The parents are upset because they lied to their children and the
teacher exposed it.
What would have been better is if the teacher told the class that they
should discuss their Santa questions with their parents.
I recall the day when an older neighborhood friend broke the cold hard
truth about Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy all in about 15
seconds. Shakes your trust in all your elders. You become much more wary
of what they say.
Of course my children know the Santa stories and we play Easter Bunny
and Tooth Fairy but they know they are make believe (and that Santa has
some historical basis). We can tease but I make sure that they know when
it is teasing so that their trust is not violated.
Larry Barnes wrote:
> Okay, I'm waiting to see which ambulance chaser will file suit in behalf
> of these parents who are offended by what a teacher did. I don't care
> for what the teacher did and I could undo what was said (been there done
> that!)
>
> Parents irate after class told that Santa Claus is 'make-believe'
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/1001146.asp?0cv=CB20
>
>
> ASSOCIATED PRESS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brice Yokem [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:43 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: 10 Commandments
>
>
> If the council members wish to meet on the front lawn and say a prayer
> before they enter the civil building and start collecting their
> paychecks,
> that is nobody's business but their own. If, however, they wish to use
> any
> portion of the time allotted for conducting the business of the
> government,
> that is equivalent to state funded religion and is unconstitutional.
>
> ------------------------
>
> For almost 200 years, the states had prayer as part of government
> rituals of various kinds. Some even had state religions. Then the
> Supreme Court 'found' language in the Constitution which had previously
> not been there with no Constitutional Amendment to validate it, which
> forbade prayer. We still have 'In God We Trust' on our currency. So
> I submit prayer is not unconstitutional, but simply an arbitrary
> decision.
>
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