"The school refused to allow me to take a foreign language," she said.
When Gravano reached age 16, the school refused to keep him any longer.
Many other schools throughout the country refused to display the flag in the first place.
British medical schools openly refused to accept women students at this time.
Often regular Iraqi schools refuse to accept the children who want to return because they have been out of school too long.
If the school refused, as they always did, she would report it in her paper.
The school has refused to close despite protests from parents, teachers and students alike.
In one particular primary school four out of five non-respondents refused.
But the city's top private schools still refuse many applicants.
The school where she was to teach has refused to accept her.