I've never been given an apple by a student. I have had an apple thrown in my direction (I don't think it was intentional, but its difficult to tell) and have picked up numerous decaying apples from various places in the school grounds (bins are difficult to use apparently), but I've never been given an apple.
Last Christmas, I received 3 christmas cards and a plastic christmas decoration from my students and I was elated. Good thing I'm not in this for the gifts!
My apples are metaphoric ones. The rewards come about in that moment of enlightenment that flickers in the eyes of a student. Or at that rare time when students are so involved in discussion that they don't notice that class is over. Or the look on students' faces when they get good results back after working really hard on something. The apples aren't always frequent, but they are enough to keep me going back for another day.
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