New Brunswick educator says he's considering his future in teaching
Feb 09, 2009 03:44 PM
THE CANADIAN PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, N.B. – A New Brunswick principal who eliminated O Canada at the start or the school day says he is considering his future in teaching.
In an interview with CBC-TV, Erik Millett says his decision to stop the anthem at the start of the school day was taken out of context.
"I received probably over 2,000 emails, most of them hurling abuse at me, saying everything that I should be at the end of a bayonet, I should be shipped out of the country, I should be put on the front lines with the Taliban," he said in a broadcast interview with CBC today.
"I bore a very heavy price for something that I think was very, very misrepresented in the media."
Millett could not be reached for additional comment.
The principal of Belleisle Elementary School in Springfield, near Saint John, has said he stopped the anthem after receiving complaints from two parents who objected to it on religious grounds.
He told the CBC he would not comment on the religious issues involved because they are private.
Instead of playing the anthem every day, the school played O Canada at its monthly assemblies.
The anthem was reinstated last week by order of the local school board after it caused a furor in the House of Commons and prompted a parent of a child at the school to push for O Canada's return.
New Brunswick Education Minister Kelly Lamrock later said he would change regulations to make the playing or singing of O Canada mandatory in elementary and high schools across the province.
Good for them and fire the principal!!!!
Feb 09, 2009 03:44 PM
THE CANADIAN PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, N.B. – A New Brunswick principal who eliminated O Canada at the start or the school day says he is considering his future in teaching.
In an interview with CBC-TV, Erik Millett says his decision to stop the anthem at the start of the school day was taken out of context.
"I received probably over 2,000 emails, most of them hurling abuse at me, saying everything that I should be at the end of a bayonet, I should be shipped out of the country, I should be put on the front lines with the Taliban," he said in a broadcast interview with CBC today.
"I bore a very heavy price for something that I think was very, very misrepresented in the media."
Millett could not be reached for additional comment.
The principal of Belleisle Elementary School in Springfield, near Saint John, has said he stopped the anthem after receiving complaints from two parents who objected to it on religious grounds.
He told the CBC he would not comment on the religious issues involved because they are private.
Instead of playing the anthem every day, the school played O Canada at its monthly assemblies.
The anthem was reinstated last week by order of the local school board after it caused a furor in the House of Commons and prompted a parent of a child at the school to push for O Canada's return.
New Brunswick Education Minister Kelly Lamrock later said he would change regulations to make the playing or singing of O Canada mandatory in elementary and high schools across the province.
Good for them and fire the principal!!!!
And I'm done arguing with you right wingers, you're all just impossible, ok?