Which brings us to The Enterprise-Tocsin of Indianola, Mississippi, and Lockard Elementary School in the same town, and the annual tradition of printing the letters of school children to Santa.
Santa Letters are fun because of the spelling and grammar used. They reflect an innocence that is quickly being lost. They represent the dreams and wishes of young children. Santa Letters aren't intended to represent a school, or the school's academic standing (or lack thereof?).
So, why were these Santa letters edited by the school? Was a statement being made by editing these letters? Who directed the editing? What was the purpose for doing this?
Are school administrators trying to "put on airs" that the first- and second-grade students don't make spelling and grammatical errors in their writing?
Is this a subliminal way of exercising government censorship over the children's writing? Isn't that just what it is? A public entity altered the printed word of civilians prior to release for publication.
What is going on here?
Sigh. That's just sad. Kind of defeats the point of the whole thing, in my mind.
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