I’m writing a piece on Eid for the Journal, but decided to cut out the part below. Still, because I haven’t yet forgotten Mr. S., I decided to post it here.

I remember the high school teacher who once, with eyes narrowed, told us, his students, that he would hold class on Eid regardless of how many students showed up that day. (That year, as this year, Eid occurred on a weekday, during the school year.) This teacher, who had on the first day of class publicly called up each and every student of colour in the room to his table to check whether or not we were

October 25, 2005 Categories: Long Trackback