I'm student teaching at a Catholic school. Would an Easter egg game be offensive?

During the latter half of the period, I will instruct each student to walk up to my desk and take one plastic Easter egg. Each egg contains a question, and each student will be asked to answer the question in his/her egg. If a student doesn’t know the answer, the other students in the class will have the opportunity to answer, but each student will be allowed to keep their egg regardless of whether they answer correctly or not. Also, there will be 5 extra eggs. I will call on five volunteers to take them. If they answer the question correctly, they may keep the egg, but if they don’t, they must pass the egg on to someone else who will then have the opportunity to answer. A correct answer will earn that student the extra egg.





I'm Protestant, and I'm not sure if this game would 'make light of Easter'. Am I good to go tomorrow?

I'm student teaching at a Catholic school. Would an Easter egg game be offensive?
Actually the history of the Easter egg is a Christian one...orthodox Christians in early years of the church likened the shell of the egg to the tomb of Jesus...and just as the shell of the egg could not hold the chick once it was ready to hatch, the tomb could not hold Jesus when he rose from the dead. Early Christians smashed the colored eggs on Easter and proclaimed "He is risen, indeed!"


I think you are fine with the Easter egg game.


Good luck and Happy Easter.
Reply:I cannot see why anyone would be offended.
Reply:Nothing wrong with paying respect to your pagan roots.
Reply:I go to a Catholic school and I think that that game would be fine. If you are not sure, you should just talk to the staff, it would help so you wouldn't be worried! Good luck!
Reply:I'm not sure... On the surface christians tend to be violently opposed to paganism, but paradoxically they seem to be quite comfortable celebrating pagan traditions. Does this particular school approve of pagan practices or do they actually follow the bible?
Reply:I'm Catholic and we've done Easter eggs my whole life. Nothing wrong with that!