[HANASHIR:9846] Re: mom and dad

[H & R Shubert <notfranz...>]

Church and state is not an issue since I teach in a Hebrew Day School.  
However, just as a note on that, Canadian, especially in Quebec, are completely 
different from US laws regarding religious education in schools.  In this 
province Moral and Religious Education is a required subject although there are 
various permutations of such, some more moral/secular than religious.
Rachelle

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rabbi Richard Schachet 
  To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org 
  Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 6:57 PM
  Subject: [HANASHIR:9843] Re: mom and dad


   There should be complete separation of church and state.  God, or similiar 
words should not be in Public Schools.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: H & R Shubert 
    To: Hanashir 
    Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 3:26 PM
    Subject: [HANASHIR:9842] mom and dad


    After the holidays I will be returning to once-a-week preschool classroom 
teaching.  A favorite song among teachers and kids alike is Doug Cotler's 
touching Thank You God.  I have been warned (rightly) by the principal to avoid 
reference to moms in songs, since one unfortunate child lost his mom this year. 
 I don't want to stop singing the song and the kids who know me will wonder why 
I miss the last verse "Thank you for my mommy, thank you for my dad, they love 
me when I'm happy, they love me when I'm sad".  Any suggestions?
    Rachelle