Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gB4KgPX24337; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:42:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:42:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sdee2194.007@adm2.hacc.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Linda Barr" <ltbarr@hacc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8354] Re: holiday attendance problems X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.2 Status: O Content-Length: 1149 Lines: 33 During 4 years of ESL with teenagers and adults, none, in my experience,have ever missed class during Ramadan. The vast majority of our students are Moslem, and most claim that after the first 2 or 3 days, fasting becomes very manageable. This has apparently not been a problem for them, so we have not adapted our schedules. Linda Barr Harrisburg Area Community College >>> cshank@access.k12.wv.us 12/04/02 03:26PM >>> A teacher in WV starting up a new program wrote to me about attendance problems because of religious holidays. How do others cope? She says: Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr have lasted most of November and one week into December. The Arabic women in ouráclass almost stopped attending during this time because of being weak and tired from fasting. This was an unexpected complication in beginning this new class. Do you have any ideas? Have you run into this before? Cathy C. Shank ABE Special Populations Coordinator West Virginia Adult Literacy Education Information Network RESA III 501 22nd Street Dunbar, WV 25064 Phone: 304-766-7655 ext. 112 or 1-800-257-3723 ext. 112 Fax: 304-766-7915 Email: cshank@access.k12.wv.us
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