When there were school dances I didn't go and other kids would ask me why. She begged her parents to let her change schools. She warns against getting the wrong impression of boys and girls being separated. It's just that we shouldn't be fooling around with them for unnecessary reasons. There are drawbacks.
Few schools have gyms.
Most libraries are poorly stocked. In a bare Grade 1 classroom at Al-Azhar, the library consists of four reading books strung on a line at the back of the room. Children with special needs, such as those with learning disabilities, cannot be accommodated. The lack of regulation troubles some in the Muslim community. The next step is to develop a board of Islamic education, as exists for Jewish day schools, she says.