I have SO much work to do. Homework is running my life. I'm so lucky I find it all interesting. Only four more weeks of undergrad (scary!).
When I'm done with school I'm going to read...
My sister's bday is this Saturday, still working on the gift. She's going on vacation with my mother the week after (I know, not fair) so I'm thinking of theme-ing the gift with that, but doesn't everyone hate theme gifts? Can't really say more, she reads this you know.
I've become addicted to caffeine. This is very bad, I wake up with a headache. There may be a correlation between this and the homework. Can I just keep drinking Starbucks and worry about this in the summer?
Also need gifts for my thesis advisers. Any suggestions for gifts for university professors that isn't an apple or tacky 'I love teacher' pins? I was thinking gift certificates to nice restaurants, but I'd like something a bit more personal.
What would you have to Google to find this post? I don't even want to know.
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Can you report back to me about that book?
I don't read but I sometimes need to be able to make conversation about current reads.
It is so unusual for teachers at university to get a card saying thank you. If you gave them a gift as well - you would get good references forever. Can't go far wrong with wine...
i had this problem, too. with writers of recommendations and thesis advisor... recommendations got nice long thank you cards and chocolate. thesis advisor got a pair of simple silver earrings that i agonized over for hours.
it's very difficult! but i agree with alice c that wine is always welcome.
I'd say it's not *so* unusual for a thesis advisee to give her adviser a thankyou card. What is unusual is for the not-so-good students to do this: the good ones always are thoughtful that way.
I'm not sure that a gift is necessary: but there is one gift that is always appreciated: a letter to the head of the department, cc'd to the dean of the college, expressing your appreciation for the education you received at said institution, and highlighting what a wonderful, inspiring job your adviser did: said letter gets photocopied, put into appropriate files, and used as extra justification for pay raises etc....
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