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School Bans Fall Holiday Celebrations

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    Elementary school principal deems Columbus Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving 'insensitive'

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A Massachusetts elementary school principal is -- Columbus Day Halloween and Thanksgiving calling them insensitive.

-- email to teachers warning them about celebrating the fall holidays at school principal and Foley writes quote.

When we're young we might have been able to claim ignorance of the atrocities that Christopher Columbus committed against the indigenous peoples we can no longer do you so.

For many of us -- our students celebrating this particular person is an insult and a slight to the people.

He and not only did Jerry this is this teacher -- -- miserable person -- that's all I can gather.

I think He should have same fate as the Google I gotta go it's just getting it right -- -- she.

Unfortunately.

It's sheik yeah -- yeah study now we get to celebrate Thanksgiving we get to celebrate Halloween.

Yeah none of that silly.

Well not only does it is satanic let's -- -- -- And other stuff you have run anybody here -- -- you -- fought on do you think maybe she just walks like a PBS documentary that's a bit ahead of course He picked -- cookbook by.

Noam Chomsky yet rated one night yes -- can she breakfast and people like this summer on Halloween and when we flaming bags who wondered report comes out and occupy Wily Mo Pena to have insensitivity -- -- -- -- if you leave your act.

Yeah.

Right -- so proud of -- -- you just grew and it I did.

All right go after my height is.

Kiss me again -- that He doesn't let me actually answer the when I.

I'm not gonna answer I had a point to make but I'm not make you play now.

-- -- -- Any good teachers left isn't this example of why our educational system since that's.

Harold what's sad because kids are the ones in Osaka they're not able to celebrate any of these holidays you can't even dressed up in Halloween costumes -- we did that ever again.

That's no different at an authentic -- daisy and a book and messages saying she's putting her own viewpoint and affecting the whole school -- that -- at Halloween is what she personally believe yeah they should make a movement protest against terror and give her a timeout and kicker out of act done.

-- violent -- your family doesn't invite your Thanksgiving.

That it doesn't matter to you doesn't.

Yeah yeah.

I did I borrow all every single one of those -- to get rid of those parades the damage that you New York far more than you know -- -- -- about wall streeters.

What I care about is to get as -- Obama's and I don't get any ordinary.

It is only about.

This gadgets and statues and -- now.

I just haven't well its members have.

You add items out of that I I discovered the Bahamas in 98 in the attic wall that -- -- I sandals resort go ahead yeah I'll call you avenue side and -- taking.

You know -- towns that it.

It -- I don't regret this teachers should not be -- think they'll talk Thanksgiving in Columbus -- in -- -- because -- -- points though your point.

It's forgotten He.