Taunton second-grader suspended over drawing of Jesus

Growing up, my teachers always asked me why I grew my eyes bigger than my ears. I explained it was because I relied on my eyes more than my ears.

Lighthouse, your son's perception.. I can relate with him.
 
Um, crucifixion is a torturous, evil way to kill someone (as perfected by the Romans). If a child is preoccupied with crucifixion, then perhaps a psych evaluation is appropriate. Why would such a story be leaked when it violates the privacy of the child? If the parents made this public, it's really inappropriate to invade on this child's privacy in this way.
 
sallylou said:
Um, crucifixion is a torturous, evil way to kill someone (as perfected by the Romans). If a child is preoccupied with crucifixion, then perhaps a psych evaluation is appropriate. Why would such a story be leaked when it violates the privacy of the child? If the parents made this public, it's really inappropriate to invade on this child's privacy in this way.
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See, this is an example of people who don't understand religion and the purpose of crucifixion. it is easy for one to jump into conclusion.

A child need to discuss religion with his father if he is frightened or discuss with anyone who understand the purpose behind it and why they hold it dearly.
 
The school's response, to me, seems to be overreacted.

It seems that political correctness is going too far in western worlds nowadays, which is a pity because more and more restrictions are imposed on how we can say, draw, wear or discuss etc due to being politicially correct.

Whatever happened to letting kids be creative when drawing without being scared of consequences?
 
Miss-Delectable said:
The school's response, to me, seems to be overreacted.

It seems that political correctness is going too far in western worlds nowadays, which is a pity because more and more restrictions are imposed on how we can say, draw, wear or discuss etc due to being politicially correct.

Whatever happened to letting kids be creative when drawing without being scared of consequences?
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I agree.

First, we could all say and do what we wanted.

Years later, adults had to be careful with what they did or say.

Now, kids have to be careful with what the do or say.

If this keeps up, no one is safe.

No wonder why our kids are messed up nowadays... because of these stupid laws and rules. :roll:
 
No, Lighthouse, I am accurately describing history. The issue that would be troubling is the obsession with death and torture. If the child is not preoccupied with death, there is not a mental health problem.

You're assuming that this child is Christian. How would you feel if the child was Jewish, Buddhist, etc.?
 
I don't think there is not enough to prove what the child is thinking.

Just because a child draw a cross doesn't mean he is obsess with death and torture. It's easy for people to think so. I know plenty of kids who drew crosses in church. Sure Christ was tortured but you have to remember, in a christian religion, he isn't just any human, he's God's Word in flesh -- known as the trinity -- so it wasn't frightening for me or any of the kids I know as we knew Jesus died for our sins and arose again.

If he drew other things that has nothing to do with religion, then I agree with you.

But I know this child was raised in a christian home because of his father. His father was willing to take him a catholic lightshow. If a child who isn't a christian, I still don't see anything to it. It's just a religious symbol and they have to prove more that he is obsessed with death and torture than a religious picture. It all depends on his parent on what they think of the picture. If they have concerns, then they probably have every reason to be. btw, I've seen my state flag that have a picture of dead body and a man standing on it with a sword. And none of the kids drew it because it look tortuous.
 
I'd just rather have this handled locally instead of making this a case going nationwide!
 
yizuman said:
Taunton second-grader suspended over drawing of Jesus - Taunton, MA - The Taunton Gazette



This isn't the first time this happened. Back in the 1980s, a Virginia school teacher asked the school kids to draw what Christmas meant to them. So they did. She checked each student's work.

One drew Santa Clause.

One drew a Snow Man.

One drew a Christmas tree with presents around it.

One drew Reindeers.

Until....

She came across a little girl who drew Baby Jesus on the Manger, the teacher became enraged and grabbed her paper. She held it up for all the students to see and screamed, "This is against the law!!!" and tore it up in front of the girl in which made her cry. She told her daddy what happened when she came home. The parents called the school. They called the media. They filed a lawsuit against the school for religious discrimination. They won.

The girl was so traumatized that she had to transfer to another school.

Pretty sad how our wonderful country is turning out to be.

In some schools kids fight, sell drugs, have teenage sex in the poorest inner cities schools and it's all ok. But the second you see kids gather around at the flagpole in prayer, they're suspended or expelled from school.

What's wrong with this picture?

Yiz
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The teacher sure is a dumbass bitch. What does she think CHRISTmas means? :roll:

Obviously she discriminated her view of this over 2,000 year old holiday.

Besides, that boy is only 8 years old...the teacher would at least have a private conversation with them during after school hours instead of suspending him over a drawing. Of course he IS 8 yrs old he wouldnt understand alot of things. The more news I hear like this, the more stupidity increasing on people.
 
Steel X said:
The teacher sure is a dumbass bitch. What does she think CHRISTmas means? :roll:

Obviously she discriminated her view of this over 2,000 year old holiday.
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christmas has become commercialized for most families, let's face it.
 
sallylou said:
Um, crucifixion is a torturous, evil way to kill someone (as perfected by the Romans). If a child is preoccupied with crucifixion, then perhaps a psych evaluation is appropriate. Why would such a story be leaked when it violates the privacy of the child? If the parents made this public, it's really inappropriate to invade on this child's privacy in this way.
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I would be willing to bet the child that drew that picture has no idea what crucifixion is. My guess is that this chld thought about Christmas and the birth of Christ and drew the first thing that came to mind. Perhaps this is being way to over analyzed.
 
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Personally, I did draw two times; Jesus and Queen for the contest in early 2000's, and an another one was Jesus on the cross when I was a child. But the pictures were not from my "dark thoughts". I'm not surprise it is not allowed to draw something about Christmas for obvious reasons... I feel sorry for that boy...
 
I think we do not have enough details to make judgements. Maybe the boy is obsessed over death..maybe it was just a random drawing based on what he saw at church or somewhere else.
 
:confused: But, I heard that the school never suspended the boy over the sketch that the boy had drew. There should be an update on this news article.
 
Taunton Public Schools Response To Recent Allegations - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

It has been reported in the media that a student was suspended over drawing a rendering of Jesus Christ on the cross. This report is totally inaccurate, and the student was never suspended. This incident occurred nearly two weeks ago, it was handled appropriately, and the school staff and family had been working together in a cooperative and positive manner.

The drawing published in various media outlets is not the same drawing that was discovered by the teacher. It has not been established whether the drawing was actually completed in school. Contrary to what has been reported, there was no request or assignment by the teacher for students to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas or any religious holiday.

The inaccuracies in the original media story have resulted in a great deal of criticism and scrutiny of the system that is unwarranted.
 
Not just talking about this story but I don't see what's so offensive about associating Christmas with Jesus. And there's no law in Christianity that forbids you from depicting Jesus like there is in Islam with Muhammad, right? :confused:
 
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