Monday, December 5, 2011

Should Santa be Allowed to Come to School?

In Fort Worth ISD, Santa has not been aloud to come into the classroom because of religious beliefs. If this were to happen where I am interning, then the activities and lessons we have done this past week would not have been able to happen! Last Thursday, my students did an activity where we learned a Christmas song, which talked about Santa, and decorated a stocking. If Santa were not aloud in the classroom, we would not have been able to do anything like this. Though I do believe that if Santa were not aloud in the classroom and the faculty really wanted to incorporate Santa somehow into school, they could have parties after school for children who choose to participate in it. I believe by doing that, it should help solve a lot of issues with religion in the classroom.