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>>The last time I got into the position you’re in here, I got my post nominated for the stupidest post of the year.<<

Always nice when you are digging a deep ditch to have a helpful neighbor stop by and yell down “How ya doing???? Do you need me to toss down another shovel???” ;)

>>I believe a key detail left out of this particular article about this event, is that the teacher asked the students to draw a picture of what Christmas meant to them. That, combined that these are special needs kids, the kid said something weird about one of the most violent scenes in Christianity and the teacher, or perhaps her supervisor, the principal over reacted by not bringing the parents in then, or possibly many other options that none of us who are not in the profession are not immediately aware of.<<

Agreed there are a lot of possible scenarios. My point is knee-jerk responses are not the best.

>>I wonder why Christmas was even brought up in a MA public school. I thought it was already taboo. The teacher assigning the drawings should expect to see some Christian interpretation, and this kid’s was probably not the only with a Christian theme. What the kid said was a little strange, but adult overreaction is the heart of this problem. Not religion, not race.<<

Yes. You summarized my posts quite nicely. Here is your shovel — I used it to create steps.

>>Sometimes we FReepers let our passions overrule our reasoning. Present company excluded, of course.<<

No, I will plead guilty to that charge :) What is the point if we don’t pursue our thinking passionately?