I am paying tuition for this crap. A play-by-play

Jun 10, 2007 10:36



My six year old was not happy that his three year old sister made a mess in his room and wouldn't clean it up. He came downstairs and this is how the conversation went.

ds:  Mommy, I think her teachers are teaching her to act like a goy. 
Dh:  What ? Don't say that. They are doing no such thing. 
Me:  Why do you think they are teaching her to be like a goy? 
ds: Because I saw goyim behaving that way- she is making up reasons for not cleaning up and saying "I don't want to clean up" 
Me (losing it) : Number one, we don't use the word goyim. Number two,  If her teachers are teaching her to act like a goy, that is fine. Because many nonJewish people act very nicely. They clean up their rooms and are good people, so if that is what her teachers are teaching her in school, that's great. 
Me (continuing to lose it): This is what I am paying 1100 dollars per month for. 
Dh : Don't say that in front of him. The school is not the only one at fault. 
Me: Oh, in that case, okay.

We have had these "NonJews are Good People" conversations with him many times over the past two years. And he still comes up with these gems every once in a while. I  used to think this was just a stage, but now I am starting to think that my influence by itself is not enough to counter the constant bigotry taught by the school, the chabad classes, etc. I think maybe he thinks that he is not really supposed to talk like this in front of his mother and then occasionally, he slips up. He doesn't think it is wrong by itself. What to do.
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