Should I give flowers to the teacher?

Knowledge Day is an event that is waiting for not schoolchildren (missing their desk, studies and old friends), not teachers (who are left to sigh sadly, looking at the calendar) and not even parents (tormented by the summer education of their beloved children). September 1, you can safely call the day of the flowerman, because it is on this day that flower merchants look forward to the influx of customers.

Of course, the tradition of giving flowers to teachers came from the best of intentions. Schoolchildren and parents approached the choice of flowers to please and thank a particular teacher, to express his gratitude. Today, most people accept it. flowers to the teacher on 1 September Like a strange and meaningless ritual.





The number of schoolchildren who in the CIS countries will go only to the first grade is estimated in millions of little men. Each of them is almost guaranteed to come to the first line. flowery.

Most of these bouquets are bought at inflated prices from local flower growers. Not surprisingly, in recent years, parents are increasingly discussing options for replacing “useless brooms” with something more worthwhile.





Just imagine, each teacher on September 1 give a few dozen bouquets – a real sea of flowers. It's beautiful and nice. Until the line ends and everyone goes home.

“My mother was a teacher, and I remember those strange solemn lines. And it was strange to go home, get to 30 lush bouquets. And if one stayed in a class vase, the rest had to be taken, but how else?



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It is inconvenient to carry, to throw away - blasphemy (it was generally shameful for such an idea), there is nowhere to go home, hardly anyone has three dozen vases. So I had to place lush bouquets in ordinary buckets and basins. And only one continued to please the eyes - which was left in the classroom on the teacher's table. He stood, fragrant and shone with beauty.



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And if earlier they carried flowers from their own flower garden or garden, today it is bought lush bouquets that are in fashion. And the more expensive the bouquet, the more luxurious it is, the better.

If you ask why parents and schoolchildren carry these bouquets, the answers will be approximately as follows: “So it’s a holiday” or “That’s what everyone always did”, or “To pay respects”, or “To please the teacher”. But to please, enough and one bouquet ...



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Parents can easily unite, choose the most creative, lush, elegant, generally ideal for a particular teacher bouquet, and spend the remaining money, say, for charity.

Imagine how many good things can be done if instead of flowerMillions of schoolchildren will spend the money on more important matters, such as paying for emergency surgeries for dozens of peers or helping orphans.





DepositPhotos We acknowledge that without wise and patient teachers We cannot raise a decent shift, so we treat teachers with great respect and express our deep gratitude for their daily work. At the same time, we sincerely congratulate all employees of the educational sphere on the Knowledge Day and encourage readers to write their congratulations in the comments.

But wouldn't it be nice for the teacher to get 30 bouquets instead? special With the realization that his rejection of the useless pelvis of flowers helped make this world a little better?