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My friend and college mate, now a school teacher in Bangalore once shared her exciting experience of Teachers' Day celebrations at  her school. She was overjoyed to receive many gifts and greeting cards from her students. She asked me whether I too had received students' love in kind. Then, I too was teaching in a school in Cuttack, Orissa. I replied I had only received greeting cards and warm hugs from the students, coz I always used to request them to abstain from expressing their love in the form of gifts and chocolates. My reply annoyed my friend, she tried to convince me of refusing gifts from children who treat us as their parents will break their heart. I candidly questioned her in response, ' If we are like parents of our students, then who pays for the expensive gifts they present us with?  :)   :)  Doesn't a greeting card they create and present us with directly connect with our heart to convey the love and regard they have for us?'  My friend, quite a