“If I’m sent a picture with a résumé, I’ll send it back with a polite note that makes mydistaste known”
As a longtime teacher as well as the wife of a rebbi, this article upset me greatly. And my daughter, who is a first-year, part-time teacher, was extremely bothered as well.
In a classroom, it’s the rebbi or the teacher who sets the tone, nurtures relationships, makes sure children are thriving and not being hurt. The adult in the room holds both the power and has (or should have) the maturity to ensure things go well for every one of their students. My daughter says it’s one of the first things she realized as a new teacher.
Of all the interviewees in the article, only Mrs. Chaya Gibber said that. Everyone else put the onus on either the parent or on the child himself.
When I was in my master’s program for special education, a very wise professor taught us two crucial things:
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