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Show Alberta Freshman 2 inter. p.9 and I got along quite well. ~Later on in my career, in Bonneville, I taught music and oral English,which was teaching children to speak correctly and to enjoy poetry and to create poetry. and I liked that very much and I did well, too. But before they let me have that job, the supervisor called me into his office and he said, sing for m.e I was totally unprepared. I didn't know that they asked one to do that. And I didn't know whawt to sing or anything and I was quite nervous. But I've even forgotten what I did sing. He said, .Miss Freshman, you alwayshave that tremor in your voice ' but it was because I was scared and I've always liked to sing end I still do 1even though I can't sing much anymore. L ~en you taught--was there emphasis placed on teaching mormon theology. A No, I never had anything like that. L EVer have to inject that nto the school,,, ... A Never. Never. ~ . <-"-'~ ~ When! was in New York schooli and going to school, the teacher used teee8-f~om to read from the bible every day e~t- and we'd all be veryy quite. But I don;t think many of us paid any attention to what was being read to us. But when I taught, all the years I taught, nothing was --influenced by any religious teaching of any kind. L WHat abet some of the other teachers, did they do that. A No they ddint' to my knowledge. And we were pretty close I think in high school, were the mormon children would leave mo~recenlty nd go to seminary. That's AWR- when we had some people revolt becase they went on school timeand wre given school credit in high school for the work they did inthe seminary. And so1 not many years ago, that was disputed and they stopped it in most places. Giving credit for theology -- mormon theology. L You never felt any presure. A No, never felt j any in my teaching. However, once in a while you'd get it from teachers1 who di dn 1 t know I was :fewi sh. And They 1 d say things 1 ike, "Who's that Jew-boy?" and also, you'd get a little bit when they'd say, "What's M doing here? Is he Jewish?" And yet, yousee, it was a public school. They'.cf say, "That sounds likea Jewish name." or they'd say, "Jew Name." The boy who was Grant Johanson, the famous pianist, had curly; brown hair and beautiful brown eyes anche always misbehaved onthe.school ground for a long time. So • g ?+- they called him ·~That Jew boy who misbehaved." And he wasn't Jewish. Of course he came from a mormon family. ~t that's about the limit of it. In my teaching. L Did you ever feel thatyou were not given a riase or something that you ate desrved,because you were jewish. A No, I never felt that way.And I t~odon 1 t think I was. As I got a little older, I used to teach a little bit aboutJrewish holidays along wtih t--we ha~ to teach ~~ ~nnnt r.rhi~tmn~- tench lhristmas carols. I'd also tell them about Hanukah and |
