Arthur and Buster Christian school week


We see Francine with her backpack and lunch box as she goes into the Jewish school, which is called the Elwood City Community School. Francine went there for preschool, but not kindergarten. She has a pork sandwich in her lunch box because she doesn't keep Kosher. Francine doesn't know that at this school, you have to keep Kosher, but she should've been told before she visited. At the very least, she should've read the she didn't , so she might get in trouble.

"So, what classroom do I go to, Rabbi," Francine asked, "I'm in the third grade."
"Follow me, Francine," the Rabbi told her, "you don't know your way around yet. Your teacher this week is Mr. Greenberg."
"Thank you Rabbi," she responded.
"We have a good school here. I know you'll enjoy it here!"

She went in that classroom, along with some other kids. The teacher came in, he knows Francine there for a week.

"Welcome to our school, Francine. Please take either the seat by Daniel," Mr. Greenberg began, "or the one by Tiffany."
"Okay sir," Francine responded. "I,ll sit here by Tiffany."

Tiffany will be the one to snitch on Francine. She is a bratty girl, but she believes in the school rules. She's not a friend of Francine's.

It's now lunch time,Francine opens her lunch box with the pork sandwich inside.

"This looks delicious!" said Francine. "My mum bought it from the deli because she knows I like the sandwiches they have there."
"What is it?" Tiffany questioned. "I'm just curious..."
"Let me see," she responded. "My mum never tells me, she likes surprises. It taste like pork and cheese sandwich! These are my favorites, Want some?"
"No thanks," she said, wrinkling her nose in disgust. "I'll be right back."

She went to tell on her to the Rabbi and told him that Francine brought a non-Kosher lunch to school. They went to the lunchroom to get Francine.

"Francine Frensky!" the rabbi yelled. Come with me right now!"
"What did I do?" Francine asked worriedly. "I didn't hit anybody. Oh no, is something wrong with Mum Dad, or Catherine?"
"I said now!" said the Rabbi, "As in right now!"

She went with him to his office. He opened the Torah and pointed to a page, shoving it into Francine's face to show the section to her.

"What's that?" she asked. "I don't know."
"The law" the Rabbi told her. God's law, that is."
"Did I break one of them?" she questioned, beginning to feel very nervous. "Was it a, a major one?"
"Yes, you did," he said, taking a seat behind his desk. The brunette girl squirmed nervously i her hard plastic chair. "It's also the one of the most important school rules at ECJCS. You see, you have to keep Kosher here, because this is a Jewish school. I understand that you might not at home, but school and home have different rules sometimes. Lots of parents would be angry if we didn't have a rule that you had to keep Kosher. I,m sorry, but we're to punish you."
"I, didn't know," she tried to explain. "Nobody ever told me-"
"Ignorance of the law is no excuse," he sighed. "You should,ve read the rules before you came here. According to the school rules, you need to help wash dishes during lunch for a week, and I,m going to call your parents. Plus, since this is a very important rule that you broke, you need go home for the rest of the day.I,m sorry to have to do this to you. You seemed like such a great student."

Francine started crying. She she would get into trouble!

When her parents came, they told her to wait in the car with Catherine, who was home sick, while they talked to the were mad at her, even though they didn't know yet what she'd done. All they knew she broke a major rule and had to wash dishes for the only week she was there, unless she wanted to transfer to ECJCS for the rest of the year, in which case she would still have to wash dishes that week.

"Gosh, Frankie," Catherine said as she put her arm around her younger sister's shoulders and took her out to the car. "Stay out of trouble next time!"