Voluntary means voluntary.
Narrowmindedness and stupidity on the part of your teacher who chose not to take the learning opportunity presented by having a member of a smallish religion in their class is all part of the problem here.
I went (except for one year) to public school. Part of the classwork involved lessons on understanding of different faiths ... including a very cool field trip to a Quaker Meeting House, Catholic Church, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Synagogue (Beth Shalom) in Elkins Park.
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