Originally Posted by analog

See... some of you are still saying simply that teachers have some sort of "responsibility" to lie to kids just because their parents do. I am not lying to anyone just because someone else is already lying to them- about religion or santa, or to a young adult or child.

As a teacher, they're supposed to, you know, teach. For all the kids who DON'T celebrate Christmas, education can include learning about the origins of other cultures' traditions. She gave an actual lesson on the roots of the tradition of Christmas, which is an education for all the children, especially those who don't celebrate the holiday. So the teacher can't teach about religious holidays themselves like the birth of Christ, Hanukah, Kwanza, Ramadan- but yet you expect them to uphold a mythology that not everyone in the classes believes in to begin with? The REASON we don't teach religion is BECAUSE not everyone is the same religion. The mythology of Santa Clause also not being universally accepted and celebrated, it should (and does) fall into the same category... and yet you all cry murder at this woman.

It's not my job, a teacher's job, or anyone else's job (literal or figurative) to lie to your kids or teach materials that are not factual. Schools aren't there to make shit up, or perpetuate the shit YOU make up- they're there to give an education. The reality of the origins of "Santa Clause" is factual, and educational. Some people are too blinded by their unwavering bias towards children- and i'm constantly reminded that logic, reasoning, and rational thought are traits that parents just don't seem to posess when it comes to kids.