Word: holmqvist
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...Academic disparity between many of the immigrant and Swedish children further complicates the situation. Deputy headmaster Peter Holmqvist describes how vast the gulf can be, noting that some of the immigrants are refugees from war zones who are illiterate, even in their own language. "We have cases where newcomers arrive on the plane on Monday and on Wednesday they're here ready for school," he says. Placing children such as these in the same classes as the far more advanced students from Olofstorp is a practical impossibility...
...practical advantages a school like Hjällboskolan has to offer can offset the attraction of private education. Though heavy immigration and rising unemployment have strained Sweden's tradition of openness, even in Olofstorp there is a recognition that, as Holmqvist says, ultimtately "you have to leave the village." Anders Olofsson, a resident of Olofstorp whose two sons attend Hjällboskolan, agrees. "Sooner or later you will meet the real world of how Sweden looks today," he says. "It's better if both the parents and the kids meet that reality earlier in life...
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