Defenses against jealousy

Alumother
Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:45:36 +0000

Overseas,

Sounds like how I would wish all schools to be.

Schools should aspire to be safe havens, as Soozievt wrote above. That is the key to it all. It is fine if a school wants to honor all the beliefs on this planet throughout the year. That is easy to do when the school has a very diverse student population such as found in the international schools where I have been working for almost 20 years. Everyone gets their major religious holidays off if they want them. The school celebrates all the religious & national holidays in the classrooms, as projects etc. It is just part of the package. I never have to worry about a book being banned in the library since everyone knows they must be respectful of everyone else’s points of views. And since most aren’t sure exactly what that may be they are generally more tolerant. Safe Havens.