort to this... teachers nowadays dun feel appreciated by hand made cards anymore???? time has changed... no more Ai Yo Yo lao shi / Fang lao shi already lah... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockngbrd Supersonic August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 donate them some sperm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kkttt 1st Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Memo said Parent Support Group (PSG) Exco appealing for gifts, not the school. Yes its wrong, but the request might not have come from the school, let alone the teachers, but from over zealous parents. Don't shoot the school or teachers yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subutai 3rd Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Some peope may argue how great teachers' sacrifices and contributions to children are. But, imo, teachers are paid to do their job. There's no difference (as far as importance is concerned) between a cleaner and teacher's job. So, why the special treatment and solicitation of gifts??? Some companies have already stopped soliciting presents/gifts for their annual dinner & dance from suppliers (governance issue). Wah... your comparison is quite heaven and earth difference and offensive. Is interested to know your POV on the Serene Ong's son hair cut saga? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahjong74 Supercharged August 27, 2012 Author Share August 27, 2012 Memo said Parent Support Group (PSG) Exco appealing for gifts, not the school. Yes its wrong, but the request might not have come from the school, let alone the teachers, but from over zealous parents. Don't shoot the school or teachers yet. According to the CHS memo which was forwarded to TR Emeritus (TRE) by a parent, the event is organized by CHS Management Committee, CHS Alumni and the Parent Support Group (PSG). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angchug 3rd Gear August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 This is one upcoming problem which I think MOE should step in. They should ban any kind of gifts. Parent are under pressure to buy gifts for their kids teacher. While teacher do have their problem too. My wife is a child care teacher and every year she need to prepare +120 gifts for her students. Every year during teacher's day she received 100s of useless small gifts which is to me a total waste of money. Hope MOE ban such practice. It's the same for donation. Some schools required parent to donate min $100 or more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckduck Turbocharged August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 (edited) n people complain abt fake degrees from overseas, isnt this outright grades buying? Better gift = better marking scores? Edited August 27, 2012 by Duckduck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph22 Turbocharged August 27, 2012 Share August 27, 2012 Some peope may argue how great teachers' sacrifices and contributions to children are. But, imo, teachers are paid to do their job. There's no difference (as far as importance is concerned) between a cleaner and teacher's job. So, why the special treatment and solicitation of gifts??? Some companies have already stopped soliciting presents/gifts for their annual dinner & dance from suppliers (governance issue). actually this governance issue by certain company is very stupid. simply because the supplier had already cater that into their sales liao. so you dont get from them, they save nia. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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