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David , England : Hello , my name is David and I live in London . Is it too late to join your forum ? I think it’s great that you help each other deal with your problems . That’s Jewish solidarity at its best ! I’ve got a dilemma and I need some advice . David’s Dilemma Yesterday I had an important Spanish exam . The exam had these instructions written at the top : “ Translate the following six sentences into Spanish . ” I couldn’t believe my eyes . Two of the sentences criticized Israel , making horrible claims and ignoring the wider picture . I looked around and everyone else was working on the assignment . I was the only one who was upset and angry . The teacher doesn’t know that I’m Jewish and I don’t think that that she wanted to offend me . Still , the sentences said some awful things about Israel . I wasn’t sure what to do react or not react ? On the one hand , I thought maybe it was better not to react and to just take the exam without saying a word , since nothing like this had ever happened before and most of the students would probably forget these sentences as soon as they finished the exam . In fact , if I did make a fuss , some of them might say that I was defending Israel just because I’m Jewish . I was also afraid that if I said something , the teacher would always remember me as the one who challenged her by standing up for Israel , which she clearly thinks is a terrible place . Why else would she have given us an exam like this ? On the other hand , I thought maybe the right thing to do was to react on the spot . If I didn’t , then the other students would simply accept what was written about Israel as if it was true . And if I did choose to react , how should I react ? Should I react immediately and openly ? Should I stand up and say that I wasn’t willing to take the exam and then try to explain why ? Or should I wait until the end of the exam , talk to the teacher and tell her that these kinds of sentences could make people hate Israel ? Maybe I don’t really need to handle this problem on my own . Maybe I could ask my parents to talk to the teacher or the principal , or maybe even the school board ... but , on second thought , how will this affect the teacher’s attitude towards me for the rest of the year ? When I realized that time was running out , I decided to just take the exam . I don’t know if I did the right thing or not , but that’s what I did . But what should I do now ? Should I react or not ? What do you think ?
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