The Wobbling Pillar

“When three Armenians settle in a new country, the first thing they do is build a church, a club, and a school,” is the axiom, boast, half-joke Diaspora Armenians have told to each other and to “odars” for more than a century. There is much truth in the observation.

The bad news is that one of the three pillars—the day-schools—are wobbling everywhere in the Diaspora.

Becoming Extinct? Armenian Schools in the Diaspora

I was born in arid land, a country where Armenian schools are as scarce as snow. Consequently, I was homeschooled by my mother with textbooks she had brought with her from Beirut.