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Massachusetts School Drops Halloween for "Black & Orange Spirit Day"
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:47 pm
First, I googled "spirit day tigerdroppings" and the only thing that came up were threads about Spirit airline so if this has been posted.. Oh well.
Anyway.. Here is the story.
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Anyway.. Here is the story.
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WALPOLE, Mass. -- The decorations are out and Halloween is two weeks away, but there's controversy stirring at a school in Massachusetts.
CBS Boston reports Boyden Elementary School will not have its annual Halloween costume parade this year.
"I think it's a lot of political correctness," a Walpole woman said. "I think it's a shame because Halloween is the funnest day of the year -- next to Christmas -- for children."
The school's principal issued a letter to parents that reads in part: "The costume parade is out of our ordinary routine and can be difficult for many students. Also, the parade is not inclusive of all the students and it is our goal each and every day to ensure all student's individual differences are respected."
On Friday, the school will have a Halloween party after school hours. But the school says Halloween itself will be a "black and orange" spirit day.
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Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:48 pm to OweO
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:49 pm to OweO
Wait! Where is the part where this is about you or some made up incredible event you witnessed?
This decent post it way out of character. You day drinking?
This decent post it way out of character. You day drinking?
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:49 pm to OweO
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funnest
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:53 pm to OweO
Goddamn Yankees.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:54 pm to Green Chili Tiger
That wasn't my word..
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:54 pm to OweO
Spirit Day? Being a white ghost in today's political climate isn't what it used to be.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:54 pm to 19
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Goddamn Yankees.
This shite started in the South when all the churches started having events on Halloween.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:58 pm to OweO
Orange, black, spirits, day... Sounds like Halloween to me.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:00 pm to Dr RC
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This shite started in the South when all the churches started having events on Halloween.
I don't know if it started in the South, but it definitely can't be blamed on just the yankees.
I can only remember back to high school, but I remember the protestant people didn't celebrate halloween and of course every year people would ask them all about it and they would say it was the celebration of the devil, etc, etc.
The same thing went for the people who attended the local non-denom church. Some of them were actually "proactive" about trying to "educate" people on Halloween. Baptist are not big on halloween either.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:01 pm to OweO
This from pretty much the center of American Halloween tradition in the northeast. WTF
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:01 pm to OweO
I live in Georgia and Halloween isn't recognized/allowed in public schools here.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:06 pm to OweO
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On Friday, the school will have a Halloween party after school hours.
frickING LAAAAAAAAAAAAME
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:07 pm to DEG
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I live in Georgia and Halloween isn't recognized/allowed in public schools here.
What?
Why not?
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:08 pm to DEG
I just don't get the big deal. Kids dress up in costumes, they go trick or treating.. Adults have costume parties.. People decorate for it because it is suppose to be fun.. It's a time when people watch scary movies and people try to scare others, etc, etc. If someone doesn't agree with it for whatever reason, that's fine. Stay inside.. whatever... But this whole thing of having to change the name of the day and all the other bullshite is out of hand.
When will people start to say "enough is enough! We are not going to change everything in life because it offends someone".
In life, there are times when people will say things and do things you don't like. It only becomes an issue if you make it an issue.
When will people start to say "enough is enough! We are not going to change everything in life because it offends someone".
In life, there are times when people will say things and do things you don't like. It only becomes an issue if you make it an issue.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:13 pm to 19
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Goddamn Yankees.
Yeah those people in Massachusetts don't know dick about Halloween!
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:17 pm to OweO
Why the frick do people even give these ‘stories’ attention?
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:21 pm to OweO
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"The costume parade is out of our ordinary routine and can be difficult for many students. Also, the parade is not inclusive of all the students and it is our goal each and every day to ensure all student's individual differences are respected."
So a parade isn't inclusive, but an after-school party is still fine? What am I missing here?
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:21 pm to OweO
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The school's principal issued a letter to parents that reads in part: "The costume parade is out of our ordinary routine and can be difficult for many students. Also, the parade is not inclusive of all the students and it is our goal each and every day to ensure all student's individual differences are respected."
On Friday, the school will have a Halloween party after school hours. But the school says Halloween itself will be a "black and orange" spirit day.
So let’s disregard your thread title and explain what this story is really about.
The school is still going to celebrate Halloween with a party, but they cut out the costume parade because there are some underprivileged kids that possibly can’t afford a good costume.
They aren’t replacing Halloween with an Orange and Black spirit day. They are saying that BESIDES Halloween, there will also be a school spirit day that happens to have orange and black as the theme.
Again, I presume it’s for the underprivileged kids that can afford black and orange clothes but maybe not a costume.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:22 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Why not
Jesus, I think.
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