Should Halloween Celebrations be Banned at Schools?

JaneNY

Heineken Helen wrote:

Again though... normal people just don't expect everything around them to change FOR them just cos circumstances mean they can't change. You fit into your surroundings. Kicking up a storm won't make life easier for you OR your kid.

Fine Helen. I don't believe I said anything about kicking up a storm in my previous posts if you look back at them. I was attempting to show understanding toward people in a difficult situation. Maybe we just look at life differently and will have to agree to disagree. I believe in trying to be inclusive, and you seem to believe that people should just fit in. I accept that that's what you believe but I disagree.

Heineken Helen

JaneNY wrote:

Fine Helen. I don't believe I said anything about kicking up a storm in my previous posts if you look back at them. I was attempting to show understanding toward people in a difficult situation. Maybe we just look at life differently and will have to agree to disagree. I believe in trying to be inclusive, and you seem to believe that people should just fit in. I accept that that's what you believe but I disagree.

No, that's ok... I just come from a country where others have been trying to force change for centuries... so we don't appreciate that kinda behaviour.. it probably will happen in Ireland too but against resistance and not as quick as it would happen elsewhere. We just have it in us to fight against people telling us what to do. But we've no problems with people who want to accept that this is how we do things and not force their ways on us. The US has quite an opposite history though :(

So yeh, we're just coming from different backgrounds on this. It's something that really irritates me though.

Dirtie_Frank

This is silly taking the fun from the majority of kids. I understand that the minority of kids that do not celebrate need a voice. Why not take one teacher or however many they need for a ratio of teachers to kids and place them in a seperate classroom and they can continue to do classwork or perhaps some sort of fun thing they are allowed to do. That way the kids who do not celebrate, do not have to and the kids that do get to still have the fun.

Heineken Helen

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

This is silly taking the fun from the majority of kids. I understand that the minority of kids that do not celebrate need a voice. Why not take one teacher or however many they need for a ratio of teachers to kids and place them in a seperate classroom and they can continue to do classwork or perhaps some sort of fun thing they are allowed to do. That way the kids who do not celebrate, do not have to and the kids that do get to still have the fun.

But that's just punishing the MINORITY so, in order to sort this out, let's punish them all it makes NO sense!

Dirtie_Frank

Heineken Helen wrote:

But that's just punishing the MINORITY so, in order to sort this out, let's punish them all it makes NO sense!

Not really punishing the minority they do not or cannot participate (do to their own reasons) right.

Heineken Helen

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

Not really punishing the minority they do not or cannot participate (do to their own reasons) right.

Agreed... I was using sarcasm

Dirtie_Frank

Heineken Helen wrote:

Agreed... I was using sarcasm

I got you

PuckJam

Halloween should be a paid day off. So should St Paddy's.