[Yan Wang]

We all know (I hope) that our government seperates religion from schools. The problem is, in this society which is mostly Christian dominated, it is very easy for many people to realize that, Hey that's religious! At our high school last year, someone put up a pine tree and there was a fiasco about it, and it's hard not to in this overly-liberal town. If you look at BBC news online right now, there's an article about how Christmas in America is a subtle yet dangerous issue.

Today, Christmas day, my 7-year old sister started singing the 12 days of Christmas. I wondered where she learned it and she said - from school. From her music teacher. At school.

After today, when I get back home from Ohio (where I'm right now), I will send an email to the principal of her school (who used to be the vice principal of my middle school a while back), and kindly ask them to seriously rethink what they're doing. Personally, I have no problems with what my sister is learning. It's a song that has almost no religious importance anymore (like Christmas), but nonetheless it is still religious and being taught in schools. If one thing is allowed, then more boundaries will end up being pushed. I would much less mind Christmas decorations at high school because we are at an age where we can think for ourselves (though not always). However, in elementary school, the kids are much too young and impressionable to the words of their adult teachers.

I wonder, what do people feel in general about keeping religion and school seperate during these major holiday seasons?