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i think nefesh (is that what it’s called?) as a job fair and placement for oilim
funny…
Darchi Rochel is otherwise known as the “Snif” (no, not as in the sense of smell, as in a “
branch”)and as Yehuda G said, it’s pretty much one of the frummest schools in Yerushalayim.
Another interesting point of info-
Not only was in existence for years before, ready for this one?
It’s apparently a long gone phenomenon too!
not bad! a whole 3 page argument on history!
this is an interesting point- one of the most discussed in education.
With the question of homogeneous (all of the same level) or heterogeneous (mixed) grouping, there really is no one “correct” answer.
But here’s one good idea that one school uses successfully (it’s used there for elementary children):
The classes are all mixed up level- wise, and with in the classroom, they use “chavrusos” and grouping VERY much. Meaning, the teacher will teach for 20 min about grammar, and then they will break into groups and do worksheets. Or for math review, they will do it together with a partner.
A few point about this system:
1. there are a few diff groups- sometimes they split up into the “yellow groups” and those groups are kids of all the same level, and sometimes when they break up into groups or partners, they are on different levels.
2. This system is excellent- because they pair/ group up different times with different people, no student is aware that “they” are the weaker students, and we are the smart ones.
3. This system also allows the teacher to work individually with one group at a time and give them individual attention they need for their studies.
4. It also enables them to review more. If the teacher wants them to review fractions, she can either spend 20 minutes, calling on different students for their answer. Or they can break into groups and either do a review sheet and when they review it in their groups they each say their answer- now in 20 minutes each kid has had 4-5 chances or they can play some math game in partners, and in 20 minutes, each kid has had 10- 15 chances!
Now that’s a lot more review!
monseyite: you brought up a good point there.
but unfortunately that happens all the time- the one time since you were born that the school allows you to… it’s such a tieva to try! And the school lets it anyhow.. (so it must not be that bad…)
On the other hand, maybe it’s comparable to a mother that strictly forbids her children to have candy. What happens? If the parent has NOT patiently over and over again ingrained in the child the evils of candy (NOT my opinion ;)) and how it rots your teeth and inside ect, and how we are “special and lucky” not to eat it, than you can be 99% sure that the child will at some point sneak some candy.
Even IF you ingrain it in them, they probably will have some anyway.
forbidden waters are sweet
so maybe the problem is, that they are not allowed to, strictly, and therefor when they are allowed to, they jump in head first, and as the original poster wrote
“…leading many brides to put on HEAVY makeup”
maybe, just a suggestion, because I am not part of that Kehilla and cannot fully understand the mentality, but maybe they should have classes for Kallahs on how to put on makeup. lightly that it enhances the natural beauty of a woman and not diminishes it with heavy makeup, teaching them to have a balance, so that when they graduate and are allowed to do whatever they want, they are “trained”.
Comparative to the mother and candy- instead of absolutely forbidding it, show the child how to have it in MODERATION.
slightly wacky idea, I know…!
i don’t believe anyone not involved with the people, type of people or lifestyle can comment.
Their lifestyle is very different- who are we to say what is right and wrong for them?
wow!
that’s so nice! Thank You!
like between Krias Hatorah
squeak i second that!
although what could be even more dangerous is driving on a trpk for over 200 miles at some unearthly hour… you’re soooo tired and the road just stretches e-n-d-l-e-s-s-l-y….
But whats more dangerous, is an angry driving.
Back to the topic on hand.
any suggestions?
havesomeseichel:
and embarrass those who can’t pay?
I mean it ma sound like a good financial plan, but can you imagine the girls who have to leave and go to another school because “we cant’ pay so we’re being split up”?
oh man… not sure if it’s the hour of the night but that one really put a (confused) smile on my face!
if we try to treat her with as much respect as possible, than the answer is easy!
Call her what SHE wants you to call her!
wow with a words like those, in caps no less…
sure it’s drawing a crowd!
well, you can try Parmesan cheese to try and tell what type of mouse it is… 🙂
joking aside, try the glue traps.
when you feel yourself not being a “happy driver”
turn up some nice calming music!
and estherh thats a cute one! I think i’ll try it!
we used to write messages and pass out food but if bubbles work…!
gotta try it!
🙂
oooh sorry that didn’t come out so clear. I’ll reexplain if need be
drums!
i always wanted to learn how to play them!
my friend has a set…
you just got me re inspired to learn!
ya kapusta, that was for you!
open up the layers palette if it’s not already opened(open it in Window- Layers. in that pallete on the bottom there are buttons- one of which feature a trash can.
Simply just click and hold down (drag) the layer you want to the trash can!
p.s. you can’t delete a layer if that’s the only one there
yup!
OFFICIALLY NOMINATED
volvie
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Dr Pepper, thank you for many times projecting and expressing a positive outlook and attitude. You are an asset to klal yisroel.
now THATS a compliment!
wow…
thank you everyone for showing me to REALLY appreciate my parents…!
my stomach’s feeling kinda queasy… i had Parmesan cheese in my lunch!
not really…
he’s probably doing fine.
more like
“OY nebbich! That poor FAMILY”
can we stand one more day that passes with more tragedy’s?
and yet we are approaching judgment…
forgetting about the white shirt- blue shirt thing…
and i know this might sound silly if you’re not in the business, but if the situation is as portrayed, meaning that it looks like a sea of black and white and one colored sticking out,
one of the first things any graphic designer would do, is change it to a white shirt or crop him out, just because if you don’t, when you look at he picture, your eye is (subconsciously or consciously) drawn to the colored shirt
just by the mere fact that it is different.
listen
YES…80
(sigh) the increased awareness is amazing. It really is so hard to find a solution, because,
there isn’t ONE solution. How ever, believe me every mossad plans and budgets as best as possible, no one wants to close. Certainly not a school that’s been open for a few decades.
the scarier thing here is that it was Da’as Torah that told them to close. If the Gadol told them to close, (He had told them to keep open a short while earlier) then even he realized that the money wasn’t going to come…
personally, I happen to think that the comments in alot of cases detract from the news part of the site. In the coffee room, it’s just that- a coffee room and everyone expects everyone to share their opinions, thoughts…
but when you come on to check the news, and one comments “oh, how nice…” “wow. so they are now being ‘nice’ to everyone…” and then the next commenter: “#1, how could you say such a thing!! Don’t you know…” “That Rav should have…”
I don’t think these comments enhance at all.
owch…
how much pain???
RBSO, we’re ready!
we can’t take it anymore…
I have just been informed that i have no job for the coming year.
no, not because i was fired.
no, not because someone else took my position.
I am not working in the school anymore
because it closed down due to lack of funds.
no, we never thought it would happen to our school. To our children. To our principal.
But it did.
B”H Hashem gave me the clarity to understand that this is the BEST for me.
But what about the school? Where are these children going to go? The teachers? The staff? The parents?- 2 weeks to school and their child has no where to go…
I don’t have a solution. But maybe some people here have a suggestion. We all went to school, have kids/ grandkids in school.
What are we doing about it?
A camp that i worked in in my area does something that i think is really smart, and beautiful.
They send out a letter at the end of the summer saying “please show your hakaras hatov…
NO SUGGESTED AMOUNT.”
meaning that if you can, tip. howmuch? how ever much you feel, however much you can afford.
In reality, this works well for the parents, as well as the counslors. Becuase, because their is no suggested amount, the parents that are used to paying more, payed more, and the parents that could pay alot, sisn’t but the counslor ended up getting pretty much the same amounts- suggested or not, and this way no one feels bad if they can’t pay alot, no one knows.
Once again, my counslors have mixed feelings on this subject, but on thing they agree on is-
whatever you are tipping (or not tipping) a word of thanks goes a l-o-n-g way!
I remeber one of my counslors was a little hurt when she got from a kids mother- whom she spend alot of time working with and became close to the child, “Thank you for a great summer”
jphone- your kids would have no problem forgoing the long awaited trip to Lake Compounce?? Maybe don’t have other small little trips, but to take away major trip?
also, for me to rent ONE mini coach bus there, the estimated cost was from $500 to $750.
and a school bus for an hours drive, from a cheap company was $475…
so i guess your right, if they would cut out major trip they would save ALOT of money 😉
inspiredteen- thank you for the correction. You’re right, it was R’ Frand, about Baltimore.
I was speaking to a friend who is teaching in a school that also accepts all girls from all backgrounds and they make major strides in Yidishkiet and %99 of them go on to build a Bais Neeman B”Yisroel! Amazing! Some of these kids start on such a low and graduate with a husband in KOLEL!!!
and she hasn’t been paid in… a year.
yes, some may say it’s her obligation to quit and find a job that will pay her.
But what about those children?
their children?
should they return to where they came from and be lost… forever?
it really is a tremendous amount to pay after paying for a whole summer of camp, even for one child.
However, being that that is the excepted thing, the excepted way to show gratitude, maybe if you told yourself
“i am spending $2000 + $240 which is a total of $2240 on camp this summer”
as apposed to noting them as two separate costs, it might make it easier.
As a side note, as a counselor myself for many years, the staff really does appreciate your tips. But just as equal, or maybe even more so, a proper note of thanks being the
“My son/ daughter had a great time this summer”
cliche.
I would say to give whatever you feel you can, and if it goes the opposite, meaning you feel you can tip above the amount- this will make up for those who tipped less, you should too, however, take the moment to write a small note of thanks.
We are not tipping the counselors because their paycheck is small, we are tipping the counselors because are Hakaras Hatov is big…
no offense taken!
😉
other schools also are on the verge or are closing…
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT??
R’ Krohn said on the video on Tisha B’av, that in his community, they all took it apon themselves to support every mossad, and not ONE closed…
so what do we do?
i’m sorry if my words were incorrect… it wasn’t meant to be advice on what to do if a child is choking 😉
but rather that i think that babysitters should be trained in first aid
doesn’t sound too good… 😉
hhhmmm… interesting!
will look into the matter!
true in some places it’s much harder to find a babysitter, but does that mitigate the responsibility to our precious children?
i think it should be a standard that if you babysit, you are trained in basic first aid.
we recently had a story of someone babysitting and the baby chocked, and the baby sitter had no idea what to do! (of course she knew to call Hatzalah, but meanwhile? suppose she tried hitting the child’s back because she thought that was the smartest thing to do?- which is the worst thing to do if someone is chocking c”vs)
we’re entrusting them with our children, shouldn’t we make sure they are trust worthy?
Dear westcoast,
(sigh)…this topic gives me the chills every time i hear it….
it’s SO scary what could happen, and not just to someone going to cc. People who work in certain environments, stay in certain places ect.
Speaking from personal experience and from observing… When entering a place in which you are not surrounded by Frum Yidden, one can NEVER be too careful. As much as you put up your guards, you see things- unintentionally, you hear things- unintentionally, and slowly, slowly your fences (and defenses) get lowered.
“No!”, some of you might be saying, “It didn’t happen to me!”
but someone comes dressed one day in a way that makes you cringe. Or says soem words that makes your ears burn. The first time you are shocked! and it’s great that you are shocked. But what happens when you hear/ see it the next time? and the next? and the next?
“Hergel Naaseh Tevah”
Presto!
your senses become dulled.
For sure 100% there are things you can do to make senses still be shocked each time like the first, like as suggested above.
And it help tremendously to be on campus as little as possible.
and to Daven… for Mashiach…
I’m not trying to do anything besided tell you that YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL, and just as one goes into any situation fully prepared before hand, even more so here.
Behatzlacha,
Ambush
WOW!
Mazal Tov!!!
Thank you JayMatt!
It’s scary to think it’s almost Elul…
actually if you use a wedding hall/ caterer that is really experienced in Jewish weddings, they will often use a… Light bulb! It’s a lot easier to shmash, and reduces the chances of the glass penetrating the shoe (yes, it really did happen!)
wow… that belongs in the “Mi kiamcha Yisroel” thread!!
i here that sumtimes people who win wish they didnt cause it just destroys them
i’ve seen that too, as a proven fact.
There actually was a very funny book written to that effect, i don’t remember what it’s called but it’s about a Bais Yaakov girl who wins the lottery… and what she does with it…!
😉
not really, because if the point is to compliment all the time truthfully, then we shouldn’t just reserve compliments for the compliment thread!
hhhmmm….
well there sure is alot we can learn from her about treating our children!
estherh i just wanted you to know that more people are smiling in this world because of you. One of my campers was put in a group with no friends for an hour activity- and dealt with it admirably! After thinking about this thread i decided to call the camper and compliment…
da i’m sure you are!