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Rabbi Neuberger always gets to the core of the issue. In highlighting the fact that in pursuing “alef students,” we are missing the great benefits of having an integrated student body, he addresses an issue long overdue.
For several years, I taught third and fourth grade English to boys at Bais Mikroh. In the early years, before formal report cards, I used to recognize assignments that were completed, not only work from the best students in the class.
One year, I focused on a different set of educational skills. At the end of the year, I gave a major award and a gift to one student. When I called Chaim up, neither he nor his classmates could figure out why he was being singled out. He was not a top student nor was he a “goody-goody.”
The award was for good sportsmanship, I explained. Recess and the schoolyard are important parts of education; lots of life’s lessons are absorbed in that informal setting.
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