Some of you have asked me more than a question or two. Does going over the material for a test enable students not to be responsible for their own learning? Does handing out questions some of which students are told are going to be on the test enable students not to be responsible for their [...]
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“It” happened almost eight months ago. I don’t know why I suddenly remembered it on my walk this morning, but I did. Maybe thoughts of Maimonides’ Ladder of Tsedaka are still lingering in my mind. Maybe it was my President’s sincerely humble “thank you” to those attending his session in which he discussed the art [...]
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I was sitting in synagogue last Saturday. I really didn’t want to be there. I wanted to be working on the renovation of my master bedroom. But, we have Saturday services only once a month, and for the sake of supporting our small congregation and making sure the rabbi had a minyan (quorum), and at [...]
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Couldn’t sleep. Went out for a walk about 3:45 a.m. The silent air had a soothing coolness about it. I have always found walking therapeutic. And though I can’t as yet power walk, my five mile, one hour of brisk walking frees my inner voice. As I was walking this morning, I was particularly conscious [...]
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I haven’t been in the mood to write lately. I don’t know why. I just knew the spirit wasn’t there and I wasn’t about to force it just to write for the sake of writing. Then, a few mornings ago, as I felt deeply sorry for myself that the hurricane Katrina had caused such a [...]
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