提上来说，Last time I checked, Ryan's statement was protected by the

especially if this is a public school.

He didn't tell others not to believe in Santa. He simply stated his own beliefs.

Of course it's up to the parents whether to continue this fight. I personally wouldn't. It's too complex for the child and it's counter productive. But if I did, I'd ask the teacher to show the guidelines, which are potentially unconstitutional.

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• storm in a tea cup -forgotmyID- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:26:46

• School admin has the rights to descipline and restrict. That's a -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:28:07

• ..that's at the heart of a supreme court case (ruled in fav of a -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:31:02

• 正在想象Supreme court rules again Ryan for not believing in Santa... -Manymore- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:33:39

• I doubt -clipmom- ♀ (152 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:39:10

• pls stop trolling like this -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:40:13

• They do, unless it's against one's rights defined by the constit -clipmom- ♀ (120 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:31:42

• you dont want to other kids to yours how to have sex, smoke pots -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:34:19

• in school, do you? -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:36:46

• I don't, but I have no right to stop them if they're just talkin -clipmom- ♀ (87 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:37:11

• then just read the supreme court case. you don't need to reinven -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:43:37

• 你总讲这个案子，宣传illegal drug use 和不相信Santa能比嘛？看看这一段 -Manymore- ♀ (235 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:55:18

• 不要习惯性地不读就开口.这个和吸毒无关的,ok?说了这么就,先清醒一下 -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 21:05:51

• 别针妈，Congratulations! 在Morse v. Frederick（2007），the S Ct是这么说的： -Francine- ♀ (1407 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:39:05

• do you think this constitutes school pedagogical concerns? -clipmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:40:28

• 维持课堂秩序是这个老师的primary concern，她的信里写得很清楚， -Francine- ♀ (72 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:44:50

• she said "hurt others' feelings" -clipmom- ♀ (241 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:55:31

• Your opinion is respected. -Francine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:58:43

• So is yours. Night. -clipmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:59:13

• 谢谢找来有关材料否则我们的孩子可以被灌输堕胎,吸毒,乱交等等还毫无办法 -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:46:59

• 举手之劳，不谢。 -Francine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:48:28

• you think no santa is the same as 堕胎,吸毒,乱交 -clipmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:51:21

• you think no santa is the same as 堕胎,吸毒,乱交 -clipmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:51:26

• Sorry I thought you were beyond these slippery slope arguments. -clipmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:57:57

• 你的语气太多情绪,你知道学校有权如果这使得你不高兴,too bad -weston- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 21:01:10

• 看到你的这个帖子，我一瞬间特别同情美国的老师们。天天要放着ACLU的律师，哪有精力教学 -阿Q的日子- ♂ (244 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:40:03

• domocracy without individual rights means -clipmom- ♀ (67 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:41:26

• no, I will never give the teacher that right! -晓梦- ♀ (12 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:46:35

• 历史上只有个人权利没有个人责任的文明都已经消亡了。 -阿Q的日子- ♂ (141 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:54:47

• Is it schools responsibility to stop kids from talking about San -clipmom- ♀ (102 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:57:08

• 跟言论自由无关。如果某人的言论hurt other people's feeling,就应该停止。礼貌问题。 -729418- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:42:52

• 9494~ 就像某教主要烧可兰经一样，绝对不允许的 -晓梦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:45:02

• Santa 不是宗教 -Manymore- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:51:50

• 嗯~ 可是会hurt很多小孩子的心灵的，所以不戳穿是个约定俗成的做法 -晓梦- ♀ (51 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:57:54

• 但是是很多人很珍爱的传统。 -729418- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:58:23

• 这个不认为Santa的存在的言论也要禁止的话，那会是什么样的环境呀？ -Manymore- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:51:06

• 老师只是要求家长教育小孩考虑别人的feeling吧。俺想如果是8，9岁的孩子，就不会管了。 -729418- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 20:55:55

• 本来santa就是童话，不burst the bubble是对别人的一种尊重。 -我的心情我做主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 21:02:23

• 童话是人编的故事。不信故事就是不尊重别人？古狗一下，Santa送礼物这事也就一二百年历史 -piggyp- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 21:19:31

• 故事是文化的一部分，总该学会尊重别人的文化吧？ -我的心情我做主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 21:23:11

• 刚上来看见你这贴。跟我一开始的观点一致：） -piggyp- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 21:15:48

• 那末，如果一个学生说另一个学生是“坏人”, 是不是老师也不能管呢？ -N.- ♀ (229 bytes) () 12/12/2010 postreply 23:47:01