'None of you believe in Santa do you?': Fury as teacher tells her class of five-year-olds that Santa is not real

should send the kids back with a loaded question.
Is god real?
if she says yes, nail her for non separation of church and state.
if she says no, nail her for denying families religious beliefs

As if they care.

Better to ask her if Allah is real.

That might get a few people worked up.

well, parents do buy the presents and then lie to their kids that someone else did that. parents know that santa is a lie. everyone knows this. santa is not a religion or even part of Christianity. it really is not good to lie to kids when you know for sure the person does not exist.

oh shut the fuck up, its just for fun,

it creates imagination, wonder and creativity in children

look at the fuckin bullshit world,

at least there is some thing to look forward to in life, especially around christmas

so then christianity and catholics are different.
he's not called saint nick for nothing.
when one is sainted, it is recognized by a religon.
therefore the teacher saying santa is not real is a half lie.
santa in the present term does not exist. but santa the man did exist.

this!

i pity any kid who has parents that insist on 'the truth' at such a tender age

Lies are not fun. And kids can look forward to Christmas by getting presents from their parents. Not an imaginary person.

Austin is a Liberal Hive.
Welp Olive Oyl with your clever smarty pants glasses?...that's what you asked for.
Just tell little "Aven" that Santa had to be executed because his Reindeer were farting out green house gasses when he was sleigh riding around in the ozone layer...that should fix that. Go have a nice glass of sproutnog and STFU while you reap what you sew...

No, children should be happy to know it is loving parents who work hard for them who are supplying presents for them.

S A N T A = S A T A N just saying, prepping the young ones mind condition its about be sweet and get presents uhu

I believed in Santa and the Tooth fairy , oh and I also believed in fairyland too....my childhood was a magical place.....lets not destroy childhood , I ve had 3 kids and they all have had fatastic memories of believing in these things.....I d have gone and decked a teacher who had said that to my sensitive little Laura when she was 5.....

Clearly the teacher should not be teaching 5 yr olds. She is just a jealous hateful spiteful bitch who wants to bring every one down because she has nothing to hope or wish for. Leave the kids alone Bitch! She is not the one to tell them anything about Santa..just do her job and teach reading, writing and math..leave the parenting to the parents and quit being a spiteful bitch....or go work with teens who will treat you with the respect that you don't deserve.

You are so right. I hope this "teacher" gets removed from the classroom or even better, finds parents boycotting her.

Ha ha ha.

even better: Ho Ho Ho!

For the love of pete, that teacher is a Scroogette.

or finds the parents waiting in the dark alley by the school. LOL! She had no right to do that and just did it to be hateful. I also hope she loses her job. Or at least moved to the JR High or HS class so she can reap what she sows.

maybe the kids should try the old innocent questioning.
If santa isn't real, then why does he have so many t.v. shows?
T.V says he's real. which should i believe? T.V has many channels where santa is on. so teacher must be wrong.

why don't we ask Sonia Fuller what her agenda was?

She is one of the Pease Enrichment Program Teachers.

Pease Elementary school Austin Texas

512 414 - 4428.

Go home and ask your parents, huh?

I'd rather ask YOU what YOU were thinking.

Children come equipt with creativety and imagination. We don't need to lie to them. If anything it destroys their imagination and creativity to have their parents tell them lies about reality.

asshole teacher. i hope she gets the asshole grocery cart at the store.

My guess? She's a self-righteous, fundie Christian who believes Santa is a stand-in for Satan or something stupid like that.

Good on her, why teach our kids fairy tales? it sets a bad president, and makes us accept the false more easily.

No wonder why there are lots of sheep.......

HAHAHAHAH

:bigchuckle:

Bullshit. It is lying to your children. They are people. When you lead them on a years long LIE it devastates their image of you and their own morality. How do I know? I specifically remember learning that Santa was a lie and being furious at my folks for tricking me. When I confronted them they just smirked. I hated them for it. Parents who lie to their children suck and it sets a horrible precedent.

My 5 year old flat out asked me and I said no wants is not real. Never once did I play that game. But niether did we say anything about it. They got enough of the bullshit from school. My boy was empowered with the truth and he was pleased with me for being honest. It taught him to always tell the truth no matter what.

Good every parent and teacher should do the same.

Because Satan Claus never sleeps.

Let's keep The Light of the World in Christmas

Besides the concept of Santa Claus is actually celebrated everywhere as December 6 because this is Nicholas' name day.

Children are supposed to clean their shoes so that St. Nicholas can put a little chocolate or oranges.

"santa" IS real: Dutch settler kids in the 1700s would get treats and coins in their shoes on St. Nicholas day, Dec 6th. Other kids asked who brought them. They'd reply "Sankt Niklas". Say that real fast and you get santa claus. The red outfit was after the red outfit bishops in that day wore. He was a bishop in medievel times who heard three sisters crying that they could never marry because their dad was too poor to provide a dowry. He felt bad and got some gold coins from the last collection and filled three bags with money. He left it in the wooden clogs outside the door that they slipped on to walk in the muddy streets.

I also had a dilemna when my 4 kids were little. They wanted to know did santa like rich kids better since they got more gifts and they sometimes only got one on st. Nicks feastday and at Christmas, why do WE get gifts, when its baby Jesus birthday...shouldnt He get the presents. Here was my expanation:

THey knew the above true story. I told them the love and happiness you feel at Christmas is exactly because its Jesus birthday. He is in Heaven and so is st. Nicholas. They both loved us and want us also to be happy so IN SPIRIT they inspire our moms and dads to show that love by buying or making gifts for their loved ones. Rich families give more because they have more. Our family made alot of gifts because we werent cash wealthy but we showed each other alot of extra love, and no family is limited in that ability by amount. We even gave the birds the tree when it was done, filled with treats and gave to all less fortunate of our time wrapping gifts for them and so on. Jesus in His bountifull love for us shows us on this day and in this season what Christians should do EVERY DAY of their lives...wouldnt that be great.
But there is a socialist adgenda afoot to twist out of childrens minds the fanciful, imaginative, creative talent of childhood with its rainbow of dreams and paint our lives with the gray cement of the harsh reality of life. Imagination is a step towards faith and love and there is no place for these in their coming world. Get rid of Sants and the Easter Bunny, get rid of Faith and God and Religion, get rid of the parents and all you have left are good little workers for the state...

I don't think what the teacher did was right, BUT I DO think it's about time we are honest with our kids. Lying about santa and threatening them with "be a good little boy/girl" is ridiculous and is not what Christmas is all about.

You clearly have deep issues if you were furious with and went on to hate your parents because they let you believe in Santa....

Most of us normal, well-adjusted people believed in Santa as well, and remember it as a magical and wonderful time in our childhood lives that we wouldn't trade for anything.

Believing in fairy tales as a child, when your supposed to, and then learning the truth as you get older is NOT harmful; it is merely part of growing up. The VAST majority of us went through this process with no trust issues and no regrets.

OMG a teacher told her students the truth about something...

+1!!