Back to School, June 14

On Thursday our team ventured into Nørrebro. (what a reporter from ”60 minutes” dubbed ”the Muslim quarter of Copenhagen”). We were here greeted by an energetic school principle who is very engaged in the integration debate. An excitement arose among us when we were told that we were going to visit a 5^th grade English class. Here we experienced the reversed situation where we the ones answering the pupils’ many questions about America. One of the kids said to the teacher: “ask about fat people”. The teacher told the boy that he should ask the question himself. The boy stood up: “Is it true that people in America are fat?” This was one of the many thoughtful reflections we had that day…

-Andreas