Grinch or Santa?

Some parents are getting upset over the fact that the Fort Worth school district is not allowing gift exhcanges or Santa visits in their classrooms.


If I was to have a say on this, then I would go with NOT celebrating Christmas in class. Some reasons to back up my opinion are :


1. Giving gifts and having a party during class causes many distractions and takes away valuable instruction time from the teacher

2. Not all kids in a classroom celebrate Christmas. Why make them uncomfortable? Teachers should take that more into consideration.

3. Students that don't celebrate it, can't participate or get involved in activities being done at school. Making students feel left out and again, uncomfortable.

Read the first and second article on the topic on the Star Telegram to know more information about this.