School's 'Holocaust' Experiment Terrorizes Children

What better way to teach young children the horrors of the holocaust than by traumatizing them:

Local 6 News reported that eighth-graders with last names beginning with L through Z at Apopka Memorial Middle School were given yellow five-pointed stars for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Other students were privileged, the report said.

Father John Tinnelly said his son was forced to stand in the back of the classroom and not allowed to sit because he was wearing the yellow star.

"He was forced to go to the back of the lunch line four times by an administrator," Tinnelly said.

Tinnelly said the experiment upset his child.

"He was crying," Tinnelly said. "I said, 'What are you crying about?' He said, 'Daddy, I was a Jew today.'"

No word on whether the teachers decided to make an example out of any of the students by turning them into lampshades, but the week is young, they still have time.

"This was supposed to be a creative way to teach the horrors of the Holocaust but unfortunately, it has sparked controversy and more importantly, it has sparked conversation," Reznick said. "We have now heard from nearly a dozen parents (who are) very upset."

Just because something causes *conversation*, doesn't mean it's a good thing, it can actually be a terrible thing.

Can you imagine how the Jewish children felt being made to wear a yellow star and being refused water or having to stand in the back of the line at the caf? Can you imagine the horror the Jewish parents must have felt as this experiment dregged up memories of their family which were slaughtered during the holocaust? What a horrible idea.

Obviously children need to be taught history, that's a given. However, scaring little Tommy by ostracizing him doesn't do a whit of good, it only scares the little bugger and traumatizes him, and most likely makes him hate Germans. This sort of *experiment* only feeds the teachers self-worth and does nothing as far as teaching about the horrors of the holocaust.

Next week I hear that the teachers plan to explain the horrors of the Rwandan genocide by giving shorter children machetes and knives, while the taller children learn how to run really fast.

You're a star, David