A Little Thank You Goes a Long Way

It's true, you never forget a great teacher.

Maybe the best teachers need rewarding with something special, something a little bit better than an apple.

There are several theories explaining the origin of the tradition of giving an apple to a teacher. Some say it was a family’s duty to feed their children’s teachers (thus giving them produce), others say it was a form of payment for their education; potatoes being another choice of currency.

But these days, unless you know that English teacher Mrs Jones has a penchant for Granny Smiths or that Maths teacher Mr Collins eats roast potatoes daily, we think we can do better!

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Don’t get us wrong, we’ve got absolutely nothing against apples; especially the type that comes baked in a pie, smothered in rich vanilla custard. And apart from that unfortunate incident involving Snow White, we know just how good they are for you – an apple a day and all that.

And we know that teachers don’t expect a gift but everyone appreciates a little gratitude.

It’s important to show your child’s teacher just how much you’ve really appreciated their impossible homework assignments, challenges to create bizarre costumes for the school play and expectations to bake Mary Berry worthy cakes for the summer fete. Whilst making a famous monument out of toilet roll tubes and a washing up liquid bottle has not been your favourite way to pass a Sunday evening, you know your child’s teacher has their very best interests at heart.

So if Mr Atkins helped you to memorise the Periodic Table of Elements or Mr Simpson went the extra mile to support your child through their GCSEs then we think they deserve more than an apple (or a potato).

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