During our last year we had a teacher who understood. One day he told us the Bible was like a novel and he expounded on that. Even at age 15 I was still impressionable, and while I didn't agree with him, I was shocked. Fink's father's reaction was noncommittal. My mother, on the other hand, gasped.
Some kids go more willingly than others.
So some have pleasant memories, some recall it as a chore, others have mixed views. One woman remembers she enjoyed attending classes on Sunday morning after learning to deal with fierce competition. Among her classmates were the rabbi's daughter, the temple president's daughter and the younger brother of the teacher, all of whom were expected to be the best. Ron Giteck, who taught Sunday school for 12 years in Marin County, attended a cheder in Brooklyn as a young child where the second-grade teacher was a very old man. One day we came to class and our lesson was to see the old man die before our eyes.