Teaching Reich and Wrong: Antisemitism Strikes Again

Antisemitism is exploding in New York City schools, and the Department of Education and United Federation of Teachers seem powerless to stop it (“The kids are all reich,” March 3).

Many people who are deeply enraged by the current state of affairs (as I am) seem to have forgotten one basic tenet of adolescent psychology.

Whenever authority figures attempt to inculcate moral values in adolescents, a disturbingly large segment of adolescents will believe in the very opposite of whatever values are being promulgated.

The hooligans that run rampant in these schools have turned antisemitism into another playing field upon which they can act out their dissatisfaction with their elders.

David Rabinovitz

Brooklyn

As a retired teacher, I’ve noticed that conservative educators generally do not tolerate inappropriate behavior:

There are consequences. Meanwhile, liberal educators are often reluctant to discipline.

Help these young, crazed minds. It’s obvious that the problem will get worse if it is not addressed. We must teach.

Marcy May Summerfield, Fla.

I want to offer my sympathy to the Jewish teacher and students who were harassed at Origin HS, and also to the black and LGBT students who have been harassed there. I can’t help won

dering if the offending students’ parents ever taught them to be respectful.

John Francis Fox

Queens

This was so sad. I find the students’ actions to be appalling. These students must be taught that their hate is wrong.

My question to these students: If they were born Jewish, how would they then feel about this terrible antiJewish hatred? Frederick R. Bedell Jr.

Bellerose

Why hasn’t the acting principal been removed for failing to suspend or expel such ill-behaving students? Where is the teachers union in this matter?

Start disciplining and remove these students immediately. Fine the parents of the offending students as well.

Ed Greenspan