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 gB4L81X26278; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:08:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:08:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <01c301c29bda$da394f80$6501a8c0@pp200> 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: "Dottie Shattuck" <dottie@shattuck.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8356] Re: holiday attendance problems X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1837 Lines: 51 Cathy -- in past years I've several Moslem women in class. During Ramadan they attended when they could. Yes, they may have been tired/weak from fasting, but often it was because they were cooking the huge dinners that the families have after sundown. They understood that they were missing lessons, but their religious observance was/is much more important. As a teacher/program, you probably just have to accept it and continue as you would if several students had the flu & were absent. If most of the students in a class are Moslem women, you may need to adjust the schedule for a month. I think it would be a large mistake to even suggest they MUST attend. Education is often new for most of the women & will certainly take 2nd place to Islam and family duties/demands. Dottie Shattuck Central Piedmont CC Charlotte, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Shank" <cshank@access.k12.wv.us> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8353] holiday attendance problems | 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 our class 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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