In all honesty, I personally believe studying the Parsha is a vital aspect to Jewish society. Everyone in class should have a sufficient knowledge of the Parsha by the time the Chazzan goes up to leign on Shabbat morning. However, the current method of garnering this Parsha knowledge may in fact come with flaws. To start, I would like to say that people do in fact study, and I personally would like to recommend a book to the teacher of this class: http://www.amazon.com/Rookie-Teaching-Dummies-Michael-Kelley/dp/0764524798 (just kidding, Rabbi). To say we don't study is a sweeping generalization and an egregious claim. I think devoting Fridays to learning the Parsha is significant and believe the best way to learn it is by the teacher leading an intelligent discussion. Obviously there is a grade involved - Friday Class Participation (FCP) - and students would be engaged. Lastly, I think this would soften the test anxiety atmosphere that is obviously circulating the Friday class. I feel most students would agree with me regarding this idea. Let's see.
Happy Trails,
Dylan
I agree with you, Dylan, although I think you should stop searching the synonym dictionary and focus on the real issue at hand here.
ReplyDeletei dont think hes searching the "synonym dictionary" other known as the thesaurus, he just has a good vocabulary unlike you.
ReplyDeleteI 100%, totally agree with Dylan Cooper on this pressing issue, and I think Rabbi should take his proposal into deep consideration.
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