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[ekul]

I have just finished teaching about Easter to my 1st grade middle school students. Surprisingly the only thing they associated with Easter was eggs. For a country that is 50% Christian and has a high rate of actual church goers this surprised me. Maybe only a handful understood that it was about Jesus and nearly all couldn't grasp the concept spring and new life being symbolized in eggs and the resurrection.

Now the strangest part is my co-teachers who always say prayers before they eat did not understand that Easter was the most important celebration of the year. They all kept telling me that they celebrated Christmas but that Easter wasn't really important.

Now I'm not religious however I know plenty about other Religions and their practices and holidays. Most of that information I learned before I was even in middle school. It is quite sad how much education is a focus here but knowledge about other cultures is side lined.

[losing_touch]

Yes, in my discussions with my students yesterday, they were clueless about Easter. Even the ones who went to church on Sunday were pretty clueless! Yikes. They went to church on Easter Sunday and didn't have a clue! Well, I explained quickly, but I didn't dwell on it. I am not any kind of christian ambassador. I did find it a bit shocking though.

[Xuanzang]

I taught the kids in my after school class. We made Easter baskets, painted Easter eggs. I didnt go into depth about the Jesus shall rise part but I explained the holiday and significance part. It seems Christianity in this country left out the parts where religion entails time off aka holidays.

[bogey666]

[Nierlisse]

I had to explain to one of my co-teachers that although it is technically a religious holiday, many people in the US celebrate it without any religion getting involved. This mostly just includes hunting for eggs and easter baskets and the all-glorious Easter ham dinner.

*sigh* Ham dinner...

[Robot_Teacher]

I'm betting this sect of Christianity doesn't interpret and celebrate Easter like Western Christianity.

Really, the Easter holiday in Western countries is more about egg hunts and Easter Sunday family gatherings than it is doing a religious ritual though many people do go to church on Easter Sunday.

Korea is not a holiday taker; it's a work for new wealth to develop a developing country kind of place. Something America might also consider as it needs to get back to work to redevelop.

[the foystein]

I think the number of believers is about 26% not 50%.

[Horangi Munshin]

That's what I thought. Around 50% no religion. 25% for kinds of christians and 25% or so buddhist.

[bogey666]

[Rusty Shackleford]

Easter was probably a pagan festival that Christians incorporated. Most Christian stuff is.

[ekul]

Really not sure where that 50% came from, I could have sword I read it a while ago when researching Korea, most likely read the wrong figures.

[Xuanzang]

[bogey666]

[harlowethrombey]

[the ireland]

I was quite dumbstruck that some of my fellow catholic students did not fully understand what easter was all about, so i spent an entire double class telling them how the easter bunny died on the cross for us and he rose again the following sunday, bringing with him eggs made out of delicious cadbury and nestle chocolate.

I mean, i think it's a disgrace that these kids don't get taught the truth about religion, I feel it's my duty to teach them and show them the light rather than let some whack-job start preaching crazy sh!t to them!!