curated by Elsie Seber

Kim Perkins

• A beautiful pashmina
• a Japanese silk evening bag
• a necklace
• a pair of earrings

Joey Nevarez

In the Hosei program this summer, I had mentioned my love of kale a couple times. It probably came up first when I took the students to the grocery store in our food unit, where we did some tasting and talked about why the food is organized the way it is. On the last day, my students presented me with a goodbye gift: a bouquet of kale! I loved it and thought it was so weird and surprisingly thoughtful. I’m attaching a picture, along with a  pictures I took a field trip with my first class at CELOP (summer 2014).

Jacquie Loconte

The most interesting gift that I received from a student was a 5 foot tall stuffed llama from Peru. When I took it home, my cat was terrified of it. One semester a Kuwaiti student gave me, my daughter and every girl in the class a gold necklace!!! That same student also gave me a long gold dress and a head to toe black veil.  Some classes chipped in to give me a Mikimoto pearl necklace, a Tiffany necklace, a Cartier pen and a Swarovski necklace and earrings!!!! I’ve gotten lots of little knickknacks and cat things since students know I love cats.

Dates, teas, bottles of wine have also been common gifts.