tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post9085614256194668314..comments2023-10-09T12:07:17.858-04:00Comments on Lakewood Falling Down: When It's Time To Put Them Out To PastureLakewood Falling Downhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14483392684657880997noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-60212025816290021562009-02-16T18:20:00.000-05:002009-02-16T18:20:00.000-05:00Lol- I wish we could take the time to home school,...Lol- I wish we could take the time to home school, but we're not prepared. I'd have to say for the most part, my kids are getting an OK education. We supplement at home by exposing them to lots of different things, and supplemental education. For example, Mr. LFD jr. takes music lessons with theory. Mrs. LFD jr-ett has been to more museums than most kids her age. We have a field bird watching guide and an world atlas that's used. The biggest supplement comes from a variety of Shabbos guests from different walks of life. Our biggest frustration is that while we can supplement the Yeshiva system, it really should be supplementing us.Lakewood Falling Downhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483392684657880997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-75735583085542585402009-02-16T14:53:00.000-05:002009-02-16T14:53:00.000-05:00LFD, have you considered home-schooling your child...LFD, have you considered home-schooling your children? <BR/><BR/>I have friends, Lubavitchers, each with a different but relevant background (one a ger, one a B.T.), who are home-schooling their four children. <BR/><BR/>ou probably have not seen kids like these in a long time, if ever; they are <I>mamish</I> (I just <I>had</I> to say that word!) "educated," in the fullest sense of the word: they know geography, are reading their grade level and higher, know about the United States and its government, the world, politics, science, math, the Torah, and their nine year old son (the oldest)also learns Mishnayot (sorry: <I>mishnayes</I>; -you happy?)with a separate teacher, a wonderful young man (one of my son's friends, I'm proud to say); he understands, translates the Mishnayot into English and can recite some of them by heart.<BR/> <BR/>These kids have a wide English vocabulary (their parents speak to them in full, adult sentences)and are eager to learn and curious about life.<BR/><BR/>But then again, their parents are exceptional: they jointly made this decision years ago, when they saw the <I>midot</I> of the other kids in the so-called "frum" schools here, and the quality of education they would have received.<BR/><BR/>They also cannot afford the tuition.<BR/><BR/>HomeSchooling is a monumental task, though; and it takes two parents.<BR/>What sayest thou?Lady-Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992305067771885711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-86772246780978675592009-02-15T07:54:00.000-05:002009-02-15T07:54:00.000-05:00The Jewish schools haven't been about the kids for...The Jewish schools haven't been about the kids for a long time. It's all politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-74342338783641022032009-02-09T19:30:00.000-05:002009-02-09T19:30:00.000-05:00We keep on saying how much education means to us, ...We keep on saying how much education means to us, how essential it is to being Jewish. and then we send our kids out into the world thinking that they know everything when they can't even locate NEW YORK on a map.Avivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045256930954398205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-63584739534797613782009-02-09T19:25:00.000-05:002009-02-09T19:25:00.000-05:00Yeah, what the hell, you know the saying goes "Tho...Yeah, what the hell, you know the saying goes "Those who can't______"<BR/>Fill in the blank, but it means that if you can't do anything else, then maybe you teach in a yeshiva, where they don't give a crap what you know or what you do to the kids,as long as you take their crappy salary. And then when they get a good teacher or rebbi, he leaves because he can't live on promises of "The check is coming any day now". It's a sad commentary that even back when finances were better,most charities were in better shape than yeshivas because they were "Choshuv", whereas our children's education is just not sophisticated enough to warrant the same effort. SHEEESH !!!DavenedByDeKoiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871052716312163978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-45830030756973485572009-02-08T23:46:00.000-05:002009-02-08T23:46:00.000-05:00one reason i wish my son were in a public school i...one reason i wish my son were in a public school is because at least then i wouldn't feel like i was getting ripped off ever if were getting a crappy educationLion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-4891813007885323772009-02-08T22:01:00.000-05:002009-02-08T22:01:00.000-05:00Mike,Older-sometimes wiser, sometimes not:)DBDK- C...Mike,<BR/>Older-sometimes wiser, sometimes not:)<BR/>DBDK- Comment, why not!<BR/>SuperRaizy- You hit the attitude right on the head. I wish I could hit some of these attitudes on the head too!Lakewood Falling Downhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483392684657880997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-50051250391725518812009-02-08T21:27:00.000-05:002009-02-08T21:27:00.000-05:00You're right, of course. I think that this is embl...You're right, of course. I think that this is emblematic of the awful customer service that most frum businesses offer. The attitude is "you're lucky that we let you spend your money here".SuperRaizyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742653185025562286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-46583070682082403842009-02-08T21:09:00.000-05:002009-02-08T21:09:00.000-05:00You vant me to comment on dis? You really vant me ...You vant me to comment on dis? You really vant me to comment on dis? Vell, I can't comment on dis because I'm too Fahklempt......DavenedByDeKoiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16871052716312163978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353533543996420432.post-813532548932286482009-02-08T20:22:00.000-05:002009-02-08T20:22:00.000-05:00The rebbeim are like wine; the older they get the ...The rebbeim are like wine; the older they get the better. ;)Mikeinmidwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076346601047947913noreply@blogger.com