1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: This is gem Nation with. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 2: Down to the pub today, the pub test buying teachers 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: Christmas presents? Does that past? 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 3: The pub tests that time of month? 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 4: Isn't it to buy things for the teacher that time 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 4: of year. One of the teachers has gone on to 7 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 4: TikTok saying I'm sick of the world's best teacher mugs. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 4: We don't want mugs, we don't watch t shirts. Gift 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 4: cards are welcome for a lot of busy families, and 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 4: let's face it, it's the women that do all this shopping. 11 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 4: It's exhausting. It's one more thing to put on the 12 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 4: list of things you have to do. And for families 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 4: that are tightening their belts, this is an expensive time 14 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 4: of year. 15 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: I just had a flashback primary school and a teacher, 16 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 2: our pe teacher, someone gave him a Playboy calendar. 17 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 4: Guessing that wasn't the mother doing the shopping. 18 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 3: That calendar And what was the response in the classroom, 19 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 3: Thank you boys, that's very aside put and he put 20 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 3: it up in the. 21 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 5: Class Oh god, wow. 22 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: Went to an all boys school, so yeah, you wouldn't 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: the best flash back. 24 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 4: I wouldn't be able to do that today. But also 25 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 4: it gets competitive amongst parents as do or what are 26 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 4: we going to get? And how much are we going 27 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 4: to spend? It's exhausting, but teachers do it so hard 28 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 4: they should be paid more. They do these long hours, 29 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,919 Speaker 4: have for two very hard years. Still, if you're the parent, 30 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,279 Speaker 4: it's one thing to add to the list of stuff 31 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: you've got to do. My teacher's Christmas presents? Is it 32 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 4: passed the pub test? 33 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: I've worked for. 34 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 6: A teachers actually aren't allowed to expect people over the 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 6: day your fifty yards. I personally think. 36 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 7: That the best christmascess that a students can give a 37 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 7: teacher is a handwritten notes of fakes for the years. 38 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 5: No, because recently I had a school teacher come to 39 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 5: me and she said, I have got all these gifts 40 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 5: from the kids at school. Can you do something with them? 41 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 5: And she donated them to domestic violence, which I gave 42 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 5: them out to, so that a lot of the teachers 43 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 5: need them and they don't know what to do with them. 44 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 7: I used to send my daughter to school with a 45 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 7: banana with a message on it each day, and then 46 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 7: by the end of the year I had nothing for 47 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 7: her teacher, so I wrapped up a banana with some 48 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 7: merry Christmas message and thank you, and it went down 49 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 7: really well. 50 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 5: He loved it. 51 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 7: As a teacher, there's nothing nicer than getting in like 52 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 7: a note, a handwritten note. 53 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 6: It's free, it's sentimental, and I think that's. 54 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 7: Probably more appropriate than a president. 55 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 6: So I'm a teacher, and yes, it's lovely getting presents 56 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 6: instead of getting a present for me just by a 57 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,679 Speaker 6: pin of cat food or to the dog food, take 58 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 6: it down as a dog shelter. And I did that 59 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 6: one year and I talk about four baskets of the 60 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 6: kids loved it. I loved it and it was lovely. 61 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, my wife is a teacher, and yeah Christmas presents 62 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: are good, but no more chocolate, bottle of wine probably 63 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: good time. They definitely need a bottle of wine after 64 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: took an athrough. 65 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 4: So he's the pair. He's the husband of the teacher. 66 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 4: You know, it's nine nice soaps. 67 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 2: I just want why just eat your chum mate and 68 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 2: be happy.