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New York elementary school has canceled its traditional mock
presidential election after kids chanted “Trump” and repeated “negative
rhetoric about minorities,” according to the school principal.
Children at Jericho Elementary School in Centereach will be voting for
their favorite school lunch instead of their favorite presidential
candidate after their mock campaign season got too heated.
“Teachers have said they’ve heard some kids in the cafeteria chanting
‘Trump! Trump! Trump!’ or saying they don’t want Muslims here,” Mr.
Rogers told ABC News.
“I mean, kids often repeat what they hear on the TV or the news, but it
doesn’t mean it’s OK,” he said. “We have
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I think those kids learned a very valuable lesson here; but it wasn't the one the lesson plan called for.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're right Rickn8or. They're being taught that elections can be cancelled if the proper outcome isn't achieved. As I said above, obama won't do that, but in the future, yeah, maybe
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