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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in elementary school (mcps), back in the 80s, we used to make dreidels out of clay for Hanukkah. I also remember eating gefilte fish. We were not a Jewish school at all. Most of us were minorities! I also remember making lanterns for the Chinese new year. We celebrated Valentine’s Day, Halloween, and Christmas.

I remember looking forward to the Jewish holidays because they had so many fun festivals. I think participating and learning about other cultures and religions can help bridge understanding and bring us together rather than divide us. There’s so much division and division breeds misunderstandings and resentment. MCPS used to be a place where you could  learn reading, writing an arithmetic, but [b]also have a rich cultural education[/b]. It’s a shame that it doesn’t seem to be that way anymore.

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The OP is complaining that their child made a Diwali lantern in class. Did you make Diwali lanterns in class, when you were in MCPS elementary school back in the 1980s? I certainly did not make Diwali lanterns in class, when I was in elementary school (not in MCPS) in the 1970s.[/quote]

OP here and I was absolutely not complaining about my kid making a Diwali lantern. It was fun and I'd like to see more of that kind of thing. I'm complaining that secular American holidays are not celebrated and by my reading, differentially discouraged from mention. I welcome comparably secular holidays from all over the world; the more holiday the merrier.[/quote]

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