Danville's Bate Middle School students celebrate Day of the Dead

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lcjones Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 2:04 pm

This is a very interesting picture of bright and beautiful colors. It is stunning that we may teach our children in school of "The Day Of the Dead", Nov 1, All Saints Day and Nov 2, All Souls Day, of ancient Aztec religion yet cannot teach nor tolerate to be taught in school, The Day of The Living, December 25th. LCJones

mdenis46 Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 4:02 pm

lcjones, with all due respect, you're mistaken. As a teacher, I actually taught ABOUT Christianity -- many of my students had NO idea what it was about. I also taught about Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism...as much as time would allow. I got much praise from parents for doing that. One thing a teacher may NOT do is to PREFER or signal a PREFERENCE for one over another. As long as I treated all religious beliefs with equal respect I was well within the spirit and intent, as well as the letter of the law, and within my rights (and my students' rights) as a teacher. Respectfully, those who believe schools aren't allowed to teach ABOUT Christianity are just plain wrong. Unfortunately, they believe they're correct, so they won't listen to logic or reason or facts which might show them to be wrong. PUBLIC schools may not TEACH Christianity, any more than they may TEACH Judaism or Wicca. By the way, All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day are both CHRISTIAN days of worship.

redglittercoffin Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 8:17 pm

fundy fail

backacres Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 7:22 pm

It is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.-Benjamin Franklin

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