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In My Opinion

This week marks the return of millions of our children to the regular routine of school. The yeshivot and seminaries of this and other countries have also begun their classroom schedules and study patterns. I think that even though we can all agree that school today is a very necessary part of our society, nevertheless we are also all aware that school contains a downside as well. Not all children and students do well in school and many times this is not a true indication of their abilities and talents. School oftentimes fosters a sense of inadequacy, frustration and lethargy in many of its students. Having a large number of students in one classroom almost automatically guarantees… 

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The past has many bitter lessons for the present. Many times the lessons themselves unfortunately provide no answer to current dilemmas since they provided no clear answer to the past dilemmas either. That is what makes these types of historical lessons such bitter ones. It presents the problem in clear perspective but denies us any clear solution to it. One hundred years ago at the beginning of World War I the Western front became deadlocked after a few months of bitter and bloody fighting. Trench warfare and a war of attrition ensued that would continue for the next four years causing millions of casualties on both sides. That the front was stalemated was now obvious to both Germany…   Read More

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