PC Elementary: Public Schools Ignore Veterans Day By Nelson Guirado

For the second year in a row, administrators at my children’s’ school didn’t find Veterans Day compelling enough to interrupt their rigorous curriculum with letters of appreciation to veterans, read-aloud stories of military valor, or assemblies honoring those who risk their lives for us all. I understand things were especially tight for the fourth grade this year at Selby Grove Elementary in Pico Rivera, CA - what with the two weeks they spent on their “Dia De Los Muertos” project.

Huh? Dia de los what?

“Dia de los Muertos,” for the culturally insensitive among you, is a Mexican festival honoring dead ancestors. It might seem odd to many readers that an American public school would devote a chunk of their educational time to a foreign, quasi-religious observance over a unifying, secular, and American holiday like Veterans Day. You’re not alone. I know that it’s at least as strange to the parents of the students - many of whom happen to be veterans - who neither ask for nor expect their ancestors’ native holidays to get three minutes of class time.

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