A story broke yesterday afternoon that a Taunton, Massachusetts elementary school had suspended, and recommended psychological testing for, a grade-schooler who, when instructed to draw something which reminded him of Christmas, sketched a stick-figure of Jesus on the cross.
It had an unbelievable sound, and now the school firmly denies the story.
Julie Hackett, superintendent of Taunton Public Schools, said the student was never suspended and that neither he nor other students at the Maxham Elementary School were asked by their teacher to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas or any religious holiday, as the newspaper reported and the father suggested.
Well.
What to think?
I was in doubt till I reached this quote:
“It hurts me that they did this to my kid,” Chester Johnson, the boy’s father, told the Globe. “They can’t mess with our religion; they owe us a small lump sum for this.”
Uh-huh. Another thing: Am I the only person wondering if dear ol’ dad knows that the crucifixion is the Easter story?
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