DonorsChoose, ChildrenThank, BloggerMulls

Back in December, I received an odd corporate gift – a 2GB flash memory card, and a $100 DonorsChoose gift card – from Google. I suppose it isn’t that odd to get a gift of some sort when you (your employer if you want to get technical) spend over...

The world of like the 1980s

Despite my grouchiness, Donorschoose keeps sending me thank-you notes.  Despite my grouchiness, I keep finding them wonderful.  Today I received a batch of cards from the classroom of Mrs. Horton, where I had contributed to the purchase of a globe, and apparently some...

Thanks! :D

I was putting away my ducky thank-you notes from Mrs. L’s class when I noticed something else interesting.  These kids hand-write something that I thought was only typed: sideways emoticons. Way back in the pre-intertubal age, people might close an informal note...

Put it on my bill

Some of you might remember how I donated money to help a teacher buy classroom supplies and then got grumpy when the kids wrote me thank you notes.  Some of you may remember that I learned that only donations of $100 or more get those notes and how I resolved to give...