UU150 Final: Constructing Realities
Constructing Realities & Worldviews
Different Perspectives
Ali and his siblings began their first week of school. Ali was
surprised to learn that he would be in a different classroom in the
afternoon than his brothers. Although he didn’t want to admit it,
he was nervous at the idea of being away from his brothers
Mohammed and Adnan. In the refugee camp, they’d gone to
school in the same room, well, at least when the teacher could
come.
Ali heard his parents’ conversation when deciding about which
school to send him and his brothers. They had decided that
everyone would go to the local Catholic School in the area
because they had a good special needs program for his sister.
While half of him couldn’t wait to start back at school he was
nervous about learning English – he was astounded to learn from
his brother Adnan that you read left to right from what he
considered the back of the book! – and that he would be around
Christians all day. He had never spent a lot of time with people
from another religion. As a past resident of Aleppo, he knew of
Christians. Of the 10% of Christians who lived in Syria, the
majority were thought to reside in his city of Aleppo. Yet, in his
old neighbourhood and in the refugee camp, he lived in the areas
with other Muslims.
On the night before he and his brothers went to meet with their
teacher, his Mother explained that here in Canada, the majority
of individuals were Christians or secularists. He and his brothers
laughed as they tried to pronounce the second word in English.
His brother Mohammed got it pretty quickly although his own
tongue was having challenges making out some of the syllables.
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Document Summary
Ali and his siblings began their first week of school. Ali was surprised to learn that he would be in a different classroom in the afternoon than his brothers. Although he didn"t want to admit it, he was nervous at the idea of being away from his brothers. In the refugee camp, they"d gone to school in the same room, well, at least when the teacher could come. Ali heard his parents" conversation when deciding about which school to send him and his brothers. They had decided that everyone would go to the local catholic school in the area because they had a good special needs program for his sister. He had never spent a lot of time with people from another religion. As a past resident of aleppo, he knew of. Of the 10% of christians who lived in syria, the majority were thought to reside in his city of aleppo.
