2007-01-23 17:08:27.751433+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
What happens when an atheist kid writes a "What I want for Christmas" essay:
What do I want for Christmas, I want a less assuming teacher. I want a teacher who thinks past the standard "What I want for Christmas..." assignment when she's aware that three out of her twenty students probably don't celebrate Christmas.
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#Comment Re: made: 2007-01-23 20:07:05.71932+01 by: Nancy
Wow - what an awesome essay. And then hilarious (in a particularly pitiful way) that the teacher proceeds to shoot her other foot off by saying, essentially, that the student, by showing empathy for other people, proves she's not an atheist.
I echo the parent's comment - "WTF?"
I'm guessing the teacher figured she was proving she [the teacher] is a Christian by giving the kid an "A". And I'm also fairly certain she felt she was comforting the student by denying her atheist stance. I mean...horrors!!
Is there some symbol for "consider the source"? If so, I'd give the kid a great big one to take to school and stick on her desk.
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