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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- I'm a little surprised that everyone is saying just blanket no religion in public school.

I am an atheist, and I generally agree, but this was their ELA class talking about culture and traditions, Muslim students sharing, talking about Day of the Dead, etc. So in this case, could only students share and not teachers?[/quote]

My kid is in public school and we have definitely sussed out who the Jewish teachers are. DD has exchanged recipes for Passover with one of her teachers, another brought her a special eraser when she came back from Israel. The non jewish principal has wished DD shabbat shalom on Friday evenings. Nobody is encouraging anyone to join any religion, nobody is threatening anyone will go to hell. Sometimes the kids (of different religions) will discuss their religions and a question will come up so they will ask a teacher to help them sort something out (like, what are the two plagues I'm forgetting). I think it's lovely that these things can be dealt with at school, the place for learning, without anyone freaking out that oh my god somebody explained what candy has to do with Easter or whatever, just like they can go to their teacher to ask why the indian girl has her nose pierced when she's only 7. [/quote]

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