“If you’re going to take on a chesed girl, know that the chesed will go both ways”
To the letter writer who suggested publicly thanking those who pay full tuition:
I also have a suggestion. How about publicly thanking those who work multiple jobs day and night, living without anything but the bare necessities, who don’t take any vacations, barely buy any new clothing for their children, make sheitels last ten years, and pay as much tuition as they possibly can? Especially when those people are the same ones educating your children and looking at a future with no pension, no retirement savings, and no safety net after having spent their entire working lives giving your children the chinuch and skill sets they need to survive… How about thanking them publicly?
Do you know what it’s like to never, not once, take your children anywhere beyond the local attractions during all of winter vacation or summer vacation? Do you know what it’s like to decide between sending your child to camp and affording braces? Do you know what it’s like to live entirely within your budget and not do necessary repairs in your house until it’s impossible to wait? Do you know what it’s like to give every penny you have to pay the partial tuition that you struggle to pay?
Perhaps try to publicly thank people like me as well… even though we only pay partial tuition.
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