tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post111524941919223313..comments2023-10-30T08:40:59.016-04:00Comments on Wolfish Musings: On RabbeimBrooklynWolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115696632376670182005-05-09T23:43:00.000-04:002005-05-09T23:43:00.000-04:00Make that daughter's education - I only have one.H...Make that daughter<B>'s</B> education - I only have one.<BR/><BR/>Her teachers are competent, professional and certainly do their jobs well - I have no complaints there - but they don't put in the same personal effort that my sons' Rabbeim do.<BR/><BR/>The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115695682011416552005-05-09T23:28:00.000-04:002005-05-09T23:28:00.000-04:00How about your daughters' educations?How about your daughters' educations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115352301572211812005-05-06T00:05:00.000-04:002005-05-06T00:05:00.000-04:00Yeah, I felt that way too, yeshivaguy, but you kno...Yeah, I felt that way too, <B>yeshivaguy</B>, but you know what? This Rebbe really makes the kids interested in learning. My son wants to learn. He was thrilled that the rebbe called.<BR/><BR/>But my son's feelings on the matter aren't really the point. The rebbe could have (and most would have) just noted the absence in the roll book and not thought about the boy again all day. Not this rebbe. He genuinely cares about the kids and thinks about them constantly.<BR/><BR/>The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115351374287300092005-05-05T23:49:00.000-04:002005-05-05T23:49:00.000-04:00I wouldn't have wanted my rabbeim conferencing me ...I wouldn't have wanted my rabbeim conferencing me when I was sick. That's vacation time!yeshivaguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906305019107169392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115344793068659392005-05-05T21:59:00.000-04:002005-05-05T21:59:00.000-04:00Yes, they do. Children can sense very easily when...Yes, they do. Children can sense very easily when someone cares about them. The good Rabbeim try to make the class interesting and fun, try to engage the kids and build up their self-esteem. The others range from the indifferent to the harmful - and the kids know it too.<BR/><BR/>The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115343912730540582005-05-05T21:45:00.001-04:002005-05-05T21:45:00.001-04:00do your kids feel the sme way you do.do your kids feel the sme way you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115343912728282482005-05-05T21:45:00.000-04:002005-05-05T21:45:00.000-04:00do your kids feel the sme way you do.do your kids feel the sme way you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115341690288486952005-05-05T21:08:00.000-04:002005-05-05T21:08:00.000-04:00My boys' Rebbes have also been hit-or-miss. I have...My boys' Rebbes have also been hit-or-miss. I have found that the newbies seem to have have something to prove and consistently pleasantly surprise me. (The Yeshiva is growing at such a rate that they add new classes yearly, thus lots of opportunity for newbies.) The old-timers, even the "star" old-timers, always seem a little too burnt out for my tastes.orthomomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263941672605864501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115326474244408642005-05-05T16:54:00.000-04:002005-05-05T16:54:00.000-04:00Truthfully, we've been "hit-or-miss" as well. The...Truthfully, we've been "hit-or-miss" as well. The second and fourth grade Rabbeim were of the types that I mentioned in the last paragraph of my post. But the other years have been excellent. We were skeptical going into this year with our oldest (since it seemed that the even-grade Rabbeim were problems for whatever reason) but we were very pleasantly surprised.<BR/><BR/>The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115325881752574752005-05-05T16:44:00.000-04:002005-05-05T16:44:00.000-04:00You're very lucky, especially with all the negativ...You're very lucky, especially with all the negative blog buzz that rebbes get. My sons' rebbeim have been hit or miss. The younger grades are phenomenal, but in the older grades we've had some issues.<BR/><BR/>I applaud your older son's rebbe for learning with your son. My 8th grader was having very poor luck with his assigned chevrusas and we were getting very little help from the rebbe. I finally finagled him a chevrusa at the local beis medresh, and it's worked out great.<BR/><BR/>BTW I'm not so sure how great a carrot a trip to the gedolim is for kids who would rather watch TV anyway.PsychoToddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874353280798371891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115264650888251272005-05-04T23:44:00.000-04:002005-05-04T23:44:00.000-04:00Yes, it was the carrot (reward), not the stick (pu...Yes, it was the carrot (reward), not the stick (punishment).<BR/><BR/>WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115260685883039342005-05-04T22:38:00.000-04:002005-05-04T22:38:00.000-04:00It was obviously meant as an incentive for kids no...It was obviously meant as an incentive for kids not to watch TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1115259974530197872005-05-04T22:26:00.000-04:002005-05-04T22:26:00.000-04:00I'm no fan or advocate of having a television, but...I'm no fan or advocate of having a television, but why should that disqualify young talmidim from the opportunity to meet with Gedolim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com