a gift is a gesture, it is usually always appreciated,,we lease our field which is several acres inside of a HUGE corn field and still gift the family a nice gift/fruit basket donated from the club for the use of the land every year(it is alway unanimously approved at the club meetings),,they could just as easily say no thank you and plant a few more acres of corn..get your instructor a gallon of fuel, or a $20 gift/restaurant certificate,,in my opinion it is a good feeling to be grateful for what you have learned, and you feel better for it too.... just my .02..Rog