The following week, I walked to CVS in Harvard Square to pick up two thank you cards so that students could write in them. I was shocked, first by how few thank you cards there were (I saw just ...

If straight talk doesn’t work, be bold. The next gift could come with a box of thank-you cards. Or send this column to someone who may forget or doesn’t know a note of gratitude is appreciated.

Teacher begins to think it’s “a bit circular” to write thank-you notes for gifts of appreciation ... baked goods or gift cards. (Between us, I will admit that my favorite gifts are notes ...