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Jews to the back of the line...

Children with last names starting with L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y and Z in the eighth grade of Apopka Middle school where selected to be "Jews". They where issued five pointed yellow stars, forced to stand in the back of the class, and sent to the end of the lunch line by administrators. Those students lucky enough to not have a "damned" first letter of their last name, where "privileged"- they where able to go to the front of the line.

Teaching our children about history is an incredibly important task. And as today's children may be more interested in learning the moves to their favorite video game, or searching for the latest released MP3's, it can be difficult to lure their attention to things such as the Holocaust. However, there have to be more effective means by which to teach them than the way that Apopka Middle School students where educated on the Holocaust.

No child should be sent home in tears because they "were a Jew". It's more than just a lesson handled in bad taste- it is insulting, cruel and I doubt it taught the "Jew" students anything more than to be ashamed. One has to wonder how many real Jewish children attended the school, and how this "experiment" will go on to effect them.

What will this school plan for next years Black History month? Setting a limited number of students aside to be "slaves for a day"?

The fact that enough adults felt that this lesson plan was exceptable is just outright mind boggling. Is this really anyway to go about teaching tolerance? Does it really pay respect to the many people who suffered through the actually Holocaust, to have children reenacting it, belittling other children who where unlucky enough to be a "Jew" that day? Is this the sort of program that is acceptable in public schools now?

School's 'Holocaust' Experiment Upsets Parents

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Lilo said…
Almost every religion can at some time point to when they have been ill treated by others, I would find the exercise as distasteful no matter what religion or ethnic group was used. I can not even begin to imagine how a group of educated adults could get together and actually deem this a reasonable school project.
4/4/06
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