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Last week was Thanksgiving week. Two days out of school for kids all across America. Time to talk turkey! More importantly, time to give thanks. George Washington’s proclamation written in 1789 states, “I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him sincere and humble thanks for his kind care and protection.”  Sadly, you will rarely hear this utterance in a public school setting because it mentions God and assumes religious faith. Thanksgiving is over and the sights and sounds of Christmas can be seen and heard everywhere. To most people, it’s the most important holiday on the calendar. Time for Christmas vacation, or is it “winter break?” Again, hardly a word will be said at school about the birth of...
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