International Day Has a Lesson for All
* In the midst of much publicity about homophobia and gang wars, it was refreshing and heartening for me to attend Rinaldi Adult Center, Granada Hills, on May 27 to witness International Day.
Students from some 40 countries presented their respective cultures through dance, song and displays of crafts and food.
We need to remember from time to time that the United States is unique--as Walt Whitman said, “a nation of nations,” indeed a model of the United Nations, which endeavors to address common human needs and to promote living peacefully and productively together.
The attitudes of the students are of gratitude for the opportunity to learn basic skills, which may be a lesson for those of us who take schooling for granted and often with boredom.
LAURA WOOLEY SMITH
Granada Hills
Smith is co-president of the San Fernando Valley chapter of the United Nations Assn. of the United States of America.
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