"Spring" Egg Hunt for DCPS PK Class - Is this usual?

[Anonymous]

There are no pagan kids in DC schools who do Easter egg hunts with their pagan churches. There are no pagan teachers organizing these. This is part of a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ, and arguments otherwise are just as silly as if you said that celebrating the virgin birth wasn't really Christian because they stole that from the pagans too. A lot of stuff was derived from paganism. Now it's Christian. It's a religion, and it's not my kids' religion, and I would not want them doing it in school.

[Anonymous]

Didn't burn the school down when I heard my kid made latkes with the librarian back in December and wont burn the school down Friday when my kid searches for plastic dollar tree eggs in the school yard. After a year of being home during the pandemic I wanted him back in school smiling and laughing with his friends and teachers. I'm so grateful it is happening and that he can participate in activities we don't have at home.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no pagan kids in DC schools who do Easter egg hunts with their pagan churches. There are no pagan teachers organizing these. This is part of a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ, and arguments otherwise are just as silly as if you said that celebrating the virgin birth wasn't really Christian because they stole that from the pagans too. A lot of stuff was derived from paganism. Now it's Christian. It's a religion, and it's not my kids' religion, and I would not want them doing it in school.

Sure, that’s how you will see it if you are completely incapable of nuance and pretty rigid and narrow minded in your thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the White House can do an egg hunt, why not a school?

No no. They roll the eggs at the White House.

Maybe they should change the name to “Spring Egg Roll” at the school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are no pagan kids in DC schools who do Easter egg hunts with their pagan churches. There are no pagan teachers organizing these. This is part of a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ, and arguments otherwise are just as silly as if you said that celebrating the virgin birth wasn't really Christian because they stole that from the pagans too. A lot of stuff was derived from paganism. Now it's Christian. It's a religion, and it's not my kids' religion, and I would not want them doing it in school.

Sure, that’s how you will see it if you are completely incapable of nuance and pretty rigid and narrow minded in your thinking.

Are you looking in a mirror?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the White House can do an egg hunt, why not a school?

No no. They roll the eggs at the White House.

Maybe they should change the name to “Spring Egg Roll” at the school

Either spring roll or egg roll. Never both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Although egg hunts are obviously associated with Easter, they ultimately do not have anything to do with the religious part of the holiday. They are calling it a spring egg hunt, it does not sound like they are making any Jesus associations, so it just sounds like a fun activity for the kids. I would not make a big deal out of this, let kids have fun as it is at nobody's expense.

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Don’t make this into something it is not. There is no mention of a religion in what the teacher is asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no pagan kids in DC schools who do Easter egg hunts with their pagan churches. There are no pagan teachers organizing these. This is part of a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ, and arguments otherwise are just as silly as if you said that celebrating the virgin birth wasn't really Christian because they stole that from the pagans too. A lot of stuff was derived from paganism. Now it's Christian. It's a religion, and it's not my kids' religion, and I would not want them doing it in school.

Wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the White House can do an egg hunt, why not a school?

No no. They roll the eggs at the White House.

Maybe they should change the name to “Spring Egg Roll” at the school

So then are eggs the issue folks have... or is it the scavenger hunt aspect? We can roll eggs but not pick them up and place them in a basket? I'm trying to keep up here with what the panic is over.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no pagan kids in DC schools who do Easter egg hunts with their pagan churches. There are no pagan teachers organizing these. This is part of a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ, and arguments otherwise are just as silly as if you said that celebrating the virgin birth wasn't really Christian because they stole that from the pagans too. A lot of stuff was derived from paganism. Now it's Christian. It's a religion, and it's not my kids' religion, and I would not want them doing it in school.

Sure, that’s how you will see it if you are completely incapable of nuance and pretty rigid and narrow minded in your thinking.

Are you looking in a mirror?

Nope, I have no problems whatsoever with any fun children's games associated with whatever religion. I am also able to see the difference between a religious practice and a cultural tradition associated with a religion, and between a religious dogma such as the Virgin birth that plays a role in scripture and liturgy, and a symbol like the egg that, among many other contexts, can be seen as evocative of the birth of Christ.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't surprise me if you're at a school that is just beginning to gentrify and some of the teachers haven't gotten the memo. From their perspective, if they're working with really seriously disadvantaged kids, what the school provides might be all that some kids get.

I would forward it to the principal with a calm but forthright note that you don't think this is appropriate.

This.
I’ve learned a lot of lessons since moving to dc 20 years ago. I was beside myself at the school Christmas pageant- until I realized how much it meant to the community I wasn’t really part of. We are talking generations going way back. Sometimes you gotta let things go and just learn from the moment.

It gets complicated. This is a community rife with antisemitism. Not sure what the answer is.

So having an Easter egg hunt for a DCPS PK class is antisemitic?

And you wonder why Democrats are going to get crushed in November. I'm sure Laura Ingraham will lead with this on her show as an example of how ridiculous progressive liberals are.

I am an atheist liberal Democrat, and I completely agree! I will be upset when it happens but they will completely deserve it, both for this $hit and for what they did to kids during the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Omigosh! My kids made latkes once at school, and I took them to a Diwali party a couple of times. Now those baptisms were all for nought.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't surprise me if you're at a school that is just beginning to gentrify and some of the teachers haven't gotten the memo. From their perspective, if they're working with really seriously disadvantaged kids, what the school provides might be all that some kids get.

I would forward it to the principal with a calm but forthright note that you don't think this is appropriate.

This.
I’ve learned a lot of lessons since moving to dc 20 years ago. I was beside myself at the school Christmas pageant- until I realized how much it meant to the community I wasn’t really part of. We are talking generations going way back. Sometimes you gotta let things go and just learn from the moment.

It gets complicated. This is a community rife with antisemitism. Not sure what the answer is.

So having an Easter egg hunt for a DCPS PK class is antisemitic?

And you wonder why Democrats are going to get crushed in November. I'm sure Laura Ingraham will lead with this on her show as an example of how ridiculous progressive liberals are.

I am an atheist liberal Democrat, and I completely agree! I will be upset when it happens but they will completely deserve it, both for this $hit and for what they did to kids during the pandemic.

Absolutely believable characterization! Just forgot to throw in something anti-trans.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't surprise me if you're at a school that is just beginning to gentrify and some of the teachers haven't gotten the memo. From their perspective, if they're working with really seriously disadvantaged kids, what the school provides might be all that some kids get.

I would forward it to the principal with a calm but forthright note that you don't think this is appropriate.

This.
I’ve learned a lot of lessons since moving to dc 20 years ago. I was beside myself at the school Christmas pageant- until I realized how much it meant to the community I wasn’t really part of. We are talking generations going way back. Sometimes you gotta let things go and just learn from the moment.

It gets complicated. This is a community rife with antisemitism. Not sure what the answer is.

So having an Easter egg hunt for a DCPS PK class is antisemitic?

And you wonder why Democrats are going to get crushed in November. I'm sure Laura Ingraham will lead with this on her show as an example of how ridiculous progressive liberals are.

I am an atheist liberal Democrat, and I completely agree! I will be upset when it happens but they will completely deserve it, both for this $hit and for what they did to kids during the pandemic.

Absolutely believable characterization! Just forgot to throw in something anti-trans.

You don't believe I'm a liberal Democrat? Keep deluding yourself that every one with divergent opinions on certain topics is a troll. You may have forgotten what the word liberal actually means. That's why we'll lose.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't surprise me if you're at a school that is just beginning to gentrify and some of the teachers haven't gotten the memo. From their perspective, if they're working with really seriously disadvantaged kids, what the school provides might be all that some kids get.

I would forward it to the principal with a calm but forthright note that you don't think this is appropriate.

This.
I’ve learned a lot of lessons since moving to dc 20 years ago. I was beside myself at the school Christmas pageant- until I realized how much it meant to the community I wasn’t really part of. We are talking generations going way back. Sometimes you gotta let things go and just learn from the moment.

It gets complicated. This is a community rife with antisemitism. Not sure what the answer is.

So having an Easter egg hunt for a DCPS PK class is antisemitic?

And you wonder why Democrats are going to get crushed in November. I'm sure Laura Ingraham will lead with this on her show as an example of how ridiculous progressive liberals are.

I am an atheist liberal Democrat, and I completely agree! I will be upset when it happens but they will completely deserve it, both for this $hit and for what they did to kids during the pandemic.

Absolutely believable characterization! Just forgot to throw in something anti-trans.

You don't believe I'm a liberal Democrat? Keep deluding yourself that every one with divergent opinions on certain topics is a troll. You may have forgotten what the word liberal actually means. That's why we'll lose.

You remembered to switch from "they" to "we" on this one - next thread you'll nail it.