St.Patrick's Day Pinching

[Earl Sande <sandes@wilken-dsm.com>]

Excuse me if I'm missing the point, but it seems to me that we should be
taking a stand against actions that hurt people, either physically or
spiritually.  My children faced pinching and, in the school they
attended the teacher equated it with "it's tradition," thereby
legitimizing it.  The same teacher, by the way, used that same argument
to continue doing nothing about Wednesdays as "Flip Day" when my
daughter had to wear a dress so the boys could "flip" it up.  She could
not understand what was so upsetting.  Let's get rid of these hurting
practices!

--
Earl Sande, Upper School Librarian,
International School of Tanganyika,
United Nations Road,
Post Office Box 2651,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(e-mail : sandes@wilken-dsm.com)

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