Mass. 2nd-grader sent home for crucifix drawing

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

The teacher is a jackass either way.

Yeah.

I would be thoroughly amused if the teacher says "it wasn't about religion OR race...it was a drawing depicting death...I thought it was morbid and feared the child was telling me that he was going to hang himself or someone else."

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yeah.

I would be thoroughly amused if the teacher says "it wasn't about religion OR race...it was a drawing depicting death...I thought it was morbid and feared the child was telling me that he was going to hang himself or someone else."

You're sure you're not a lawyer?

[VandalSquirrel]

I read about this earlier and that article said it was the X over the eyes of Jesus that disturbed her. Now when I google that I only get this link http://www.thenewamerican.com/index....-jesus-drawing

FWIW it was mobile news on my phone so I never had a link.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I read about this earlier and that article said it was the X over the eyes of Jesus that disturbed her.

The way NPR is reporting it is that he drew the crucifix (with Xs for eyes), and when the teacher pressed him about it and about who he had drawn (I would have thought that would be obvious, but hey), he said he had drawn himself. His father, who works as a janitor at the school, thought perhaps the kid was afraid he'd get in trouble if he said he'd drawn Jesus.

There are just so many things wrong with this scenario, but I don't think thta the kid was responsible for any of them.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

how do we know that Jesus is Black?

because that kid just drew us a picture.

[33girl]

Umm, this is a special needs kid. Even without that, I don't think an 8 year old's going to get all the eyeball nuances that Rembrandt would.

And it's a stick figure drawn in pencil, duh. What other color is it going to be other than black? I agree, this teacher is the idiot, and the kid is thinking WAY deeper than most people do.

[WinniBug]

Originally Posted by 33girl

And it's a stick figure drawn in pencil, duh. What other color is it going to be other than black? I agree, this teacher is the idiot, and the kid is thinking WAY deeper than most people do.

That's what I thought; it looks like the kids just picked up a pencil or whatever crayon was handy. It's not like there are ANY colors in the picture! The wood of the cross is black also, are they going to say now that there are issues because he drew burnt wood?

We get pictures at my school like this all the time, but then again, I teach at a Catholic school. And Jesus died on the cross, and dead people are drawn with Xs for eyes. Was the kid supposed to draw Jesus looking at you?

ETA: I think this is a pretty darn good picture for a 2nd grader who's not used to looking at crucifixes every day.
My thoughts...when they saw the shrine, they probably saw the nativity as well as the ccrucifix, and the kid put 2 and 2 together that the baby in the manger and the man on the cross were the same person.