Parent of pupil against Halloween poem

[Estro Felino]

Italy. An English teacher told her pupils to learn a poem by heart, a poem about Halloween.
A Parent who was helping his own child do his homework found the poem inappropriate and wrote to the teacher


Dear Teacher,
I write you about the poem "Halloween Dance". I ask you to justify my son for not learning the poem by heart, for I think that witches, skeletons, ghosts, death scenes, corpses and coffins which characterize this "festival" do not contribute positively to the moral education of our children. Even if I deeply respect your role and know how important the subject you teach is, I feel , as a Christian and as educator of my children , the duty to protect them from that.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and I am available for further explanation.

What do u guys think?

 

[ImmortalFlame]

I write you about the poem "Halloween Dance". I ask you to justify my son for not learning the poem by heart, for I think that witches, skeletons, ghosts, death scenes, corpses and coffins which characterize this "festival" do not contribute positively to the moral education of our children.

Doesn't the Bible contain most of those things?

 

[Estro Felino]

Doesn't the Bible contain most of those things?

Yeah indeed
Even worse

 

[Rival]

The Catholic Church has huge, gruesome crucifixion depictions. Halloween is small stuff for a seasoned Catholic.

 

[ImmortalFlame]

Yeah indeed
Even worse

Yeah, I'd say their position wasn't entirely reasonable on that basis, but it also doesn't sound like the assignment is a serious one so much as it is a fun little Halloween-based distraction, so it's not a huge deal for her to say "I'm not comfortable with my child reading and learning this".

Then again, I don't want to go down the slippery slope of religious exemption from standard education. It's a tricky one.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I came up against this when I was a teacher. Harry Potter was the book in question. Funnily enough, it wasn't like I was reading the book to the class. Just that kids were reading it independently in free reading time, and then delivering book reports on it.

Strangely, the same parent had no issue with the fact that I had to sit through religious education classes (which weren't 'religious' but instead 'Christian').

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I should say, if a parent is respectful, and doesn't cause problems for the other kids, I'd have no problems setting a similar but different task for a child.

That could be for religious, cultural or simply preferential reasons.

 

[Revoltingest]

The Catholic Church has huge, gruesome crucifixion depictions. Halloween is small stuff for a seasoned Catholic.

And they're the ones who invented the auto da fe.

 

[Estro Felino]

I should say, if a parent is respectful, and doesn't cause problems for the other kids, I'd have no problems setting a similar but different task for a child.

That could be for religious, cultural or simply preferential reasons.

Yes...I agree...
After all ..education here is surely secular and should promote Rationalism first....that is why a poem is totally harmless if teachers alltogether condemn things like occultism and esotericism

 

[Darkforbid]

There are quite a few 'Halloween Dance' poems, so the only ones I object to children learning to recite are the ones with 'dancing on graves'

 

[Stanyon]

Poor kid, their parents are crybabies.

 

[Estro Felino]

Poor kid, their parents are crybabies.

I agree...he should have understood that a poem is a poem.

 

[Estro Felino]

There are quite a few 'Halloween Dance' poems, so the only ones I object to children learning to recite are the ones with 'dancing on graves'

I think it was one of these

Halloween - Scary Rhymes

 

[Stanyon]

I agree...he should have understood that a poem is a poem.

I may post a link later but here in the states a 12 year old girl was arrested for pinching a boy's butt. The cops and the boy didn't want to do anything but the boy's mother wanted to press charges so they had no choice.

 

[ChristineM]

Italy. An English teacher told her pupils to learn a poem by heart, a poem about Halloween.
A Parent who was helping his own child do his homework found the poem inappropriate and wrote to the teacher


Dear Teacher,
I write you about the poem "Halloween Dance". I ask you to justify my son for not learning the poem by heart, for I think that witches, skeletons, ghosts, death scenes, corpses and coffins which characterize this "festival" do not contribute positively to the moral education of our children. Even if I deeply respect your role and know how important the subject you teach is, I feel , as a Christian and as educator of my children , the duty to protect them from that.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and I am available for further explanation.



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What do u guys think?

I guess it depends where in Italy they are, the south and south west are centres of witchcraft.

 

[Stanyon]

I guess it depends where in Italy they are, the south and south west are centres of witchcraft.

In Benevento a nut tree stands

I agree...he should have understood that a poem is a poem.

anyway here's the link to the butt pinching incident, didn't realize it was that old
12-year-old girl arrested for pinching boy's butt at school | abc7.com
It was shortly after Trump was elected so I guess we could say he is emboldening this type of behaviour.

 

[Estro Felino]

I guess it depends where in Italy they are, the south and south west are centres of witchcraft.

Lol...where did u read that?

 

[ChristineM]

Lol...where did u read that?

Google it.

 

[Father Heathen]

The Catholic Church has huge, gruesome crucifixion depictions. Halloween is small stuff for a seasoned Catholic.

Don't forget the ossuaries.

 

[Estro Felino]

Don't forget the ossuaries.

Unfortunately there is worse stuff which is kept as saint's relics. Saint Anthony of Padua...for example