On 22 Oct 2002, sylvestm wrote: > I have a Hungarian Jewish student in my class who has a child in > kindergarten. She remarked that she was surprised that Jewish kindergarten > school her child attends also admits christian children.She apparently > feels that this is wrong. > As the unchallenged cross-cultural dude on Tips,my question pertains to > how common is this attitude among recent jewish immigrants to this country.
I don't find the question offensive, just inane. Assuming that it's not uncommon for Christian parents to send their children to Jewish school (a doubtful assertion), a more interesting question would be to ask why they would do this. In Montreal, Quebec, where I grew up, public school boards were divided on religious lines. Catholic schools took Catholics; the Protestant schools took Protestants and all non-Catholics, including Jews. The Catholic schools tended to be French-language, the Protestant English. The result was that most immigrants received instruction in English. The nationalists woke up a number of years ago, and school boards are now divided along linguistic lines. Immigrants formerly refused admission to French-language ( then Catholic) schools are now required to attend them. Two responses to a Michael S. questions from me within ten minutes. Whatever can I be thinking of? Stephen _________________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
