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by **sdsichero** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:39 pm

Hehehehe "CHERRY" Knoll...

Parents Outraged Over Teacher Removing Word ‘Gay’ from ‘Deck the Halls’

Christmas carols help us get in the mood to celebrate the holidays. But would they have the same meaning if we changed a few words? Parents of students at an elementary school in Michigan say, "No." A music teacher at Cherry Knoll Elementary School in Traverse City decided to change the word "gay" to "bright" in "Deck the Halls" for the children's Christmas concert. Her reasoning for the switch? First- and second-graders would not stop giggling when they sang the word "gay." Several parents were so upset about the change they went to the school's Facebook page to express their opinions. One parent said, "By taking the word 'gay' out of 'Deck the Halls,' you are making it a big deal. One word can have different meanings." Another parent voiced, "Can one word in a 150-year-old classic Christmas carol really offend someone?" The negative comments have since been deleted from the school's Facebook page, and wall posts have been disabled. Cherry Knoll Principal Chris Parker is on the parents' side, saying, "This would have been a great opportunity to teach that 'gay' has more than one meaning and is not a bad word." In response to the controversy over the word change, the original lyrics have now been restored.

by **US Agent** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:11 pm

Hate to see what that teacher does when the Flintstones come on.

by **avengingtitan** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:10 pm

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:12 pm

Hehehe "gay." :lol:

by **Stephen Day** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:13 pm

Wow, just wow. :smt011

by **avengingtitan** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:23 pm

I had a teacher whose first name was Gay. Should she have been made to change her name?

by **sdsichero** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:24 pm

avengingtitan wrote:I had a teacher whose first name was Gay. Should she have been made to change her name?

To "Bright", yes.

by **Doc Jon** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:25 pm

Eh, meanings of words change. Yes, gay has several meanings, but this teacher is going to get crucified for some stupid bullshit.

People tend to express "outrage" over the most inane of topics. The overreaction to this minor blip will be unbelievable, all in the name of tolerance or some other contrived bullshit.

"Gay" has not meant happy for a long time.

by **DMM** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:47 pm

Doc Jon wrote:Eh, meanings of words change. Yes, gay has several meanings, but this teacher is going to get crucified for some stupid bullshit.

People tend to express "outrage" over the most inane of topics. The overreaction to this minor blip will be unbelievable, all in the name of tolerance or some other contrived bullshit.

"Gay" has not meant happy for a long time.

but it has meant that in this song for many, many years.

by **Doc Jon** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:13 am

DMM wrote:but it has meant that in this song for many, many years.

So? The teacher made a decision in dealing with 1st and 2nd graders. Would the ideal have been having an afterschool special moment where all the kids learn something life changing? Sure. I prefer to live in the real world where teachers are criminally underpaid and expected to work miracles.

Let the parents step up and teach their kids. After all, these kids learned "gay" was a "bad" word somewhere.

by **Doc Jon** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:14 am

And I'm not for necessarily changing the word. I'm against the overreaction that this teacher will face.

by **avengingtitan** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:26 am

Doc Jon wrote:And I'm not for necessarily changing the word. I'm against the overreaction that this teacher will face.

All that was needed was for the principle or whoever just to pull her into the office and tell her not to be stupid.

by **ThatGuyRoman** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:31 am

We should ask Tyson Homosexual what he thinks ...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth ... _word.html

by **Doc Jon** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:31 am

avengingtitan wrote:All that was needed was for the principle or whoever just to pull her into the office and tell her not to be stupid.

Or tell the parents to fuck off with their faux outrage...

by **sdsichero** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:32 am

Doc Jon wrote:
So? The teacher made a decision in dealing with 1st and 2nd graders. Would the ideal have been having an afterschool special moment where all the kids learn something life changing? Sure. I prefer to live in the real world where teachers are criminally underpaid and expected to work miracles.

Let the parents step up and teach their kids. After all, these kids learned "gay" was a "bad" word somewhere.

No the teacher needs to tell them what the word really means. In context.