[MouseWife]

Thank you, Alex, for posting.

I whole heartedly agree with you. When I heard they were going I was totally confused as to why. I feel they are too young.

My sons teacher {of the 4 6th grade teachers} agrees with me but he was outnumbered.

I think that what the principal is trying to do is good intentioned but over doing it.

I think they think they are going to teach the children what intolerance can do. We live in a widely Hispanic neighborhood and with all of the recent goings on I think this may be part of it. I may be wrong.

Also, I think they see normal actions of kids this age of making friends with some and not others 'intolerance'. That makes me angry and I've told the principal myself, we are all free to choose our friends. I am sorry if a child is having a hard time, but, it isn't my childs' job to be everyones friend, either.

Is that cold? Perhaps but I don't think I am intolerant.

So, yes, I really think I need to go. I worry they will try and use scare tactics OR they don't have a CLUE as to what the heck they are getting themselves in to.

And, thanks for the idea of going to the website. I will have to do that tonight.