Mums have slammed a 'cheeky' teacher who demanded designer shoes from her pupils as her Christmas gift.
The situation came to light after one parent collected £10 from the other parents in the class to get the teacher a gift.
After amassing £150 in total she then asked the teacher what kind of gift she would like and she picked a pair of designer shoes.
Another parent heard of the request and after feeling uncomfortable, took to Mumsnet to ask if it was unreasonable of her to ask for the shoes, the Mirror reports.
She said: "At my DC's (darling child's) school I have a friend whose child is in year 1 (different classes to my kids).
"She's told me that there's been a bit of controversy and complaints because one parent is very good friends with the teacher and took the lead in organising a class teacher present.
"She asked the teacher what she wanted if she got a tenner off each parent, so £150 (about a $267.72 aud) teacher picked out a pair of designer shoes."
The woman said the shoe gift idea was binned after complaints from outraged parents.
The idea also left a lot of mumsnet users fuming. One said: "God, I would hate to receive something like that. I am paid for my job and I don’t expect anything extra.
Another said: "I think the asking for a tenner of each parent is the problem. Normally in your class collection there is a suggestion of up to £5. Lots of people are struggling this year."
However some thought a group gift was a better idea.
One said: "I'm torn about how I feel about this. On the one hand I'd usually spend a tenner on my DC's teacher and I always welcome the opportunity for someone else to sort s**t like this and why shouldn't the teacher get what she actually wants rather than 10 'best teacher mugs'?
"On the other hand I can see why it's kinda cheeky. I teach secondary so rarely get presents from parents but I wouldn't mind a pair of designer shoes if this is the present standard now."
Another said: "Oof if I was the teacher I wouldn't have answered that question.
"Stock response is 'nothing is necessary' and then you can pretend to be surprised when a voucher appears - I say this as the standard at my school is a voucher It's genuinely unnecessary to give something like that though.
"I think the idea of a class voucher is better than 30 'Best Teacher' trinkets tbh but this was poorly handled."
