This morning in assembly the students had a lecture about the 'real' meaning of christmas from the religious education teacher Mrs Pope (her real name). She asked the students how they thought various christmas items symbolised god's love. First on the list was the christmas tree. One young boy put his hand up and said "it's a pagan symbol and was used by the pagans to celebrate their festival"
"Err, yes," she replied, "it's true that the christmas tree comes from Germany, but that's not the answer I'm looking for". She went on to explain that because the tree was evergreen it represented the eternal hope for humanity. Although the young boy put his hand up at every opportunity for the rest of the assembly, he was not chosen again to contribute.
I always find it hard to hear young people being (in my opinion) lied to. A slight bit of respite came this evening when a friend posted this:
That video clip is so good on so many levels not the least that it is the best Christmas song I've ever heard. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteExcellent clip.
ReplyDeletePity about the RE teacher you've got. What a bitch.
Very good, the clip not the teacher. I think I may have that song stuck in my head all night.
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting to see the clip - my computer is running slow.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it will be good.
I hope you got to see it Richard. Yes, Fflur, I have had it stuck in my head a lot too.
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