[cont'd]

... getting a phone-call from a parent on this issue.

I did have a few expressions of concern from various principals... to which I could only say, "I'm not preaching Jesus... this is Old Testament stuff that's pretty fundamental to Western culture. There are allusions to these stories in everything from Shakespeare & Milton to Dolly Parton's 'Coat of Many Colours' (the kids especially liked the story of Joseph). I'm teaching it as literature: what the kids do with it from there is entirely up to them."