Wicked Stupid :: Volunteer asked to call Easter eggs 'spring spheres'

[BostonJockGuy]

Some are wondering if political correctness has gone too far in Seattle.

"Jessica" -- a student volunteering in a 3rd grade class -- said she had to use the name "spring spheres" for Easter eggs.

Jessica wanted to fill plastic eggs with treats for the kids. The teacher approved -- with the one caveat.

Jessica explained it to a local radio station.

"She said that I could do it as long as I called the treat 'spring spheres.' I couldn't call them Easter eggs," said Jessica.

Full story here!

 

[pat grimshaw]

PC Dogma = Rules for fools

 

[jaysizzles]

Spheres!

Finally! I find the word 'egg' to be highly offensive and politically incorrect!

 

[treanir]

^ Agreed. It's very provoking to be called an egg. VERY.*





*And Humpty Dumpty agrees with me.

 

[quasar]

Not to be 'precious', but an egg is much more of a prolate ellipsoid - it is most definitely not a sphere....

It would be interesting to know WHY she can't call them Easter Eggs - no-one seems to have given a reason.

 

[Keelandson]

Chicken eggs aren't spheres, and neither is any chocolate egg for sale in stores. But I suppose spring oblate spheroids wouldn't fly.

So to speak.

 

[medic1]

Quasar it was probably in case the word Easter offends people who are
not christian. This pc shit is bang out of order when you cant even let kids
go and play the Easter egg hunt. Am sure that most of us can remember
the fun of trying to find as many as you could then after munching so much
chocolate feeling sick but really happy.

 

[fetaby]

It may not be offensive, but it is assuming. I would have no problem calling them something other than easter eggs, but not spring spheres. Those words don't fit together very well. Why not spring eggs?

This pc shit is bang out of order when you cant even let kids
go and play the Easter egg hunt.

But they are letting them. They just aren't calling it Easter. They have the eggs, they have the candy.

 

[jaysizzles]

It may not be offensive, but it is assuming. I would have no problem calling them something other than easter eggs, but not spring spheres. Those words don't fit together very well. Why not spring eggs?

Or how about just calling them 'eggs'? (duh!) As in "Hey kids...let's have an egg hunt!" That works and calls no attention to a religious holiday. They just way over-complicated the whole pc thing which brings negative attention to any legitimate attempt to separate church and state.

But they are letting them. They just aren't calling it Easter. They have the [STRIKE]eggs[/STRIKE] spheres, they have the candy.

corrected that for you...must be pc...

 

[HornyHenry]

Some of the definitions are funny as hell, others ridiculous, seems many have come into daily use.
I guess even the word "eggs" seems to have a vulgar meaning to some these days ("suck eggs"), not to mention "balls".It's sometimes referred to as ball-sucking.

 

[Keelandson]

The religious crowd demands use of the term "women's spheres."

 

[wastedtime]

Its kinda ironic as Easter is based on a lot of Pagan traditions. The eggs can actually symbolize new birth, rather than resurrection. So this begs the question are they trying to avoid Christian terminology or Pagan?

It also reminds me of a comedy bit that I believe George Carlin did on not understanding the Easter Egg hunt tradition. "Christ has risen! Hide the eggs!"

 

[Keelandson]

Shouldn't that have been Spring Ova, or perhaps Ver Ova?

Menopause — ova and out.

How do you want 'em? Easy ova, please.

Yukky — Ovatine

Women's wrestling: When the final bell rings, it's all ova but the shouting.

WACs' song in 1917: Ova There

Fools rush in where angel sphere to tread, so it's ova for me.

 

[joshBTW]

in what world is an egg spherical shaped?

 

[herry1]

I agree they're shouldn't be called Easter eggs, Easter eggs are made of chocolate.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Has anyone got more information on this story?

I wonder if it's a hoax or a beat-up?

 

[Adrock-JD]

Next kid may want to sacrifice a lamb for passover.

Call it "Spring lamb bleed" and it's fine?

 

[Perdurisque]

HenMM's!

 

[RobinGoodfellow]

wastedtime: Why is it always a surprise when a Christian holiday is found to have pagan roots? Weird...

Thanksgiving feasts....have become secularized

Er....Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday. It's always been secular; it was just two groups sitting down for dinner, with one of the groups thanking the other for helping them out. Sure, there was prayer, but it wasn't the centerpiece of the dinner.

That said, I am a former teacher, and I don't believe it is the correct course to ban the presence of religious elements in a public classroom, but a positive inclusion as long as an administrative oversight ensures that it is part of a broader spectrum of life and culture, and avoids any smack of proselytization. Religion is a reality in the world, and shouldn't be shunned any more than images of same-sex parents.

As much as I hate arguing this: The problem is that you can't strip it of the religious connotations without ruining the holiday, and you can't easily make atheism part of the curriculum in order to balance it out. This is one of those holidays you just can't celebrate in a schoolroom...

RG

 

[CowboyBob]

I like the term "Post-winter orbs" better.