Nebraska principal reportedly bans candy canes, says 'J shape' stands for Jesus
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Nebraska principal reportedly bans candy canes, says 'J shape' stands for Jesus
Nicole Darrah By Nicole Darrah, Fox News, December 7 2018
An elementary school principal in Nebraska was placed on leave after telling teachers to avoid decorating their classrooms with Christmas-themed ornamentations so as not to offend those who don't celebrate the holiday.
The principal at Manchester Elementary School, identified by Fox affiliate KPTM as Jennifer Sinclair, sent out a memo earlier this week with guidelines as to what is considered appropriate for classroom decorations and assignments.
Teachers were reportedly told that generic winter-themed items, such as sledding and scarves, and the "Frozen" character Olaf, were acceptable.
Decorations that included Santa, Christmas trees, reindeer, green and red colored items and even candy canes, however, were not acceptable for the elementary school.
The candy canes, according to KETV , were prohibited because Sinclair deemed them to have religious significance. "Historically, the shape is a 'J' for Jesus. The red is for the blood of Christ, and the white is a symbol of his resurrection," she reportedly wrote. "This would also include different colored candy canes."
"I feel uncomfortable that I have to get this specific, but for everyone's comfort, I will," Sinclair reportedly wrote in the memo.
The Elkhorn School District told Fox News in a statement that "the memo does not reflect the policy of Elkhorn Public Schools regarding holiday symbols in the school."
The district's policy states that "Christmas trees, Santa Claus and Easter eggs and bunnies are considered to be secular, seasonal symbols and may be displayed as teaching aids provided they do not disrupt the instructional program for students."
Sinclair was placed on administrative leave as of Thursday morning.
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Orwell's Brave New World is just around the corner.
I heard that on the radio the other day, I had to pull over to the side cause I couldn't stop laughing..... The wife too....
When will the insanity end?
The principle is an idiot. They are shaped for a shepherds crook.
Lol better than my guess, I thought they were shaped that way for easier grip
I always thought they were shaped like plain ordinary canes the people use to help them walk, which is kind of a reason for them to be called candy CANES.
I also got quite a kick out of her interpretation of why they are red and white.
I forget where I was first told, but I googled it just to be sure.
I can still find the straight candy sticks in candy stores. This place just east of Cleveland Hopkins airport has them in about 15 different flavors.
Strange days indeed, getting stranger by the day.
because... it is a candy "J" and not a candy cane? these sjw morons are hilarious
and... psychoanalysis on monday?
Good Lord, I sure hope so!
The easily offended grow bolder by the day.........
"And don't forget to ban candy corn because it looks like the Illuminati Pyramid! And we need to ban M&M's! How could we be so blind as to endorse Mohamed & Mohamed chocolate candies? And red vines are nothing more than mini untied nooses! Ban 'em! And those chocolate bunnies! Oh wait, that is actually supposed to represent Christ somehow... er, because of the erection, er, resurrection...? A symbol of fertility with eggs and a bunny that lays them but that's Jesus, okay, whatever, ban 'em!" /s
While I vehemently oppose injecting any religion into public schools including incorporating Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Hanukah or any religious Holidays, banning candy canes just because some people think it's a "J" for Jesus or represents the shepherds crook the shepherds who visited baby Jesus would have had (meaning the Christ of the bible couldn't have been born in December since the flocks were no longer out grazing in the middle of winter) is the height of ridiculousness. That's as ridiculous as claiming the saying "Happy Holidays" is somehow an attack on Christians or Christmas.
I have to agree with you here, it's ludicrous....
I never knew candy canes were J shaped for religious reasons
They aren't. Please see comment 10.
Damn that Jesus!
Ouch!!!!
That photo indicates that the victim has been hooked twice.
Ms. Sinclair obviously doesn't know how to use a search engine for research. I typically don't rely on Snopes for accuracy, but this entry agrees with many of the other articles I read:
How petty, absurd and, most importantly, wrong.
From a lot of news I've read, a lot of "wrong" things have been happening in educating students these days.
I'd agree, I was just talking to a young person today who said they had a hell of time with spelling because the charter school she had attended for years when she was younger they would just said to "Just sound it out" when a student was having a problem spelling a word. She said but when she got into a public school they said "Look it up in the dictionary"
I was surprised, We were always told to "look it up in the dictionary."
WTF.. The english language does not spell like shit sounds, What a horrible way to try to teach students to spell. They sure didn't do this girl any favor.
LOL. Yes, spell it the way it sounds: laf, onest, nife, fone, tawk, nayber, etc.
Well it is the "corn-husker" state.
Ok, I just stomped all over my Jesus Js and will never buy them again!! The NERVE of these people, telling us they were canes all these years when they were secretly JESUS JS!!!
They just did it to piss us atheists off...
And here I thought Jesus was shaped like a fish.