Happy Cinco de Mayo
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From: San Francisco, Ca.
How this:
1. the mexican kids at school today refused to stand for the flag salute.(78%)
2. about 20% of the mexicans kids were absent today.
3. several teachers allowed the mexican flag to be diplayed in classroom and in one class she allowed it to replace the American flag for the day....
Welcome to Mexifornia.
1. the mexican kids at school today refused to stand for the flag salute.(78%)
2. about 20% of the mexicans kids were absent today.
3. several teachers allowed the mexican flag to be diplayed in classroom and in one class she allowed it to replace the American flag for the day....
Welcome to Mexifornia.
should be reprimanded and the students who were absent,
kept back from graduating by the same amount of days they were absent.
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From: Mexifornia
Don't I wish...as a teacher I feel like a hypocrit being there. Unfortunatley I've cost myself a lot of grief by telling it like it is and recieving dicipline myself...I'm not P.C. enough for our liberal education system.
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talking about being "pc".
at college they had some lame "culture day" event where they wanted to celebrate diversity (don't you all love that word) at our college.
so, they went around looking for people from other countries to be in some sort of little parade through campus holding the flag of their country.
all good, right? nope, they were soliciting people with any ancestors from any country, talking those who might be able to claim some sort of country. so in the end, they had actually 3 people from another country and about 20 others that were american parading around.
then the newspaper article wrote it up like there was people attendeding our college from 23 countries, representing the great diversity we as the community love. such crap.
and heck no, my wife (for those that don't know is not american) did not parade with a flag. she flat out told them she is not here "representing" her country, she is here as a permenent resident. her indian friend said the same as well along with a nepal guy.
at college they had some lame "culture day" event where they wanted to celebrate diversity (don't you all love that word) at our college.
so, they went around looking for people from other countries to be in some sort of little parade through campus holding the flag of their country.
all good, right? nope, they were soliciting people with any ancestors from any country, talking those who might be able to claim some sort of country. so in the end, they had actually 3 people from another country and about 20 others that were american parading around.
then the newspaper article wrote it up like there was people attendeding our college from 23 countries, representing the great diversity we as the community love. such crap.
and heck no, my wife (for those that don't know is not american) did not parade with a flag. she flat out told them she is not here "representing" her country, she is here as a permenent resident. her indian friend said the same as well along with a nepal guy.
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From: Valley of the Sun AZ
According to some Mexican History professor, at U.C.L.A., it was first celebrated
in California, in I think, 1863.
It was to celebrate the battle of Puebla, and stop Napoleon's re-institution of slavery in Mexico, or something like that.
Kind of like Paddy's Day isn't really celebrated much in Ireland, here, it's definitely celebrated.
in California, in I think, 1863.
It was to celebrate the battle of Puebla, and stop Napoleon's re-institution of slavery in Mexico, or something like that.
Kind of like Paddy's Day isn't really celebrated much in Ireland, here, it's definitely celebrated.
Most of my Mexican Student don't get it.... They all state it is only an American thing. One stated, it would be like Mexico celebrating the battle of Saratoga.
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