That is crazy! The torturous execution of Jesus is commemorated on Easter.

Jesus was also suspended.

Geez, he's just a kid. When I was a kid I thought I was the coolest kid on earth with my neon shoestrings & batman shirts. C'mon. Just a kid.

Hold the phone, folks, not so fast: The Taunton, Mass. Public Schools says the whole story as reported thus far is FALSE: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/21978157/detail.html (1) the drawing the kid's dad shared with the media is NOT the same one the teacher had discovered.
(2) the whole thing happened 2 weeks ago and the parents were working cooperatively with the school. For whatever reason Dad is now reaching out to the media with this version of the story.
(3) the kid was NEVER suspended from school
(4) the teacher did not even assign the kids to draw something that reminded them of Xmas-even that part of the story is untrue. The Taunton, Mass mayor poured gasoline on the fire by demanding the school superintendent apologize. Shame on him if the above statements from the public school system prove true. And this story adds a new and sad fact to the story: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/12/by_david_abel_g_6.html [The Taunton superintendent] said the boy's drawing was seen as a potential cry for help when the student identified himself, rather than Jesus, as the figure on the cross, which sparked the teacher to alert the school's principal and staff psychologist.  I sure hope the original story isn't a phony baloney “War on Xmas” piece of BS but that's just what this is starting to look like IMHO…

Wait…was this drawing by Jeremy? King Jeremy the Wicked? The one who spoke in class today?

Hopefully his therapist will talk him out of this creepy “christianity” or whatever it's called.

ok so yes, jesus was born on christmas and died during easter, but maybe christmas reminds the kid of jesus in general and this is his best portrayal of what comes to mind when he thinks of jesus. nothing violent about it, its just historical. the world is getting way too sensitive.

He should have been suspended for being terrible at drawing.

I'm an atheist and still, this is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. Goes to show you that no group has a monopoly on idiocy.

In fact, that's violent and creepy. Thanks to the parents and their religious indoctrination. A 8 years old child should not do drawings of a dead man nailed on a cross.

One report I saw stated that the boy said it was a drawing of himself on the cross….

The teacher and anyone who supports the decision needs to be fired. That said, Christmas is about Christ's birth, not death.

Poor kid, he was just being honest and got in trouble that's like drawling a picture of your old man getting wasted on St. Patrick's day when asked to draw something that reminded you of that holiday. Not everything associated with a holiday has to be pretty.

It's sad that the teacher can still teach, vote, and procreate. None of those elements could be done well enough to be worth it for someone with that poor judgment. ..  Oh sorry that's what democracy is all about.

seriously, Jesus (man or God whatever you believe) did die, and that is certainly the reason for Christmas. Suspension? wtf?
Luckily, and I can speak with some authority, if that kid walked into a decent psychologist's office he would not be mistreated for that drawing that picture.