[etni] Re: Anglos are tired of taking school violence lying down
- From: Keren Arbel <keren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ask <ask@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:54:17 +0300 (IDT)
I had to respond to this and let you all know that I also was appalled by
this phenomenon when I brought my two boys on aliyah in 1993. My younger
son was 11 years old at the time and registered in a public religious
school in Rishon Le Tzion. So I see that this has not changed, and has
probably gotten only
worse. I remember going to the Principal of the school on this issue and
met a polite but "I have no intention to change anything" attitude. After
a couple of years of this, I ended up moving to Ramat Aviv because of my
job and found that in the regular public school there it was very
different and
I thank G-d that I had the courage to make the change. It saved my son's
education. I empathize with you and will help to raise awareness of this
issue in any way possible if you have any ideas.
Sincerely, Keren Arbel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Ask wrote:
> To read the whole article, go to - www.etni.org/news/anglosviolence.htm
>
> Anglos are tired of taking school violence lying down
> Haaretz - August 26, 2005
>
> Parents of bullied children complain of a 'boys will be boys' attitude from
> school staff
> "Tripped, punched, kicked and beaten up" is the way that Elliott Cahan, a
> recent immigrant from Baltimore, describes the treatment his son received
> during his first year in Israel's public education system.
> "We heard about violence in the school system and read about these kinds of
> problems in the newspaper, but we never expected it to be like this," he
> said this week.
> Like other concerned parents, Cahan went to seek a solution with the
> administrators at his son's local elementary school in Modi'in. But he
> encountered, he says, a 'boys will be boys attitude' that didn't see
> bullying as much of a problem. "As an oleh, I am very concerned about my
> kids' future," he said. "There is a sink or swim mentality that I am just
> not used to."
> And Cahan is not alone.
>
> To read the whole article, go to - www.etni.org/news/anglosviolence.htm
>
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