Should schools allow children to celebrate Valentine's Day in the classroom?
Schools should allow children to celebrate Valentine's Day in the classroom because while the holiday originally began as a religious holiday for the Christian Church, today, especially in American and other western cultures, Valentine's Day is mostly a commercial effort. Valentine's Day is now more of a cultural holiday than anything else now a days. Granted, if anyone had ethical or religious reasons to be against the holiday, then those views should be respected. However, most school celebrations of Valentine's Day entail no more than passing out character Valentine's to the entire class and maybe some heart shapped candy. Overall America has so commercialized the holiday, that there really is no religious meaning left to it, therefore it can be considered appropriate for public schools.
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