To give, or not to give gifts to teachers on Teachers' Day, that is the question facing Chinese parents whose children are in school.

If they decide to give a present, what should it be? And if they decide not to, will their children be discriminated against in class, especially if other parents choose the other option?

Teachers' Day has become a heavy mental, if not financial, burden for ordinary Chinese parents. It is a time when parents wrack their brains to decide between the two options or to single out one among an assortment of teachers for their gifts.