It's "Good vs Evil" this year at one Indiana public school
When it comes to religion and the public school system in recent years, the two are growing farther apart. It started with saying the Pledge of Allegiance and has trickled it's way down to the holidays although, some of the people who don't want their kids saluting the flag, are the same people who want to bring religion into a day that's meant for kids to have fun. As you might imagine, I shook my head in disbelief when I came across a letter in the local paper a few weeks ago from a concerned parent who is rallying up support for the cancellation of Halloween at her kids's Indiana PUBLIC school. Some of the folks say they'll allow their children to participate only if the kids dress up as biblical characters or something "friendly" like Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse. Famous folks are OK too, but here lies the problem as shown above...what to do when two third graders show up at class sitting side by side as Jesus and Saddam? To the people who are opposed to Halloween and celebrating it the way it should be, how come your kids aren't in a parochial school. I think some of the Mom's and Dad's out there that condemn Halloween are bitter people. Maybe someone put a razor blade in their Snicker's bar when they were a kid. Personally, I think the day should solely be spent a s a party day at school. At least you'll know where the candy is coming from. Besides, I've gone door to door as a kid only to come home and dump the bag out to see some horrible things. Homemade popcorn balls, stale Now and Later toffee that was always hard as a rock, and when you were finally able to swallow it, it took a couple loose teeth with it. There was an old lady down the block that would dump all her loose change from her purse into a bowl and give you three or four pennies. There was a guy that one year gave away his whole record collection of 45" singles one by one, and the lady across the street that thought kids in general were a pain in the ass and the doorbell ringing was even more of a pain in the ass. A large bowl would be placed by the front door full of all kinds of chocolate bars along with a sign that said "Help yourself but one to a customer". At that age, not one of us was familiar with the "honor system." Within about 10 minutes the whole thing would be empty. So back to the lady that wrote the paper a letter, she wrapped things up by saying this would be a bad year for her kids to participate in any Oct 31st shenannigans because it was a terrible year for people getting killed across the globe. Wars, suicide bombings, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunami's, fires, floods, mudslides, landslides. To dress up in something spooky would be in poor taste! C'mon, give me a break! If you think that way, there's never going to be a good year for anything. I suspect this Mommy is going to egged or have car covered in shaving cream. There won't be any need to call the cops or walk through the neighborhood searching for the little rascals. All she'll need to do is walk down the hall to find her kids giggling in front of the TV. Believe it or not, she said she's keeping her kids home if the school doesn't give in to her demands. Ummm, I think they're going to be staying home.
posted by Dave Sypniewski at
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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