I was at the school that night and have daughter who was singing. My first thought was why do we always seems to have to embrace certain cultures over and over again at the expense of celebrating our own culture? I was not offended, but it seem to be more political correctness and further eroding of our own unique American culture.

We should put our kids in a little box, tell them to only say and do what we did and never let them have any opinions or experiences which differ from their parents/grandparents - what an extremely dull world that would be. Like listening to the same song over and over and over...... Regardless of whether you liked the music or not, should the kids have some exposure to instruments and music from other cultures or is white, christian music the only way to go? For the poeple who actually did attend the event, there were holiday songs. Perhaps the Dunwoody Doctor had over medicated....

My kids both attend DODDS schools in Europe,also Government schools, on a Military Installation.One difference of DODDS schools to Stateside Gov' Schools, I walked into my sons school yesterday, to see a fully decorated Christmas Tree!In the center of the school lobby!Loved it!Also, YES, on Halloween this year,my son's classroom had a HALLOWEEN party!We got to use the word,"Halloween"and next Friday,we will give a "Christmas Party" to the class.Also, he has learned all our good ol' American favorites such as,"Yankee Doodle Dandy" and sings it proudly with the class! Love it!

“Music to swat flies by”. As soon as I change my wet pants from laughing, I’m going to finish reading the comments. It looks like many people missed the e-mail’s whole point. The “music” sucked. Every other thing that people are arguing about is just BS.
So much human baggage.
The point I see the Doctor making is that “jungle drums” aren’t in the same universe as “Oh, Come All Ye Faithful”.
Isaac Watts and Lowell Mason had “Joy To The World” in mind and were inspired. Heavenly music verses primitive earthly noise from the dirt.
Sorry, but all sound is not “equal”.
Someone mentioned Russian music that they were not familiar with?
Speaking of Russian:
Surely Tchaikovsky made sweet music for the Christmas season..
Unless you are a cracked nut.

Kids who learn music actually do better in math and science, so scrapping music programs would be a waste. Music enables the brain to more easily do abstract thought, which is essential in math. Moreover, playing music with a depth of understanding makes us more HUMAN. If everyone in the world were musicians, it would be a better place.

@Jeremy
No, I think you're "Missing the Point". If we didn't have any "foreign" music we wouldn't have the so called Christmas Carols that we have today. So, yeah, lets ban all foreign music.

You all just cannot stand that we teach kids concepts of being accepting of each other's differences. Sure, you want to teach them to all be KKK members, but now we're teaching them to be responsible productive people. You all want to stick in the stone ages. Sure, let's go back to 1787.. no cars, no electricity. Hey there's an idea. Anyone who wants to abide by the old white guy's constitution can do without all modern conveniences.
By Johnny @ 12/10/09

If you want to be diverse then have all kinds. Why was traditional Christmas music left out completely?

ANSWER the question instead of running off crying 'ya well you ....'.

Johnny, if you're worried about KKK, will you be speaking out against Democrat Senator Robert Byrd, the Klan Kleagle?

My 3rd grader did the same thing. The program featured a song described as a Traditional African Holiday song. Traditional my a$$.

OK, we all know that when someone calls for supporting diversity, they are not talking about the rich Asian computer programmer who graduated with a 4.0 from MIT. In the (few) areas where Whites are under-represented such as pro sports, they are not talking about increasing the number of token crackers on the team. They are not looking to recruit Hispanics or Jews. It is about BLACK, folks. Black, Black, Black.

There. I said it.

For example, The Diversity Nazi in my company is in charge of minority recruiting efforts and specifically stated that the new minority recruiting program is specifically designed to hire Black people. Not Indigenous-Americans, not Differently-Abled, not Jewish-Centric, not Alternatively-Lifestyled, not Domestic-Persians, not Vegans, not Code Pink Moonbats. It is about BLACK.

if a presidential candidate would run on improving education,they would get my vote.i know what neal says about dumbing the masses.with a top notch education in this country,we wouldnt need to waiste our tax dollars on ss,socialized meds,food stamps,cash for clunkers,epa,etc,etc,etc.we would be WAY to intelligent to put up with that crap.glad my kids are grown and doing better than i did at their age.

lissen here........a bunch of you are out of work or you kno' some smart folks who are........

do the home work and start your own "home" skools.......or stop the whinin'..........

osamabama/ pelosi 2012

alla is in the bar..............bang

they had sticks in a gubmint skool???????

zero tolerance.......sumbuddy could put an eye out!!!!!!

A lot of you who say 'he just needs to get over it' are missing the point. Complaining about Third World Noise as music is one thing, but his main problem is that this was a HOLIDAY concert! It was advertised as a HOLIDAY (read: Christmas) concert, and instead of what the majority of us, and children, would understand as Christmas music, he got music from foreign countries. If it was a concert for 'worldly' music, that's perfectly fine, and I think encouraged.. but not when it's a HOLIDAY concert!

How do you know these kids do not get diversity at home? Assumptions are not facts and should not be used to lead to fix conclusion.
What is your definition of diversity? Replacing the countries norms and culture with foreign culture is not diversity, it is loosing ones identity. Diversity is not something that can be forced; it is natural like the air you breathe. The problem with Americans sometime is that we are not patient and do not plan for the long run. We want everything to happen in the now regardless of the ill effects. Look at how far we have come as people since the conception of the U.S.; some for the better (e.g. judging people on their character not skin color or origin) and some for the worse (e.g. complete disregard of our Constitution in some cases and the dismantling of freedom or demonization of their bread and butter (American businesses)).

Public school can work but the parents must be involved. I know this because I went to public school. My PhD parent, a lifetime educator, was on top of all my studies and personally thought me every summer before school started. Of course my parent believes proper education will set you free and learning is a lifetime activity not just done while in school. Self-Education is also a key part of learning. Public school is not always the best vehicle for diversity because some of the diversity that exist there may go against the parents morals, ethics, and believes or down right wrong. I am a naturalized American so public school helped me to understanding American norms and cultures (it was important for me to assimilate to the U.S.). I don't have kids now but when I am able they probably won’t go to public school; from observations, I believe the quality of public school education has further decreased since my involvement. I blame all involve in public school for its failure. We don't expect the best from the students, we are satisfied with the average and never push them to achieve. I fair better in Public school because I wanted to learn and make something of myself--I did not need external stimuli or bribes from my parents or teachers to achieve-I strived for achievement because I knew it will likely lead to independence and freedom.

You know maybe the libtards are right in this one like statement. Maybe it is time to “get over it”. There is no way we will ever get rid of the government schools. Face it, they won’t go away! So let’s take the curriculum back! Dump the PC manure, dump the” you aren’t responsible for your own actions” mentality and get them back to the basics!

The liberal scum grabbed control of the schools because education is important! Quit bitching about how bad they are and take them back!

The problem with diversity in the U.S. is that we are forcing it on people instead of letting it happen naturally. Forcing people to accept something goes against freedom. Some who love freedom and diversity may take issue with the way diversity is being introduced in the U.S. and rebel (which I applaud). No one should be force into something regardless of whether they agree with that something or not.

I mean what "holiday" were they celebrating in the musical? How can you have a "holiday" music in the U.S. and completely omit the U.S holiday that is being celebrated? I can see maybe incorporating one set of how others celebrated the "holiday" but making the entire sets of the musical about something other than what the U.S. is celebrating at this time, is completely absurd? If she wanted to put on a musical for the celebration of holidays around the world then why not call it "A Musical for Holidays around the World"?

I don't know what is happening to the U.S. Are all the reasonable and logical citizens dying out? If so, we are in big trouble. If you can’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.

Not having any real choice in schooling, my daughter attends the local government school. We live in a rural area, thus not much in the way of private schools from which to choose.
Anyway, yesterday she relates to me a story from her school day. She is in 6th grade and one of the things they do is a computer program called "Study Island." She was working on the literature part and the story that came up was titled something along the lines of, "How he got there: the Nation's greatest president, Barak Obama." My daughter said she turned to her neighbor and said, "Oh, we get to read fiction." Just because she goes to a government school, doesn't mean she doesn't recognize crap when she sees it. I was so proud. :-)

Saw something like this last Friday night on the local news. They were at a local grocery store covering the Toys for Tots campaign and showed a group of students from a nearby high school performing a couple of “songs” they had been taught. The first of the two was a Nigerian song, complete with the drums and sticks, etc. The Marine didn't look too thrilled about it.

Get over it...
Neal,

Get over it. This guy needs to as well. The musical director was just trying to teach the kids diversity, which is something they don't get at home. Get over it, govrnment schools are far better at rounding out our kids than anything else. Homeschooling and private schooling should be illegal.
By Johnny

WHERE was the diversity? If truly diverse, they should have included Christian and Jewish songs for the holiday. This was one sided, it sucked and you need to get over yourself!

According to Johnny, our children MUST be taught diversity. He decides how you and I must raise our children. Freedom should be illegal.

You win! A friend works for a company that demands you attend diversity classes or be fired. Freedom is illegal.

My company is having a "Holiday Celebration" and I bet no one boycotts it. Christmas is illegal.

Churches cannot preach using the Bible (offends homosexuals). Freedom is illegal.

People who believe abortion is murder must pay taxes to fund abortions. Freedom is illegal.

The Dunwoody doc needs not to be so high strung over a music program at school. Caribbean music is very pleasant to listen to if you'd just open you mind up just a little. Third world noise?

It is impossible to teach without imposing some form of morals. Morals are usually defined by a person's religious or secular (which the Supremes have found to be "religious") beliefs. So, government schools are a direct violation of the establishment clause. Maybe that is the reason that government education was not mentioned in the framing of the Constitution.

I was up late. The title should be

THEY'RE CHILDREN

I can commiserate with the Dunwoody Dad. I’ve been there and done that back in the nineties. We took our daughter home to school. Anyone considering this option should remain well aware that the left still produces the propaganda ridden politically correct text books you’ll be delivered. It’s sad that most people in this country continue to lead their innocent children into the Government School system like dumb strays to be branded. Look at the state of our nation today. Look at what we put into office. Get along little doggies. Serfs up.

Forced diversity is one of the worst things this country has ever had to endure. Anybody with a sense of learning or discovery can seek out diversity, but why should it be forced on anyone?

It's all a sham anyway since liberals' concept of diversity is as follows: ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT COME FROM THE WHITES IS DIVERSE!
Our schools are a joke and because our p.c. crowd is so intent on being anything other than 'white,' our students don't LEARN. Our schools are miserable compared with much of the rest of the world.

Most adults will find it difficult to learn music and/or how to play a musical instrument. This guy is complaining about a whole class full of kids learning a musical instrument. I dont care who anybody voted for in this article, this guy needs to get a life and stop being angry at the world.

I love the reference "third world noise"...Now I know the proper terminology for rap, or hip-hop "Music".

Neal,

Get over it. This guy needs to as well. The musical director was just trying to teach the kids diversity, which is something they don't get at home. Get over it, govrnment schools are far better at rounding out our kids than anything else. Homeschooling and private schooling should be illegal.