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'I’m not shelling out $125': Teacher refuses to contribute pricey gift for principal's retirement, risks job security

It's no secret that teachers are underpaid, so why should they be expected to contribute to their principal's retirement gift? That certainly sounds like something the school board, parents, or alumni associations should be involved in, not the instructors who are already pressured to shell out extra money for the adequate resources their schools do not properly provide to their students. 

Thankfully, this Redditor had enough sense to reject the completely arbitrary notion that she needed to contribute a gift to someone who had only given them the gift of a water bottle during their entire time at the school. Another bizarre moment was the revelation in the comments section that OP's parents were trying to pressure her to give in and go to the retirement party for "networking purposes." Clearly, OP is new to the workforce and still asking her parents questions she doesn't need the answer to, and clearly her parents have outdated notions of how employees are supposed to behave with their bosses. What is the point of networking at a celebration for someone who is actively leaving the workforce? 

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