On Sunday October 31, I went to the weekend school to help with the students.\u00a0 I worked there for two hours.\u00a0 When I first got to the school, the students were learning some Arabic and practicing their writing.\u00a0 They continued for a little bit until the Imam came in the classroom to teach them about the origins of Halloween.\u00a0 He told them that the term comes from All Hallows Eve, and that the following day is All Saints Day.\u00a0 They also asked me to talk about All Souls Day.\u00a0 At the school, they try their best to expose the students to other religions and cultures and explain the meaning behind some rituals.\u00a0 Most of the students have family members who are not Muslim, and a lot of the adults in their community have converted.\u00a0 They seem to place an emphasis on acceptance, and they use education to achieve this.<\/p>\n
After the Halloween lesson, I helped set some things up in the other classrooms.\u00a0 I then taught the students some Chinese.\u00a0 I only taught them simple phrases and words, but they seemed to enjoy it.\u00a0 I taught them how to ask where the bathroom was, and they thought this was funny.\u00a0 After teaching some Chinese, I helped the two youngest kids with reading.\u00a0 Before I left for the day, I played catch with a few of the students outside.<\/p>\n
I really enjoyed this day with the school.\u00a0 I had fun teaching the students some Chinese, I also always enjoy learning more about the community and listening to some of the teachings.\u00a0 Listening to the Imam during his talk about Halloween helped me better understand their mission at the Weekend School.\u00a0 In the past weeks they have told me that one of their goals is to expose the students to as many things as they can.\u00a0 They do this in many ways, including having Butler students with foreign language knowledge teach some words or phrases.\u00a0 They also make it a point to teach the students about other religions.\u00a0 Today was the first time I was actually able to listen to one of these lessons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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