Comments on: Massachusetts Middle School Cancels Field Trip to see Miracle on 34th Street Because of Objectionable Content Part 2

By: Winchester student

Winchester student — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:08 +0000

I am an eigth grader attending he McCall Middle School, and I agree that it was very wrong of Mr. French to cancel the field trip for my younger sister and her freinds. However, because our principal slipped up once, does not mean that he is a criminal. The way this whole situation was handled was poor, and I wish that these parents had not complained about this. Just keep in mind that one slip up should not be the only thing you judge a person by.

P.S. By the way, I am on your side. He totally shouldn’t have cancelled the feild trip like that. :]

By: Homeschool Harry

Homeschool Harry — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:35:42 +0000

What was that Kurt Vonnegut Jr. story that society got to the point that anything offensive to anyone else was banned? At some point, there needs to be some kind of tolerance. IMHO.

By: retro

retro — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:50:03 +0000

Hard to believe Christmas is already around the corner. I am ready for some Thanksgiving turkey though.

By: Oliver Steinberg

Oliver Steinberg — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:52:19 +0000

I don’t sense we have got to the bottom of this. Was the objection actually against Santa Claus’s being made the central symbolic figure of Christmas, rather than the birth of Jesus? There is certainly a whiff of paganism and “magical” business in the classic movie, “Miracle on 34th Street.”

Might a parent have been objecting because the movie ignores the “Miracle in the Bethlehem Manger”? Indeed, the “Santa Claus” in the movie isn’t even presented as the (possibly legendary) Saint Nicholas of Christian tradition, but rather as “Kris Kringle.”

Everyone wants to jump to conclusions. Sometimes these situations need more careful inspection. In any case, a parent or several parents who object to a field trip should just get their own kids excused, and not ruin it for everyone else.

Of course, back in the 1600′s, New Englanders were under the government of stern Puritans who discouraged all festive celebrations of Christmas as being non-Biblical and of pagan derivation (which was true originally, but why fuss so much about it?)

By: mesablue

mesablue — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:51:50 +0000

I feel sorry for these children who have such idiots for parents. They barely stand a chance to grow up normal.

Cognitive dissonance is not a great parenting quality.

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By: Opinionnation

Opinionnation — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:04:33 +0000

great post!