(actual note(s) from student(s)) submitted within one week of class \u2013 Start date Sep 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(These notes are mostly unedited and represent a GISLA students understanding of the previous class the attended.) Student attend class on Sunday and submit their essay of what they learnt before the next class. Interestingly, as can be seen below the same class yields different lessons for each student even though the content of the class they hear was the same.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n My note of Class of jan 17 submitted Feb 2 by female age 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My (first) day at the Greene Stairs Academy was interesting because I walked into the class and said Salam and I was the first one to be arrived with my dad and after talking he left then Teecher Ji asked me to sit and meditate to a Woman’s voice saying \u201cAllahhou\u201d, <\/p>\n\n\n\n During the meditation more students started to arrive then I went to go makeup Fajr Namaz and gaved sadja. After that I did the pledge of allegiance and another pledge we had to do, then I had to do a prayer called Surah Fatiha very slowly and a Woman helped me to \u201cNot Eat My Words\u201d as TeacherJi says, then I was forced to introduce myself in front of the whole class and I talked about how old I am what my hobbies are and etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A lot of the attention was put on me which I am not used to. While doing that I sat down and TeacherJi discussed with me about my homework which was to say Surah Fatiha very slowly and if I can I need to memorize in english and I had to repeat that multiple times to him <\/p>\n\n\n\n then I sat down to learn about the U.S Constitution and how it relates to Islam and which it relates to equal rights and It was interesting because we talked about multiple topics during that day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While learning I was asked many questions on the topics that we were discussing and it was kind of hard for me to answer because I didn’t know what was right or wrong . <\/p>\n\n\n\n After discussing the topics I ate veggie pizza and then I went outside to throw the plate away <\/p>\n\n\n\n then another teacherJi came to discuss with us about Allah and how we should love him and be appreciated for our life to Allah then when he left we discussed over the homework which was how the U.S Constitution relates to Islam, <\/p>\n\n\n\n after that I said Allah hafiz then I left and that was my experience at the Greene Stairs Academy. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes of class of Feb sent in Feb 4 by female age 13\u00a0–\u00a0My\u00a0second\u00a0session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My experience on Sunday was that I walked into\nclass and said Salam while giving Teacher Ji a few Office Supplies from my dad,\nthen I went to go makeup Fajr Namaz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After that I went to go sit down and then we did\nthe pledge of allegiance and the pledge of faith then I was getting ready to\nsay Surah Fatiha to Teacher Ji. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After saying Surah Fatiha to Teacher Ji he\nwanted me to do it fast so I practiced and then did it fast. After that we all\nsat in a circle because there was a lady from Baltimore to observe our class.\nThe reason why she was here because she wanted to see how the class runs and\nshe is deciding to open all boys school, teaching Islam and also the regular\neducation like math,history,science etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the class we were debating if this is a\ngood idea or not and everyone had their own opinions and the whole class was\njust arguing over if this is a good idea. In the class many people thought this\nwas a bad idea because it will only be all boys and no girls so once they come\nout in the real world and talk to a girl they would freak out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The whole class kept arguing and Teacher Ji\nasked if we would want to go to this school or not and in my opinion I would\nnot like it because I can’t do anything that I would want to do and a lot of\npeople had the same opinion as me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After that Teacher Ji decided to to call Teacher2\nJi to come upstairs earlier than usual to see what was happening. During the\nargument Teacher2 Ji had decided he was against it like most of the class.\nAfter that Teacher Ji made me pass out food to everyone and almost everyone\ntook something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next Teacher2 Ji had to leave and then a Imam\ncame to see what was happening. When the Imam came he decided to tell us a\nstory when he was in South Africa. The story was based on how he went to this\nschool in South Africa for four months with all men and no women so he was\nabout 16 and he and his friend decided to go to the mall and he saw a women so\nhe was freaking out and was having a panic attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then talking about the school topic he thought\nthis is not a good idea because what happened to him will most likely that will\nhappen to all those boys if they go to that school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After this a women came to give pizza and her\nown kid went to this program and Teacher Ji asked why she put her daughter in\nthis program and she told us that she was failing in school and this helped her\nwith her school work and she learned the basics of Islam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After that Teacher Ji asked everyone including\nme why do we like this program, I told the lady my answer and I said Teacher Ji\ntalks about Islam but talks about the society with it and the true meaning of\nIslam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After that I had one slice of pizza and now we\nwere telling her what we learn in this class and explaining what was on the\nwhiteboard which is a bunch of terms relating to Islam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then it was time to leave and Teacher Ji asked\nwho are we rooting for in the Super Bowl which obviously I was rooting for the\nRams but of course Teacher Ji said the Patriots which sadly they won. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then I asked what’s the homework which he told\nme to do the essay about what happened in class and to memorize Surah Fatiha in\nenglish and memorize some parts of the Namaz in english. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then I said Allah hafiz and left. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (actual note(s) from student(s)) submitted within one week of class \u2013 Start date Sep 2018 (These notes are mostly unedited and represent a GISLA students understanding of the previous class the attended.) 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Students graduate level 1 IF and WHEN they pass the Level one exam (some do it in 6 weeks and some take 3 years and counting\u2026) and students from anywhere in the world can test out to pass and earn the GISLA Level one trophy)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n