re: #43 Mostly sane, most of the time.

I’ll be honest; there are parts of the country, that if I were Muslim, I’d be afraid to send my kids to school for the bigotry they would face.

I taught at one public school where we had a fairly big Muslim minority in the school, mostly Bosnian and Afghani. It worked well, but it was a really nice community, and the parents were great.

The Catholic high school I was at had a scattering of Arab and Pakistani Muslim kids. The parents liked the dress code and the hands-on approach, also the academics.

Charter place I’m starting at now has a handful of Yemeni kids. We’re out in deep East Oakland. The parents are recent immigrants, and they like it that we’re strict and academically hellbent. Also, we let out early on Fridays, which is for no reason from the school’s perspective I can see, but is convenient if you want the kid at the mosque in the afternoon.