I used to belong to that group when my kids were in D65. It became a cesspool of self righteous SJW bullies. It’s one thing to champion the oppressed, it’s another to be a toxic keyboard bully.
I used to belong to that group when my kids were in D65. It became a cesspool of self righteous SJW bullies. It’s one thing to champion the oppressed, it’s another to be a toxic keyboard bully.
Since leaving d65 my children had their very first Halloween parade at their new school. It’s a shame in all of elementary school they have only gotten to experience Halloween once. You can buy stuff at the 1$ store. Equity is the reason Halloween and all American culture has been destroyed ahd taken from children. Equity.
If you celebrate Halloween with them I guarantee your kids will have fond memories of Halloween despite not wearing a costume to school. During elementary school I moved to a town where there was no dressing up at school and where, technically speaking, Halloween was not observed in the city.
There was still what amounted to trick or treating, but it was your choice to participate. As a kid I didn't care if I didn't wear costume to school because I was excited for the weekend when we did dress up. I felt sorry for my friends whose religion prevented them from going out with us, but their parents usually made plans for something else fun that night instead (like a movie night).
As an adult I see the kindness of not forcing a kid in school to watch everyone else have fun while they have to sit it out. There were plenty of other activities/celebrations in school where I had to watch my friends watching the rest of us play while they were stuck with some dumb worksheet. Not exactly comfortable party conditions.
Now a celebration I really miss that hasn't returned since the pandemic was my kids fall concert. I don't remember what it was called, but each grade would learn three songs (so 18 songs total) and all put on a concert together. The songs were pulled from all over the world (American, European, African, Middle Eastern, Asian, Native American...). Some were traditional, some new, some translated to English, some in original language, but all were a beautiful showcase of the different backgrounds present in our school.
Thank you for writing this - I think this is a compelling argument. I wish our elected official would put it in these terms instead of the inane political arguments they wrap everything in.
Cognitive dissonance is holding two contradicting ideas at the same time. Public schools cannot be cancelling halloween, columbus day, veterans day, and totally redoing all of American Culture and holidays (elsewhere in the world when statues and history are destroyed its called terrorism), but d65 still gives off one week for and celebrates Thanksgiving? If we don't celebrate Halloween because it's not inclusive there is simply zero reason to celebrate Thanksgiving as one example.
I used to belong to that group when my kids were in D65. It became a cesspool of self righteous SJW bullies. It’s one thing to champion the oppressed, it’s another to be a toxic keyboard bully.
Since leaving d65 my children had their very first Halloween parade at their new school. It’s a shame in all of elementary school they have only gotten to experience Halloween once. You can buy stuff at the 1$ store. Equity is the reason Halloween and all American culture has been destroyed ahd taken from children. Equity.
Given that your kids did aa halloween parade I would say it was not taken from them or destroyed. A little dramatic?
If you celebrate Halloween with them I guarantee your kids will have fond memories of Halloween despite not wearing a costume to school. During elementary school I moved to a town where there was no dressing up at school and where, technically speaking, Halloween was not observed in the city.
There was still what amounted to trick or treating, but it was your choice to participate. As a kid I didn't care if I didn't wear costume to school because I was excited for the weekend when we did dress up. I felt sorry for my friends whose religion prevented them from going out with us, but their parents usually made plans for something else fun that night instead (like a movie night).
As an adult I see the kindness of not forcing a kid in school to watch everyone else have fun while they have to sit it out. There were plenty of other activities/celebrations in school where I had to watch my friends watching the rest of us play while they were stuck with some dumb worksheet. Not exactly comfortable party conditions.
Now a celebration I really miss that hasn't returned since the pandemic was my kids fall concert. I don't remember what it was called, but each grade would learn three songs (so 18 songs total) and all put on a concert together. The songs were pulled from all over the world (American, European, African, Middle Eastern, Asian, Native American...). Some were traditional, some new, some translated to English, some in original language, but all were a beautiful showcase of the different backgrounds present in our school.
Thank you for writing this - I think this is a compelling argument. I wish our elected official would put it in these terms instead of the inane political arguments they wrap everything in.
Cognitive dissonance is holding two contradicting ideas at the same time. Public schools cannot be cancelling halloween, columbus day, veterans day, and totally redoing all of American Culture and holidays (elsewhere in the world when statues and history are destroyed its called terrorism), but d65 still gives off one week for and celebrates Thanksgiving? If we don't celebrate Halloween because it's not inclusive there is simply zero reason to celebrate Thanksgiving as one example.
The ADL just announced that Black Lives Matter is basically a discriminatory hate group that is anti-Israel -https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/fringe-left-groups-express-support-hamass-invasion-and-brutal-attacks-israel - yet d65 has a entire year long Black Lives Matter curriculum while ETHS's street is literally called Black Lives Matter Way, when there is a large jewish population in the area. Another example of cognitive dissonance.
Here is a link to d65's blm curriculum https://sites.google.com/district65.net/d65equityweeks/home