Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Christmas around the world. My son goes to second grade. The first week of December my son's teacher started a short unit on Christmas around the world. As part of this unit, she asked each child to bring some type of food from a country for a Christmas celebration at school. She assigned the countries to the children and sent notes to children's homes in their communication folders. As a parent I do not have a problem with any of this. Here is what is puzzling to me. I immigrated to the US about 15 years ago from France. My wife is from Romania. My son was born in the US but he has strong French and Romanian cultural roots. I believe his teacher knows about my son's cultural background. However, my son was assigned to bring German food for the Christmas celebration. As a parent, I cannot understand why he was not assigned to bring French or Romanian food. What could be the teacher's reasoning? Should I be upset about this? Wouldn't it be better for my son to represent a part of his heritage in the classroom? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Well this can definitely become a touchy situation. Personally, I disagree with the teacher. Before I do any holidays other than national holidays such as Thanksgiving and fourth of July I ask parents how they feel about their child participating in it, especially when it comes to Christmas. I would much rather do Holidays from around the world than Christmas around the world. I would never want to offend someone. Second, I probably would have given the child something relating to their heritage. However, she could have given German to him so he was able to expand his horizons more. If it truly bothers the parents, they should just ask to speak to the teacher to ask for some clarity.