Today is the eve of the 25th day of Kislev. This all translates to the beginning of Hanukkah at sundown! Why is this important? Teaching at a Catholic junior high school and being the religion teacher, this is not something I would be expected to know or teach. However, I feel it is extremely important to teach my religion students tolerance. Many of them this year are of Jewish faith and it has been very uncomfortable to have to learn about Catholic traditions. Some have been resistant and upset about having to be in a Catholic religion class. The others have been open and then I have the ones that are in between feelings.
Since September I have been trying to teach them tolerance and respect for other beliefs. Today was the day I chose to teach my Catholic or Christian students tolerance of the Jewish faith. Today my Jewish students felt at home in my class. It was great for them to be the teachers! They had so much knowledge to impart and their classmates were in aw! It would be a wonderful place if we could all take the time to teach our students tolerance!
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I think what you did was great. We should make out students feel at home. Our classrooms should be a place where they can be themselves. You mentioned that some of your Jewish students are not fond of being in a Catholic religion class...have you tried to teach them tolerance?
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that you're opening students up to religious diversity in a context that would often be assumed to only attend to the Catholic faith. Kudos to you!
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