With partners:
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INTERVIEWER: How could they explore more cultures?
STUDENT: Well, I remember earlier, I think it was this year or last year, they had a thing where they displayed, ah, certain Arabic . . . clothing, and all sorts of different things,
STUDENT: And foods.
STUDENT: It would be be more better if like, there was a big room with a whole different countries.
STUDENT: Some people don't come to this school 'cause they think it's like a Muslim school or something.
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A non-Arabic student discusses the benefit of being in a multicultural school:
It actually helps you not to judge other people. So, um, if you go to a school that's all Asians or all Arabs or all something else, you're gonna stay, you're gonna stick with those kind of people for the rest of your life. You're never gonna have a lot of other friends that are different, other nationalities and religion, you're gonna stay with the same. And every time you are with someone, you're gonna think, well, oh right, he's white, he's black, I'm better than him. So it's better for you to actually mix with other nationalities, learn about religion, learn about culture, and then judge them.
Student Snapshot 1
MALE STUDENT: Yeah have a subject for it [Arabic and Islamic culture] like in history, all we learn about is the Anzac war and all that stuff. Why don’t we learn about our culture as well?