Friday, December 09, 2005

Show Off Your Heritage.

From the Associated Press.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Members of a Scottish group are calling for a Missouri high school principal to apologize to a student who was asked to change out of the kilt he wore to a formal dance.
An online petition has accumulated more than 775 signatures from across the globe.
Members of the Clan Gunn Society of North America also are putting together a registry to receive donations to provide Jackson High School senior Nathan Warmack with the rest of the items he needs to complete his Scottish ensemble.
A letter attached to the petition speaks of "the courage it takes young people to show pride in their families' heritages."
The Jackson school superintendent backs the principal, saying it was his decision to make.

I applaud young people's interest in their heritage, and encourage them to express themselves in ways that exhibit their interest. It can't be anything but healthy to find out where you came from. Take the young people here, for instance....also expressing their Scottish backsi..er, backgrounds....



1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

An fine lookin lassies they be.

Maks be proud of my Scotch ancestry.

12/22/2005 6:41 AM  

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