On Tuesday we will be talking about Columbus Day and the history behind it. Read the article below, comment on it and then be prepared to talk about it in class.
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/catholicamerica/2008/10/christopher_columbus_saint_or.html
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they say that "October 12th should be observed with mourning and funeral marches". and that Columbus day has come along way from then to modern-day.and that it has a different meaning to Latin and other religions its different.
Danielle B. period 3
I think that we should have a little celebration, I mean it's when Columbas found the United States.
M.King
Per.4
We've been celebrating Columbus Day since forever and no one will change their minds about it. I mean i don't agree with any idea surrounding Columbus Day because he was a terrible man who brought disease to happily living people and pretty much killed them all. But, go ahead and try to change it one bit and see how far you'll get.
Raychelv
Columbus day has been around for a long time and everything has been fine. so i see no reason for them to change it, or complain about it. u can either celebrate it or not. if some people don't want to celebrate it then don't it should still be a holiday because it is when the united stated was found.
K Mello
Per.4
I don't see any reason not to celebrate Colombus Day It's when we discovered the U.S. I don't get why people are suddenly so against it
Morgan Period 5
It really doesnt matter.
They probably wont even change it so it doesnt really matter....
-Lexsey
It's not going to get changed unless people start complaining. Until i read this article i never heard anybody who actually complained about celebrating columbus day.I also don't see it as a catholic holiday. I'm catholic and i'm pretty sure columbus day has never come up at church. I've never really thought much of columbus other than a day off from school every year, but now that i think of it, we don't celebrate any other day on which a country/continent was found so why celebrate this one?
Zach Tavares
They shoulnt change Columbus day unless something goes wrong. we have been celebrating it for a while and it has been fine so i dont know why they would want to change it. Mitchell Powers
Columbus didn't really find America just the West Indies (which is geographically close to America).He was the Harvester of Sorrow. He did bring disease and capture and eventually other people followed his trail to enslave and kill the natives that settled that land many years before the Europeans set foot there.
E.T.
i think we should have celebration because it was the day united states where found
ethanf
First off he didn't find the United States.
I don't really feel any different about the day than i did before true it caused lots of suffering true it caused all of our modern day nations but if he didn't do somebody else would have eventually.
Dan Laine Per.3
I think we should continue celebrating Columbus Day because even if he didn't " discover the Americas" he was the first to bring back the word about the new world.
- K Pearson
i agree that we should have a little celebration because columbus did find America!
Justin torres
I think we have a right to have a celebration but we haven't had one to know if it would be worth it or not, after all it is when Columbus found the US.
Eric Gordon
Per.3
Okay, we have been celebrating Columbus Day for how long? It is a holiday in the United States and no one should change that; you can celebrate it or not but it should still be a holiday no matter what. Just like CHRISTmas, people can celebrate it or not, it should be the same for ANY OTHER holiday in the United States.
rachelle :)
per. 7
Colombus Day has been around for a long tiime and i dont think it is going anywhere. people may not want to celebrate it so they dont have to. Others want to.
Samantha brien period5
i think that i is a holiday and that should not change for any purpose and people can do what they want with it no one is forcing you to agree with it do what you want
mine is the one above this
Geoff Stanley
i so agree with danielle,i think that we should do something for columbus day i mean its about our past and no one really seems too care.
J.BURNSY! (:
peirod 2
I think that its good that we get the day off because it is a day to remember but like some poeple don't even know what columbus day is..like me...
B.BURNZIE! (:
PER.3
i mean it has bin around for like every and no one really has complained that there is not big celebration so i dont think we really need to change it
mreagn
p4
there should be a smalll celebration but nothing major seeing as how thats the day america was discovered.
brittney f :)
people shouldnt stop celebrating it now. we've been celebrating it forever and if we stopped now that would be dumb. plus its the day the u.s was discoveredd so it is important.
alex salois
period 7
Columbus Day should be celebrated Because of the tradition and because this marks the day that America was discovered. Even if someone was here first.
Nick Q.
Columbus did not discover "The New World". My people, the Native Americans were here first. They believeb back then that no one owned land or discovered it, land was a spirit, Mother Earth.
Alec Main (is annoyed by all this)
Period 2
what ever i just see it as a day off of school =)
Keiran Tarver
I think we should continue celebrating Columbus Day because nothing has really changed and its part of American history that we know of.
TStrange!
Alright let me make this breif: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS A SCUMBAG WHO ENSLAVED, KILLED AND BROUGHT HORRIBLE DISEASES THAT NEARLY WIPED OUT AN ENTIRE PEOPLE!!! HE DID NOT EVEN OFFICIALLY DISCOVER AMERICA!! AMERIGO VAPUCCI DID! OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE CALLED COLOMBUSA!!! HE STARTED SO MUCH STUFF WITH THE NATIVES AND KILLED OFF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FOR WHAT???? NOTHING!!!!
THEREFORE I HOPE YOU SEE WHY COLUMBUS IS A SCUMBAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The above post was by Danny Candeias(the porta-G)
period 5
I think Columbus Day is insignificant because he didn't "find" America. Although he did bring back word of this new land, as someone said, another person would have found it if he didn't.
Eric Loureiro
This article is saying there are differnet meanings of Columbus day depending on your culture. I also think that this day should be celebrated because it is a significiant day to our contry no matter how you look at it and we've been celebrating it for a long time.
--chelsea thiboutot
period 5
I don't think that we need to take away Columbus Day as a holiday. Some people celebrate it, some people don't. But it is a day to remember when Christopher Columbus found our country. However, even though he did bring over disease and slavery, he was the first founder, and I think that's important to acknowledge.
~Brooke Renaud
Period 5
well this is a topic that almost makes me laugh, its another case of european "triumph" quite honestly it was some unknown clovis person that "discovered" the Americas. But when the Europeans came to America they see this civilization of odd looking people that they assume to be savages and claim that they (the europeans) found and claim it for their own.
And before columbus there was Leif erikson*
So yes lets celebrate the begining of the suffering of one of the most nature-harmounious civilizations. I think this article is correct in that if it is to be celebrated at all, it should be celebrated as the begining of a melting pot that is now america, not as some igorant European that took over the "New world"
~John Rogers
History does prove that COlumbus brought more negative than he did positive. It is true that he did not found America though.
-Heather Mello
i think it should be celebrated.
R.Barreira.
I don't think we should stop celebrating it. But I think we should give the guy who really found America more spotlight. I feel bad for him. He should get a day too.
Haley C.
Period 5
i think it should be celebrated because its a extra day off school. and weve been celebrating it forever it would be stupid to change it now.
emilyhorner
i think that if we were to go and change the holiday we have been celibrating for 75 years this year then i think that we should have a better reason to change columbus didnt find the united states he wasnt the first one here and if people who are calling him the first american then they are representing a really bad guy so i dont think the holiday should be celebrated in his name i think it should be called something like usa day or something i dont know but either way something needs to be done about it and not this second but soon like before next october 12th
i agree with danielle.columbas day is more inportant to latin people.
jgracia period 4
i too think that we should celebrate the day that Columbus came but he did do some pretty mean stuff
Hannah Wilson period4
People can argue that columbus is a 'villian' or 'hero', but i think that we should still keep it around because we've been celebrating it for a while now and i dont think that it should be changed because he did do a lot of good thinks despite the bad ones..if you don't wanna celebrate it then dont, just enjoy the day you have off.
-jill rocha p5
I dont think the holiday should be called Columbus Day it should have a different day beacuase Columbus did so many bad things to the Native Americans and other poeple. The good things that he did dont really matter.
Justin Costa Period 2
With what we talked about today i dont think Columbous was very much a hero. He didnt discover America because when there is evidence hat the natives where already there.
i dont mind at all that we have the day off of school!!!
but i dont think the day should be called Coloubus Day.
sam bed
I think Columbas is a villian because he unintentially brought disease and high tech warfare items(guns and cannons.) But i do think we should celebrate Columbus Day because without him, what we see today would be all different.
KatieTheiss
they definately shouldn't get rid of Columbus day!
seriously... who WOULDN'T want to keep a holiday?
k valcorba / period seven
p.s. everyone is spelling villain wrong.
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silly children.
you should teach them your ways, mr. borden.
replace the I with a Q!
k valcorba / period seven
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They should get rid of columbus day and replace it with something else because columbus is more of a bad person kind of.
ALbert medeiros
I think there should be a celerbration for Columbus day.
Pat Pickering
I really don't think Columbus day should be a holiday.. it's a little much. Especially after i heard the conversation in class. it seemed that their was more cons than pros about this day.
Alycia E
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