As Halloween is approaching it has brought up discussions on whether MISD will be celebrating not just Halloween, but all the holidays that fall during the school year. If we celebrate one we would have to celebrate all so students of different background won’t feel excluded the holidays they celebrate. We live in a very diverse society in which people have many different beliefs and backgrounds. We want all of our students and parents at MISD to feel equal treatment between all of the students.
So when considering the right way to handle the issue there are many things to consider like the time it would take out of class time, and how it can make a financial burden on parents to provide what will be needed for celebrations. Celebrating …show more content…
There are about 100 or more holidays that fall in a school year that would need to be recognized in order to fit the needs of the diversity in MISD. Imagine having to celebrate all of the holidays that fall in a school year. What time would be left to teach the students the curriculum. Students would fall behind because schools would be to busy planning for celebrations. “ Tone down holiday celebrations was one of wasting allotted teaching time. There isn 't time enough in the day to "celebrate every holiday, We have to think about our purpose. Are we about teaching reading, writing and math or for parties or fundraising during the day?” ( Smyth). Money would be another big part of it as well, we would have to ask parents to buy or pitch in for certain things and many parents do not want to fit that into their budget. It may cause financial problems if one cannot afford to contribute. Many people are for the celebrations of holidays, but we must come to an understanding that there is not enough in a school year to schedule in all of the celebrations in one school year while trying to maintain our purpose which is to keep our students …show more content…
We want to our students to focus solely on the purpose of school which is to be educated. In order to create an environment in which students, parents, and staff feel equal, I have made my choice based upon the factor that could lead to more issues about how celebrations should be. Again, we have to remember that holiday celebrations are very time taking and we do not have a lot of time in one school year. Thank you parents, students, and staff I hope we can be understanding of the choice that was
So when considering the right way to handle the issue there are many things to consider like the time it would take out of class time, and how it can make a financial burden on parents to provide what will be needed for celebrations. Celebrating …show more content…
There are about 100 or more holidays that fall in a school year that would need to be recognized in order to fit the needs of the diversity in MISD. Imagine having to celebrate all of the holidays that fall in a school year. What time would be left to teach the students the curriculum. Students would fall behind because schools would be to busy planning for celebrations. “ Tone down holiday celebrations was one of wasting allotted teaching time. There isn 't time enough in the day to "celebrate every holiday, We have to think about our purpose. Are we about teaching reading, writing and math or for parties or fundraising during the day?” ( Smyth). Money would be another big part of it as well, we would have to ask parents to buy or pitch in for certain things and many parents do not want to fit that into their budget. It may cause financial problems if one cannot afford to contribute. Many people are for the celebrations of holidays, but we must come to an understanding that there is not enough in a school year to schedule in all of the celebrations in one school year while trying to maintain our purpose which is to keep our students …show more content…
We want to our students to focus solely on the purpose of school which is to be educated. In order to create an environment in which students, parents, and staff feel equal, I have made my choice based upon the factor that could lead to more issues about how celebrations should be. Again, we have to remember that holiday celebrations are very time taking and we do not have a lot of time in one school year. Thank you parents, students, and staff I hope we can be understanding of the choice that was