"Didn't you get much sleep last night", the Art teacher asks the female student in the headscarf, with a touch of scorn.
"They have to get up at 5:30 to eat curry" retorts the stubbled boy on her table. Oh dear, i think. This has to stop. This discrimination. This 'heard it at the breakfast table' petty racism. He's rpobably from that kind of family. I'm the new young liberal non-aggresive teacher. I'll politely not stand for this, not in my classroom, young minds need protecting from this. The BNP's popular round here. Let's talk about it, bring it into the open, chat. We're all friends, all adults, nearly.
"It's the first day of Ramadan. She did have to get up early to eat"
The stubbled boy was better informed than I.
I had to get up at 5:30am this morning, and that was also due to eating a curry.
Posted by: AJE | October 10, 2005 at 08:07 PM