Year: 2004
Module: Cross Community Contact
Variable: SCONTACT

Below is a selection of open-ended responses that relate to the question:

'Thinking about your time in school, did you ever have contact with pupils from a different religious community to yourself?'

I feel segregated from the other religious communities. The only chance I meet with people from a different religion would be on the bus to/from school.

I feel that children in schools should have the chance to experience more cross-community projects as opinions of people of different religions are acquired from schools and remain with young people.

I feel that mixed/integrated schools are a good idea as they give children a chance to mix with people of all religions. I felt that mixed religion school trips which I attended were a good idea.

I have recently moved to a grammar school to do my A-levels which is very mixed religion. Before that I went to a mostly Protestant secondary school. Being at a mixed religion school doesn't bother me but a lot of my close friends have very strong Protestant views which sometimes affects the way one thinks. I think people in N. Ireland have a very narrow minded approach to people of another religion or ethnic minority and should maybe learn the facts of other peoples' religions to show that they are not bad […].

 

 

 

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