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together in a constructive
manner."
That success led to the
"Children Teaching
Children" program.
The program lasts a full
year and consists of groups of
junior high school age Arabs
and Jews regularly joining
each other for school lessons
in Hebrew and Arabic.
Twenty-six classes, with
1,000 children from 16
schools, are now registered in
the program. Such towns and
cities as Urn el-Fahm, Bat
Yarn and Nazareth are bused
to each other's schools. The
program has the support of
the Ministry of Education.
Both teachers and children
are well-prepared. Teachers
take part in an extensive live-
in training period, during
which they learn how to
prepare the teaching
materials and themes which
will be the backbone of the
course.
One such theme is fear. At
a typical first meeting, the
children might, for example,
hear an Arab myth about a
monster and talk about it. At
the next meeting they might
discuss the fears they have in
common, such as fear of the
dark, loneliness, walking
down the street alone. Then
they use arts and crafts to
create a monster. Integrated
teams compete with one
another and the ugliest,
scariest monster might be
chosen by vote. The idea is
that the competition is not
between Arab and Jew, but
between integrated teams. At
other lessons, the children
might discuss group fear as
being hurt or having stones
thrown at them in order to
show how people can be dif-
ferent and yet have the same
feelings.
Of course all has not gone
completely smoothly. At first,
schools which were geograph-
ically contiguous were paired,
but organizers found that
didn't always work. "Socio-
economic similarities are
more important than
geography, we discovered,"
said Mr. Ringer.
It would be naive to think
that the program could solve
the problems existing bet-
ween Arabs and Jews living
in Israel, but Mr. Ringer is
convinced that reaching even
a few thousand children in a
year can make a difference.
Says Mr. Ringer, "Some peo-
ple feel that it's hopeless — a
drop in the ocean. But we
believe in peace, and that
energizes us. We feel that
there has to be an effort to
create tolerance and mutual
understanding. There must
be an effort to build a better
future." -0

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