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

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DCPS teacher wore Ganesh socks and a bindi to talk about Diwali. That was inappropriate (many levels) and so are Easter egg hunts. Leave religion to parents, please. Can go visit plant library or farm to learn about Spring as a time for birth new things.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher wore Ganesh socks and a bindi to talk about Diwali. That was inappropriate (many levels) and so are Easter egg hunts. Leave religion to parents, please. Can go visit plant library or farm to learn about Spring as a time for birth new things.

You're missing the point. Teacher talking about Diwali is not the issue. There's nothing wrong with sharing about Easter either. Discussing religious/cultural heritage and forced participation in a holiday celebration are two very different things.

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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

The White House egg hunt is equally stupid

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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.

Keep parsing my posts for clues that I am lying if it makes you feel better. I did say “they” initially because I do feel somewhat alienated from what I always considered my political tribe lately, and I am hardly alone on this. Your hostility towards anyone who doesn’t toe the line on every issue is exactly why Democrats will lose. You are one of those who will deserve it.

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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.

Well, friend, we celebrate the spring equinox and rebirth of the Earth after the winter rest at Easter, the winter solstice and time for rest and quiet at Christmas, and fall harvest at Thanksgiving. We do it by talking about the seasons and giving thanks to the Earth, and with egg hunts and Christmas trees (we bring a tree inside to remind us of light and life when it's cold and dark!). I probably also coach your kid's soccer team and stand next to you at drop off, so don't assume that just because we don't all have dreads and peasant skirts, we're not there. Christianity isn't my religion either, never has been, but I prefer to incorporate cultural practices into our lifestyle, rather than try to isolate my children from them completely.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher wore Ganesh socks and a bindi to talk about Diwali. That was inappropriate (many levels) and so are Easter egg hunts. Leave religion to parents, please. Can go visit plant library or farm to learn about Spring as a time for birth new things.

You're missing the point. Teacher talking about Diwali is not the issue. There's nothing wrong with sharing about Easter either. Discussing religious/cultural heritage and forced participation in a holiday celebration are two very different things.

Teacher wearing the name of a deity on her feet and a bindi is pretty offensive. Hard to defend. Easter egg hunts are similarly inappropriate. Plenty of alternative ways to celebrate seasons without injecting religion in -teachers really aren’t equipped to do this in a way that doesn’t feel exclusionary or facile.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher wore Ganesh socks and a bindi to talk about Diwali. That was inappropriate (many levels) and so are Easter egg hunts. Leave religion to parents, please. Can go visit plant library or farm to learn about Spring as a time for birth new things.

You're missing the point. Teacher talking about Diwali is not the issue. There's nothing wrong with sharing about Easter either. Discussing religious/cultural heritage and forced participation in a holiday celebration are two very different things.

Teacher wearing the name of a deity on her feet and a bindi is pretty offensive. Hard to defend. Easter egg hunts are similarly inappropriate. Plenty of alternative ways to celebrate seasons without injecting religion in -teachers really aren’t equipped to do this in a way that doesn’t feel exclusionary or facile.

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I always ask all my parents if they want their kid to participate but I also let them know they might want to pick them up early because the alternative activity won’t be as fun and their child will likely feel left out.

I’m not Christian but I know it’s a fun spring activity just like gingerbread houses. I have never mentioned Jesus nor do any of my 3 and 4 year olds ask…