In this morning’s LA Times: 3 Capo Unified trustees want 'Christmas' put back in the vacation:
Three newly elected school board members in southern Orange County want to rename the two-week winter vacation the "Christmas" recess.● SHE CARRIES A STEAK KNIFE
Ellen Addonizio, Anna Bryson and Larry Christensen, who were elected to the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees in November, say they are not pushing religion into public schools, but are honoring the federal holiday that falls on Dec. 25.
"Traditionally, it was always called that," Christensen said. "It's what it is: Christmas break."
Some parents recoiled at the proposal.
"I'm very offended by what they're doing," said Gila Jones, a San Juan Capistrano mother whose two children graduated from district schools. "I'm not Jewish, I'm not Muslim, but if they think that this is respectful of our non-Christian students and their parents and community members, they are fools." ….
From this morning’s Inside Higher Ed:
A student in a GED course at Malcolm X College, in Chicago, used a steak knife to stab an instructor in the back of her left shoulder Wednesday, The Chicago Tribune reported. Witnesses told the Tribune that the student had been asking the instructor questions and then grew frustrated. Other students wrestled the student, described as a 40-year-old woman, to the ground. The instructor was hospitalized, but reported in good condition after receiving stitches. Most students who attack professors are male, and while such incidents are not common, there have been killings at several universities.
3 comments:
Whadya got against Christmas, Chunk?
Whadya got against Jews, anonymous?
Chunk, You don't look Jewish...You look more like a hillbilly..
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