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On December in schools:
It's hard and often lonely in December being someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas. It's overwhelmingly marginalizing in our larger communities, but most of all in schools. I struggle now, and it felt even worse as a student. 1/5
It's hard and often lonely in December being someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas. It's overwhelmingly marginalizing in our larger communities, but most of all in schools. I struggle now, and it felt even worse as a student. 1/5
I never spoke up about as a kid. I wanted to fit in, needed to please my teachers, and I was scared. Now, sometimes I do: for myself, my children, and on behalf of students in larger contexts. But it is *never* easy - I am attacked or threatened for it. I pick my battles. 2/5
EDUCATORS: It is NOT the responsibility of students to speak up to tell you that they are uncomfortable before you make a change. Please, please stop doing these "holiday" things that are really just Christmas-themed. Calling it "holiday" doesn't magically make it inclusive. 3/5
World Language Folks: Stop with the units about target cultures' ways of celebrating Christmas or the "commercial" that further marginalize these folks. PLEASE. It does not matter if your students love it, if they all tell you it's fine, or if you don't think 4/5
you have any students who don't celebrate Christmas. I bet you do, or someone who dreads the holidays for another reason. (Not all families are all easy and happy, not all kids feel good watching these!) You owe it to students to step away from this. 5/5
Bonus: Read this: https://unconditionallearning.org/2016/12/05/rethinking-holidays-in-schools/ from @AlexSVenet
