The New Jersey School Boards Association, an 80-year-old organization that represents more than 600 boards, does not have an established gift policy, but according to Mr. Yaple, the association has recommended that boards address the issue of gifts with teachers and staff.
Since we'd learned about the potlatch tradition of the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast in my Introduction to Cultural Anthropology class, it was very cool to see wooden statues from the area that represented visitors bringing gifts for a potlatch.
This can be gifts they gave you, objects they enjoyed in life, or objects that represent what they did in their profession, hobbies, or personal life.
"Please find enclosed a check for $40,000 that represents an unrestricted gift in support of your research program".
Many children enjoy getting more creative by drawing or cutting out pictures that represent the gifts they want.
Speaking of the car, that gift represents a tremendous piece of luck for that kid — but luck only gets you so far.
What does that represent?
"A priest represents people to God, he also represents God to the people and a male priesthood is a gift that helps us to understand God.
The celebration also represents an ideal opportunity for Israel to reward itself with a gift that may, just may, keep on giving.
Wells had a gift that was perhaps even rarer than the gift of being a great novelist: he represented an era by dreaming its nightmares for it.
