It's not about punishing the student it's about doing away with the Christmas/Christian holiday. There's a war on for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and so on. I remember life in school with chronic awful asthma. I still suffer from terrible asthma. I have only one child left in school now, the others are grown. If I had things my way, he wouldn't be in public school. Public schools are awful, basically just government paid babysitting with a hint of learning. I honestly don't know how teachers put up with the nonsense. My wife taught for a while until the school's policies changed. They were looking for reasons to get rid of teachers under the guise of something else. She could barely teach the students anyway as the parents were never on the teacher's side. This is a hot button issue with me. So, she quit teaching. Teaching is her passion, she teaches mathematics and is degreed. At this point, with the way schools are failing students and parents being apathetic, I'm about one incident away from pulling my student out to learn more at home. Fortunately I raised him right and he is wise, intelligent, and wiley. So he will tell me when he has had enough, he says. Ooh, the whole situation with schools nowadays is awful! Thank you for sharing and keep on posting.
Much love and light,
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