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View Poll Results: what do you think about adding holidays to school calendars? | |||
I think we need to be more inclusive and add other religious holidays |
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39 | 41.49% |
I think we need to pare it down, we have too many |
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11 | 11.70% |
I think we need to take all religious holidays out of public school calendars |
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27 | 28.72% |
I don't care |
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17 | 18.09% |
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![]() The original concept of Thanksgiving was purely religious (Puritans). Of course like many other things, the original concept has developed into something else. To me, it is a day to spend with Family. |
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I forget who asked--HSIN, maybe?--but yes, Thanksgiving in the US is very often a four-day weekend. Many schools give kids the Friday off.
Work-wise, though, it's different if you're in service or retail. It's called Black Friday and it's the make-or-break day for so many retail businesses that a tradition of huge sales that start insanely early has sprung up. In effect, we go from a day of giving thanks for all we have to a day of insane and utter greed, as if what we have means nothing at all. There are people who refuse to participate in this, but not many. Even some people who complain about the commercialization of Christmas participate in the Black Friday sales to get Christmas gifts cheaper. What this has to do with Thanksgiving? Not much, except that I guess retailers are pretty thankful when their books get out of the red and into the black (that's how it got the name Black Friday). |
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Hey now! If we wanna have a holiday, I am ALL about Black Friday! I support local business, I increase state revenue coffers in sales tax dollars AND I get new shoes!! Now if that aint a holiday, I dont know what is
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Black Friday and all those crazed people? I would rather go barefoot!
OK, yes I like to go barefoot and like to look at shoes and not wear them, but seriously, it is a nightmare to me. People, noise, sudden movements....eeeekkkkkkk.
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I voted for Keeping Schools neutral from Religious Holidays ..
My main Reason being that if the Public Schools allow religious Holiday observance.. The Religious parents {of any religion} will soon want Prayer involved at some point for their children.. They would be able to say "Well, why not? U allow the Holidays".. If Christians are then granted their morning Prayer {with a rather Lame 'those that don't follow christian prayers can stay seated or work on some other project' excuse} Which would then trigger Muslims wanting to have their kids observe their Prayers {which are 5 every day, and sometimes More if they're Orthodox, and Ramadan adds even more, never mind the Fasting part} Followed by Jewish{high holidays + Sabbath}, Hindi, Random Pagans{Solstice, Sabbats, esbats}, Animists, Shinto, Buddhists, etc etc... I think, if they really want the children to Observe Religious holidays in a school environment, like other Posts here.. Put them within a specific Religious Academy, can't afford it ? Homeschool them, you don't qualify? I'm sure there's a way to work it out... I do like the thought of "General" Holiday breaks.. I don't agree with "burn-out" though.. There's plenty Boarding schools on a year-round basis with general "Breaks" to visit Family.. Some are Religious, Military, Secular etc.. People can even abuse the privilege of removing their child for whatever Religious reason, and the School that allows one, would have to allow the other... The Amish and Old Order Mennonite have their own 'schools' and Legally, once the children reach 8th Grade, that's it, time to be Useful in their district. So far it's worked, but that's because they stay amongst themselves willingly, and teach their Traditions in addition to sufficient Secular material to get the kids by in a constantly changing world. While grown-ups are "Debating" prayer or not...Evolution v.s. Creationism, the kids are the ones getting the crappy end of the stick, they'll be leaving elementary more confused than some Adults. btw, I don't celebrate "Thanksgiving" per se, I'm not fond of constantly remembering the Slaughter and stealing of Native lands... I'd sooner celebrate when Columbus "discovered" Puerto Rico with the help of Spain...riiiight ![]() ![]()
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