Bangor High School says Hello Kitty Christmas tree can stay after all
In reversing the much-criticized ban, the principal says the school is now satisfied that math teacher Catherine Gordon's tree highlights the 'universal nature of holiday celebration.
'BANGOR — Bangor High School has reversed its decision to prevent a math teacher from keeping a pink Hello Kitty Christmas tree in her classroom.
School officials had said Catherine Gordon had to remove the tree. The superintendent said the tree needed an educational component.
WABI-TV reports Principal Paul Butler said Tuesday that the school is now satisfied that the tree highlights the “universal nature of holiday celebration.” He says the tree is appropriate for a school setting.
Gordon wrote on her Facebook page earlier that “everything offends everyone all the time” and that it “just sucks the joy out of everything.”
News of the tree’s removal took off on social media. Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said the school went too far in ordering its removal.
Vocabulary:
1. reversed - move backward; turn (something) the other way around or up or inside out
2. took off - is also to leave suddenly; in the other direction.
Questions:
1. Identify how Catherine Gordon reacted to the much-criticized ban.
2. What's the purpose of letting the Hello Kitty Christmas tree stay in the teacher's classroom?
3. How did the people take the inhumane decision of clearing away the said Christmas tree?
4. Why was the removal of the Hello Kitty Christmas tree become an issue? What kind of information did Gordon publicized?
5. Talk about the Christmas decor you put/have in your country during this season. Has there been a special decorated tree?
