Halloween in Schools...

 I wrote this when schools still allowed kids to have costumes and they didn't get the day off because the administration was worried that people would feel left out or offended. Now none of DPS students go to school on Halloween. They don't even acknowledge that it is a festival for people of different faiths. They have just erased it from their little bubble.

Frag-I have decided to bring you a rant about Halloween in schools...and how some people would like to get rid of it totally.

Fig-But I like Halloween! It gives me a chance to scare little kids out of their candy!

Frag-I am sure that you could be considered part of the problem for that one! Now in school we have 'diet halloween'. No masks, no weapons, no fake blood, no 'scary' costumes. I mean really, imagine the Grim Reaper with out his Scythe! What next, does he get to carry a bunch of flowers instead? How cool is a zombie without being at least a little bit scary?

Fig-*puts down the chainsaw* So let me get this right, you can be a princess, a ghost, a pumpkin, and any other run of the mill type thing that people encounter every day, but you can't try to come up with the creepiest costume you can imagine, because you can't wear it to school?

Frag-Yep that pretty much covers it. Not to mention the fact that people are saying that you need to get rid of Halloween parties at school because it takes up valuable teaching time.

Fig-Don't people remember when they were in school? Halloween parties were cool and you know that they had fun when they got to show off their costumes. I think that they are trying to take the fun out of school. Let's see how boring we can make it for kids.

Frag-You have a point there. If Halloween parties are taken out of school that leaves kids with Valentines day, and Christmas holiday parties. That's it. Talk about sending the wrong message. Just look at valentines day-sponsoring romance in elementary schools. *tisktisk*

Fig-*grabs pint of fake blood* Well, since we are no longer in school, we can still scare the snot out of the little kids begging for candy!

Frag-Sounds good to me! Hey pass the blood!