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Tuesday, December 6, 2005
So This is Christmas
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I caught the end of a news report on the radio this morning saying teachers at a north Georgia school are contemplating suing over the administration’s crackdown on Christmas. I know this is an issue in a lot of schools, though perhaps not to this extreme where teachers reportedly aren’t allowed to wish their students “Merry Christmas.”
How much Christmas is appropriate in the classroom? A tree? Ornaments? Carols playing softly in the background? Or should schools be a Christmas-free zone?
On another note: For inspirational teacher movie junkies like myself, there’s one on tonight that looks pretty good. “Knights of the South Bronx” is about a teacher who leads his students to a championship in a chess tournament. Ted Danson stars along with the kid who plays “Walt” on Lost. 8 p.m. on A & E
Cross-Blogination Alert: If this topic doesn’t fly your kite, Gwinnett columnist Rick Badie is talking about school uniforms on his blog.
