Christmas in school? |
 Dec 21 2006, 07:48 PM
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In my school you can't say/write Merry Christmas because it's a religious holiday. Plus you have Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. You can even get a detention. I was just wondering if other peoples' schools are this strict.
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Jan 1 2007, 06:26 PM
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 Kimberly Group: Member Posts: 1,961 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 121,599 |
I think that's pretty common in public schools, at least in my area. I go to a religious school, so everyone's pretty much anti "Happy Holidays". I celebrate Christmas, but for the most part, I agree with schools and places of buisnesses saying Happy Holidays. Sure, way more people celebrate Christmas than Hannukah and other holidays, but that would be excluding people. I know if I someone said happy Hannukah or Kwanzaa to me, I'd be a little offended... not mad, just a little upset that they didnt say Merry Christmas instead. So I think by saying Happy Holidays, your identifying everyone.
I guess thats just seperation of church and state though. Since I'm not a public school student, I'm not completely sure on how religion is presented - but students still should be educated on different religion's holidays, whether they're Jewish, Muslim, Protestant ones, ect. |
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RisingSun Christmas in school? Dec 21 2006, 07:48 PM
hardxcoreL0VER Wow, really? Is it a private school or something? ... Dec 21 2006, 08:03 PM iRock cB Moved to School for obvious reasons.
No, I can... Dec 21 2006, 08:03 PM RisingSun Yup, I'm in the U.S. And it's a public sch... Dec 21 2006, 08:10 PM UHH wow. in my block class we were talking about this.... Dec 21 2006, 08:12 PM rawr SOCK Wow, I think they take separation of church and st... Dec 21 2006, 08:14 PM WHIMSICAL 0NE Some of the teachers put up fake trees and call th... Dec 21 2006, 09:41 PM x1227x wth... o_o;; christmas is aloud in my school. :] Dec 21 2006, 09:43 PM Infinite. ^Throwing up "Merry Christmas", thats a ... Dec 21 2006, 10:47 PM Die romantic Yea, that seems quite odd =] Dec 24 2006, 09:26 AM Wo0yaPo0ya No, my school's not like that at all. I say ... Dec 24 2006, 10:35 AM bexxx Do they ban 'Happy Chanukah', as well?
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