A second grade little boy was suspended and asked to get a psychological evaluation before coming back to school. The problem is he didn’t shoot a
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bunch of children or even draw a picture like it, instead the teacher asked to draw a picture of what they thought Christmas was. He drew a picture of Jesus on the cross, sure he got the holidays mixed up but to him Christmas is all about Jesus.
Due to the graphic drawing, it was a stick figure that had blood coming down and “X” where his eyes should be. It was probably a picture he has in his mind growing up seeing this. To him this is Jesus, this is Christmas. From here on out though he may second guess this thought since drawing it meant he got suspended and won’t be able to return without an eval. I must ask, if you think this child needs an evaluation for something like this?
I would totally understand if he drew a picture of a bunch of kids dead, parents dead or anything to that nature. But this is his religion, his belief…it wasn’t a crime. Or is drawing a picture of Jesus a crime in school?
Now the Taunton school officials are coming out and stating the following:
The report is totally inaccurate,” Julie Hackett, superintendent of the Taunton public schools, said in an interview in her office yesterday. “The inaccuracies in the original media story have resulted in a great deal of criticism and scrutiny of the system that is unwarranted.”
So what were the inaccuracies? It does seem they are trying to state now that the teacher never asked for the kids to draw anything dealing with Christmas or a religious holiday. So what was it the teacher asked the kids to do and why keep it so quiet? If they don’t want fingers pointing, why don’t they state what they believe happened. Now the Superintendent is stating the child has not been suspended from Maxham Elementary School.
Here’s a report from Boston.com:
“Religion had nothing to do with this at all, 100 percent nothing to do with it,’’ Hackett said, adding that Taunton is known as “The Christmas City.’’
She declined to comment on the results of the evaluation or whether the teacher had reason to believe that the student was crying out for help. The boy’s father showed reporters a report indicating his son was not a threat to himself or others and could return to school.
She said the drawing was seen as a potential cry for help when the student identified himself, rather than Jesus, on the cross, which prompted the teacher to alert the school’s principal and staff psychologist. As a result, the boy underwent a psychological evaluation.
If this is the true story, since right now we do have two, I have a thought. Say the boy did draw a picture of Jesus and this he thought was an assignment or even a picture he thought the teacher would hang up. Many kids draw pictures just for their teachers to hang up, maybe she had none of Jesus. He placed his name at the top of the picture like most kids do (top of the page, place your name). Who knows since his family recently taken a trip to see a Christmas display, which had Jesus on a cross. Something tells me for the boy it was a simple drawing of his belief, not something wrong with his head.
For those wanting to see the picture visit: Boy suspended for Drawing Jesus
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