The teaching of the Arabic calligraphy and the invitation for the female students to war a head scarf led to the closing of Riverheads High School. It was the complaint of parents believing that the teacher leading these lessons was trying to convert the students to Islam. As stated in the article, “‘the risk of harm to school officials and… disruption in the educational environment’ left the school with little no choice but to cancel classes,” is a display of an act of authoritarianism.One teacher’s lesson led to the closing down of an entire school because of the protests of parents, disrupting the other students who were only trying to learn. As a result of events occurring in the world today, this has led to religious hate and fear being installed in people because they are not fully informed. The teacher was only following the state education guidelines by trying to expand the students’ knowledge of the various religions in the world today.
Katherine Laurencio