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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP and while I wouldn't have phrased it the same way OP did, I agree that APS has a decidedly liberal bent.  [b]For example, my K'er has learned a lot about MLK and spent most of a month on Chinese New Year, but has learned nothing about Washington or Lincoln.  He learned about Kwaanza, Diwala, Ramadan, Hanukkah, but was told he shouldn't talk about what holiday(s) he celebrates with  his friends.  At the "winter concert" the groups played and sang songs about Hanukkah and another holiday (I can't remember whether it was Diwali or Kwaanza), but not one of the three groups performed any music related to Christmas.  [/b]I too want kids to learn a lot about everyone's history, but APS seems too focused on PC liberalism, not the basics.  That view does not make me racist or Xenophobic, just a concerned parent who wants my kid to learn history in a way that makes sense.
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Live in the heart of liberalism, NW DC, and this is precisely why my kids are in a private school.[/quote]

Mine too.  I have nothing agains liberalism (and am somewhat liberal myself).  I certainly want them to learn about leaders like [b]MLK and Caesar Chavez [/b]and holidays of other religions and cultures.  However, I also want them to be able to openly and proudly celebrate [b]our holidays[/b].  I want them to be able to enjoy Christmas carols and Santa.  I love that they recite the pledge and sing "God Bless America" in school.  [/quote]

MLK and Caesar Chavez were both Americans. How are they not "our holidays"? It seems that you are objecting to your children learning about more recent American history rather than colonial-age history. I don't see how one detracts from the other. [/quote]

You misunderstood me.  I want my kids to learn about Americans like MLK and Caesar Chavez.  I want them to learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  I like that they learn about holidays like Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, but I also want them to celebrate our (meaning, my family's personal) holidays- Christmas and Easter.  In some schools, kids aren't allowed to celebrate Halloween, but instead have an Autumn Festival.  There is no Christmas, but instead, a Winter Holiday.  Halloween and Christmas are as much ingrained into American culture as George Washington and apple pie.  To ignore that these holidays exist seems not inclusive, but to be going to the other extreme.

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