Elementary school teacher tells kids there's no Santa Claus

[CapitalC]

Wait, there's no Santa?

Where the fuck was I?

 

[haute]

Something may not be as it seems.

What does a kid learn from believing in Santa Claus? That magic is real?

Contrast that with what a kid can learn about family, generosity, and dependence by believing that people give each other gifts for Christmas.

Where in that artical does it say the children asked the teacher if Santa was real?

 

[yogirlsxman]

these parents should be thanking that teacher

whats the use of working all year, goin out on black friday and the next few weeks to get presents

thennnnnnnn

you let an imaginery fat man take the credit

thats some bullshit

you bought them presents and yall dont even have a chimney.

Let him have this little bit of credit. My little girls love one of my aunts to death. But she is a broke Junkie. So on their birthdays i get something and say its from her. They run around and love it. I got them dresses about 2 years ago. They have been out grew them but they will not let me throw them away.

 

[haute]

the kid said "i know! that's where santa lives". so as a self-respecting geography teacher (guessing that's her subject), she's supposed to let this kid keep thinking that santa actually does live in the north pole making toys?

Okay

And??

That child nor did any other child ask was Santa real or not

Which is the context that earl deemed it appropriate to talk about it.

If that child asked a question about sex or any other touchy subject that teacher would have done what she should have done here

Moved on

 

[Copper]

in order for something to be imaginary you have to know that it's not real first. your imaginary friend can't be a real person. and how does falsely believing in something make you more creative. with that line of thinking, an 30 yr old who still believes in santa must be a creative genius.

I said believing in something that lies in fantasy or otherwise does create a sense of creativity and imagination in children and it does I said nothing about adults believing in santa ur taking what im saying out of context. Were speaking of an 7 year old child that thinks santa exists there nothing wrong with that and theres not such thing as falsley beliving in something either u think it exist or u dont.

 

[Copper]

kids will learn that santa doesnt exist anyway on their own around 9 or 10 most likely...and would it be Ok for a teacher to tell ur child that god does not exist if said teacher does not believe in god b/c some people believe the santa is just as real as god?

 

[haute]

I have 2 cousins who are teachers for 1st and 2nd graders

Thanks to tv sex and violence questions do come up in the class room

Even at their age, and as teachers of young children they learn how to approach those issue without freaking out the crumb snatchers

 

[dalyricalbandit]

least he's telling them the truth

 

[@My_nameaintearl]

Do parents have some inherent right to shield their kids from things they don't want them hearing?

No.

So what's the problem?

 

[@My_nameaintearl]

I have 2 cousins who are teachers for 1st and 2nd graders

Thanks to tv sex and violence questions do come up in the class room

Good, maybe the little shits will learn about safe sex and the responsibilities of pregnancy instead of being five time, five time, five time baby mama or baby daddies before dropping out of school, since apparently parents don't teach their kids any of that shit anymore.

Even at their age, and as teachers of young children they learn how to approach those issue without freaking out the crumb snatchers

Boo hoo, so the kids cried and had a bad day. Good, it will toughen them up. You people are always complaining that the younger generations are too soft.

 

[Copper]

it can't be a fantasy if the child really believes he exists, santa can be a fantasy if a child knows that he's not really real, but still chooses to imagine him.

simply because u belive in somethin does not make it true. it might not be true to them but its still a fantasy non the less. would it be ok for a teacher to tell a child that god (or Allah) does not exist??

 

[texas409]

who cares.....

 

[haute]

Good, maybe the little shits will learn about safe sex and the responsibilities of pregnancy instead of being five time, five time, five time baby mama or baby daddies before dropping out of school, since apparently parents don't teach their kids any of that shit anymore.

Boo hoo, so the kids cried and had a bad day. Good, it will toughen them up. You people are always complaining that the younger generations are too soft.

No I complain about grown ass men being soft

Who the hell wants hard ass kids

Out here chewing tobacco, doing fifty push ups, pistol whipping folks and shit

I think children Should be children not mini adults there to validate some over zealous adults ego and need to show the world 'hey I think my way is smarter than every other way to raise a child'

 

[playmaker88]

Didnt read any post or the OP yet but..

Let the kids be kids.. they have to face hard realities when they grow up let them live.. I can see if it was on some oops shit by the parents or what have you or if thats just been their personal beliefs.. But a teacher out there pushing there"Anti- Christmas" ?(NO FAUX News)rhetoric is bitchful. .yes bitchful

 

[Copper]

i'm not sure i follow what your saying. my point is, if a child actually believes santa is real, then that's not a fantasy, they just believe in reality as far as they know, it's only a fantasy if they know he's not real and still choose to fantasize about him.

now as far as how i would feel about someone that god doesn't exist, i wouldn't be threatened or upset by it. i would explain to them that some people believe in god and some don't, and show them why i believe in god. when i have kids my goal is to impart on them the importance of their critical mind, to analyze things and come to their own conclusion, even if that maybe that there is no god. believing in god to me, never meant that i never doubted his existence. and hearing someone else's beliefs never made me want to abandon my own since i reached that point through my own critical thinking.

i feel ya but there nothing wrong or warped about a child believing in something thats fictional...and there not too many 5 year olds out there with "critical minds" most 5 -7 year olds are gonna believe whatever their told...critical thinking comes later in life. you know right around the time when they figure out santa doesnt exist on thier own

 

[MeTaL]

No I complain about grown ass men being soft

Who the hell wants hard ass kids

Out here chewing tobacco, doing fifty push ups, pistol whipping folks and shit

I think children Should be children not mini adults there to validate some over zealous adults ego and need to show the world 'hey I think my way is smarter than every other way to raise a child'

Right exactly.. Kids are going to be kids no matter what..They don't need that type of hard ass pressure to be put on them when they children now and then start going into early advancement into turning into militant combats killers.. Kids get curious and they going to start asking..That's what kids do..

 

[Mr. AJ]

Wow, a teacher that actually teach! Lie's & Deception should never be a part of any schools curriculum. (thumbs up to this teacher)

 

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[playmaker88]

Yall silly niggas are incorrigible

 

[Copper]

sorry but telling kids santa does not exist does not qualify as "real teaching" any anti-christmas drunk grinch on the corner can do that