![]() ![]() I had 54 teachers attending at that time. ![]() Within the first week of this class, I received a congratulatory letter. To my delight the following catalog listed Armenian culture class compared to the native America. It took me 3 months during my summer break to convince the district for such a need. At first the district office also saw no need for such a class and refused. While I was succeeding teaching my 6 th grade students in Sherman Oaks at Dixie Canyon School about Armenia and the language, Miss Beverly Bihn suggested I should teach an in- service class for the teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District.Īt first I wasn’t sure I would have 15 teachers to attend a class on Armenians- there were a handful of Armenians in our schools! There were only two other Armenian Teachers and who else would attend? But I agreed to set up such a class. Most LAUSD teachers were not familiar with Armenia or Armenians. I was greatly saddened that the Armenian immigrant students had to face yet, another problem-they were seeking freedom and a safe haven. Unfortunately a few of these Armenian Students got caught up with the inter racial strife and later “Armenian power” emerged! I was greatly surprised to learn about this reality and felt these students lucky to have migrated to “America” would not get involved in such behavior.Īt this very time I was introducing “The Armenians” to my 6 th grade classes. This was also the year Armenian students from the Soviet Union began to immigrate to the U.S. In the early 1970’s every LAUSD teacher from grades K-12 th grade had to attend at least one “In-service” class on “Ethic Studies” This was during the strife of “Black Power” and “Chicano Power” at the schools in the Hollywood area.
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