Students can opt out of Remembrance Day ceremonies: Board

As usual, bad ideas.

From the same group that brings you 'no zeros'.

Wtf are people doing in Alberta ?

99% chance it is the Mormons, we had one of them in our HS class, no singing the anthem, no poppy, no remembrance day.

Agreed...bad idea.

Freedom, however, allows for them even if we don't like it.

Are you F'n kidding me? You mean the religion they practice because those guys died for your right to choose to practice it?



So did these girls.



The youngest will likely only get to remember her daddy through pictures once she's older. The men who killed him ( at least those who support their beliefs) killed women for even going to school.

God help us, "lest we forget" is becoming "We'd rather forget." Can't see that being a problem for future generations.

Something strange in the story about the reasons for not attending.....



I can see the religious reasoning, but don't agree with them at all. I do have a problem with the death in the family stopping a kid from attending the services. I can see them being absent from school because of the death, but if they can make it to school, they should be able to make it to the services.

+5 if I could

I personally don't have a problem with this. If a parent does not want their child to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies, it's up to them. We may not agree with their reasoning but it's their child, their choice.

You vill attent ze zeremony, or you vill be shot sort of negates the whole purpose, doesn't it? The kids that don't attend have to sit quietly in class - bet most beg their parents to let them attend.

Considering how we owe our freedom to the men and women we honour on Remembrance Day, participation should be compulsory. It's the least we can do to repay our debt to them.

-J.

After years of crowd size at Remembrance Days increasing we're likely going to see a shift back to how it was in the 60's, 70's and early 80's where the only ones attending were the Veterans, Military, Civilians with Military involvement and the Protestors.

And Andy, since Remembrance Day is a Stat Holiday those kids won't be sitting in the classroom they'll be out playing and having a good time which will likely lead to more of them wanting to skip Remembrance Day Ceremonies.

Hell when I was organizing the services for the Greater Victoria Area, we had to make it a Class A event so Military not specifically involved would attend.

This whole story is much ado about nothing since it's a stat holiday in Alberta how can they make the kids attend or even check to see if they did and this would only be relevant if it took place in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick or Ontario where Remembrance Day isn't a stat.........not in freakin Edmonton?

Considering how we owe our freedom to the men and women we honour on Remembrance Day, participation should be compulsory. It's the least we can do to repay our debt to them.

-J.

No. The freedom vets fought for means the freedom to not have to be forced to go to Remembrance Day ceremonies.

This ain't rocket science.

Precisely.

These men and women died for us to have the ability to be completely and utterly disrespectful of their sacrifice.

This would be bullshit if it happened here because, in Ontario, Remembrance Day is no longer a statutory holiday. It used to be, but people (kids especially) were just using it like any day off work/school. The REASON were stopped having Remembrance Day as a holiday was so kids would get a Remembrance Day program in the schools. So there's absolutely no way the kids should be allowed to opt out. What's next? Opt out of math class 'cause they just don't feel like going?

Precisely.

These men and women died for us to have the ability to be completely and utterly disrespectful of their sacrifice.

I'll assume here that you are being sincere in your agreement and not sarcastic and I'll bite my tongue in the snotty retort.