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Colorado high school to students: No celebrating America. But Cinco De Mayo is just fine.
American Thinker ^ | 02/05/2014 | Rick Moran

Posted on 02/05/2014 8:05:07 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Hey - if they can expel a kid for eating a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun, they are capable of any kind of idiocy.

Fox News:

Students and parents at a Colorado high school are outraged after administrators turned down their request for a spirit week day honoring America because it might offend non-Americans.

"They said they didn't want to offend anyone from other countries or immigrants," a 16-year-old member of the student council told me. "They just really did not want to make anyone feel uncomfortable."

The student council at Fort Collins High School had proposed having a day to celebrate the United States during next week's Winter Spirit Week. The young people pitched "'Merica Monday" - and invited their classmates to dress in patriotic colors. Their proposal was promptly shot down by administrators.

"They said they didn't want to be exclusive to any other country," a 17-year-old member of the student council told me.

The students and parents who talked to me about this incident have asked to remain anonymous. The parents feared their children might face reprisals from liberal educators.

"It's bizarre and idiotic that we've come to this crossroads in our society that we are having to sacrifice our own culture and belief system," one of the parents told me. "I can't even tell you how it got our blood boiling."

After the administrators rejected the day to celebrate America, the teenagers offered a compromise - "My Country Monday."


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: arth; celebrateamerica; colorado; fortcollins; highschool; patriotism
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To: The Working Man

You have to understand that school administrators are among the least well-educated people in the country club. ;)


41 posted on 02/08/2014 8:39:25 PM PST by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: SeekAndFind

There is a simple solution to this: Do it anyway without approval and DARE the school to try to punish them.


42 posted on 02/12/2014 7:47:14 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I have THE answer!!


43 posted on 03/02/2014 3:32:21 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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To: SeekAndFind

44 posted on 05/05/2014 12:06:31 PM PDT by Maceman
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