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PBA, I really think your comment to ignore Health’s post was hurtful to him. I think you should apologize.
Note, I had indented the sections in my original post, but the formatting got lost when it appeared here.
Anyway, one other piece of advice is that if you view the report as being yotzei the teachers assignement, then it is easy to get writer’s block. What should I say, etc?
However, you need to view it as taking a topic and explaining it or a particular viewpoint to an audience, and backing up everything you say with proof.
I.e., you contend that Ben Franklin was actually a Jew in disguise. Now you need to review his life, and then provide various documentation that proves that deeper study of many of the famous stories about him show he was a Belzer Chasid.
The most interesting reports are when you try to convince your audience of a novel idea. Take control of your audience, rather than your audience taking control of you.
I disagree, Popa. Best to write an abstract or an outline. Once you have done this, you can just fill in the sections. It really helps you plan out the whole thing. If you just start writing randomly, you will ramble on. Deciding what points you want to make, in advance, and how you will prove them and put them together is most of the battle. Then, actually doing it is much easier.
I went through all of this in writing a thesis.
Remember, a formal outline is something like this:
I. Intro
II. Chapter 1
A. First section
1. First subsection
2. Second subsection
…
B. Second section
…
III. Chapter 2
…
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IX. Summary and Conclusion
X. Bibliograpy and Endnotes
Note you can even have III, A, 2, a, iv, etc., but almost nobody uses that level of detail.
There is surgery for nodules, but you need to go to a real expert. Sometimes the results are worse than before. I think a famous movie star (Julie Andrews?) had the surgery, and then said that she was unable to sing afterwards. They use one foot long very narrow instruments to reach inside and try to clip off the nodules, something like scissors, but sometimes they can shake and they may accidentally clip off part of the vocal cords. It is not simple.
I knew a baal tefila who was told they cannot rule out cancer unless he had the surgery. Thankfully the nodules were regular benign things, and his voice was still good, afterwards, but not as strong as it was before.
I guess if the voice is so bad it really sounds like gravel, you have nothing to lose, but if you are just looking for a minor improvement, it would be risky.
Goq, you have lost me. This thread is way over my head.
I often take the precaution of saving my posts in a file before sending, since sometimes there can be an error that causes them to disappear. May be worth it to repost to see if a mod missed it.
Anyway, I have been very frustrated a few times as well, so you are not the only one, Kapusta.
YW also has some constraints that they must worry about so they will be acceptable to their poskim, both in halacha and in hashkafa and general flavor of the site. These are not necessarily my own hashkafas, so it can be upsetting when I can’t present my own point of view.
Always give a second chance. It leads to less hurt feelings, and maybe you will like him.
MosheRose, Ideally, Chazal wanted married couples to live apart, preferably in different countries. Since it is bidieved, maybe a gift would be ok, or at least a telegram.
As far as what to get in general, I would buy him a Lexus. If he doesn’t like it, the Mods will give you my address, and you can forward the car to me.
Mike, you need to put more bite into it. ALso, you don’t specify what was the negative slant.
Regarding the people on the Kibbutz who were wearing a white shirt and Chino pants. Please note that these people were in many cases, families who got off the boat after WW2 and had nothing but the shirt on their back. They worked like slaves doing hard physical labor all week to build up the desert which was EY into the beautiful place it is today. They had no money for fancy suits. This may have been all they could afford. In addition, it was very hot, and they often had no money for air conditioning, so they lived without it. This was the only way they could be comfortable and have some Oneg Shabbos. They gave long years of their lives in addition, to serve in the army and protect their brethren. They did not have the benefit of going to college after HS and starting a rich career. They were mosrei nefesh on all fronts, and this is how they could be comfortable on Shabbos.
Let us give them a little bit of hakaras hatov.
Grandmaster, what the gemara means is if there are unlimited or adequate funds, then there is a theoretical obligation to support the rich man at his previous standard of living. However, if funds are limited, obviously seichel tells us that one must triage the cases based on the funds available. Giving the rich man money to drive a Lexus would not seem to override the need to give a poor man money so he does not get put out on the street, or have to take his kids out of yeshiva and put them into public school.
One always needs to look at the big picture.
I have heard if you drink a bottle of Wild Turkey, you will be too drunk to check anybody out, and will get engaged to the first person you see.
A second dentist just strongly recommended Dr. Markus Weitz, as well. He did not know anything about Contemporary Dental Implant Center, although he had seen their ads, too.
TruthBeTold, Tzaddikim never die young R”L or suffer? Even Moshe Rabbeinu did not know the answer.
Genug, while not talking in davening is important, bein adam lachaveiro is also important. Not to say Good Shabbos to the fellow sitting next to you when it is permissible to be mafsik may not be what the RBSH wants.
Beautiful story.
Somebody just strongly recommended Dr. Weitz in the Five Towns.
I have also seen ads for Contemporary Dental Implant Center which claim to have much experience and the prices seem reasonable, but I do not know more about them.
Cofeefan, tears always have a direction. Straight up to Shomayim.
One further point. Even if you have a good filter on your home computer, use the option to completely turn off internet after like 10 or 11 pm, until 7 am the next morning.
No reason a kid should be on the computer at all in the middle of the night.
I wanted to clarify that when I said no kid should have an unfiltered internet device, I mean that on a personal computer the internet should be filtered.
But as far as portable devices, THE KID SHOULD NOT HAVE ONE AT ALL.
Which parent is going to monitor his kids device everyday to see if he reset it or installed something that will bypasss the filter?
Why on earth does a kid need one? Aside from the obvious problems of issurim, he will never develop a proper cheshek for learning and Mitzvos. One needs to concentrate on learning and schoolwork with a full heart and mind and with no distractions in order to succeed.
I don’t give my kids cell phones until after they graduate HS and go away to an out of town Yeshiva or Seminary where they really need one.
No kids should have unfiltered internet. Everybody thinks my kid is such a little angel, and won’t do anything wrong. Unless your kid has something physically wrong with him r”l, he or she will have a yetzer hara that can easily get out of control.
There is plenty for them to do without being on an unfiltered device. They will not die of boredom. Try books, hobbies, sports, chesed projects, etc.
These are terrible stories. I can’t believe how hard it must have been for those posting here. May you only have simchas and no more tzaros.
Hi Happiest, hope you are feeling better. Try to look forward to happy things like Purim. I have always wondered if it takes a specific event to trigger a depression, or does it come all by itself. Is there anything specific that is getting you down?
Veltz, what I meant by I don’t recommend it to everyone, is that not everyone is an illuy who can ace the LSATs and get into Harvard with no other qualifications. Many people benefit from a structured, full-curriculum bachelors degree. In addition, even if all Yeshiva guys could do as well on the LSATs, you can be sure Harvard is not going to take 600 Yeshiva guys. They place a lot of emphasis on diversity, gender equality, well-roundedness, etc. So how many places would they be willing to offer them? Probably not more than one or two a year.
Health as far as education money, please explain how the govt can give money to a religious school? I thought the tuition crisis is caused by that problem.
Health, I may have made a mistake. I checked on Wikipedia and they list some accredting agencies. I do not know how the process works, so I will stay out of it.
Ofcourse, my wife and I often tease each other, and no bad feelings are intended.
I just heard from a reliable source that a bachur with a BTL from Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway scored high on his LSATs and just got accepted to Harvard.
(I do not recommend this approach for all.)
ROB, I believe a BTL is a degree that Yeshivos offer which is non-accredited by any recognized national or regional entity, which is supposed to mean the person took enough credits of whatever the Yeshiva offered to satisfy their requirement for something equivalent to a Bachelors degree from a university.
I do not know if these are all learning credits, or some history and philosophy or maybe even some secular courses are required by the Yeshiva. I think it probably depends on the Yeshiva.
Sorry, it was Veltz Meshugener’s numbers that I was referring to, not Popa’s. I think he is right. Mathematically, there simply are very few applicants with really stellar numbers on the LSAT, so those who have them do have an advantage to any school that wants to maintain their very selective/prestigious image.
Nevertheless, I am sure appearance and other factors comes into play. If you show up in a shlumpy mismatched suit, and speak or write Yeshivishe raid, I am sure it does not make a very good impression, neither on the Law School interview, nor on the job interview (pardon the double negative).
One must always look and dress the part of the consummate professional. In addition, having a background in worldly studies makes for better client/professional relations. You need to be able to make clients from all backgrounds comfortable with you. Even be able to talk about sports or world events. It is part of being meurav im habriyos, and is necessary in the business world, as well. One who does not read any secular books or news will have trouble maintaining a confortable relationship with anybody not from the Yeshivishe world. This is probably a rationale of those schools that do not look favorably upon the BTL.
I guess the difference between SAT and LSAT is that the applicant pool is much smaller for the LSAT. Popa’s numbers make sense. I looked up some stats on an LSAT site. For the SAT, 1.5 million+ take it. Actually the number of perfect scorers on the SAT is less than I thought, being about 250, so my earlier statement is not entirely true, but you can still see that they take into account other factors, as the range of scores is wide.
Once heard a world-renowned expert speak on a study of a speech recognition algorithm. He said, it was tested on eight people. Five were native speakers of English, two were from Brookyln, and one was from Boston.
My wife will get very mad if I make the obvious crack here, so I am going to hold off. Vehamayvin Yovin.
(I am a big tzaddik.)
While I don’t know much about Law School, but I find it very hard that the LSAT score can be such an important factor in admissions. Usually schools (at least undergarduate) look for many other things besides SAT scores. They want extracurricular activities, scientific research, athletics, music, volunteering, social awareness, good essays, top recommendations, etc. etc. etc.
If Harvard wanted, they could set their minimum score at 800 on all sections of the SAT, and still not have enough places for all qualified applicants! Since they have a range (usually in the 700’s) obviously they are using other criteria which they weight more heavily than the SAT alone.
Sac’s calling me ugly, stupid, or both. 🙁
If there is a matir assurim list, then there is absolutely no reason why Gilad Shalit and the other missing Israeli soldiers such as Ron Arad, Zachary Baumel, Rachamim Alshich, Yosef Fink, Yehudah Katz, Zvi Feldman, and Guy Chaver should not be at the very top.
All other prisoners were probably to some degree at least a poshea if not worse, except in the rare instance a totally innocent person was convicted. I am not saying we should not daven, give funds, and do hishtadlus for all except hardened criminals who were meizidim. Nevertheless it is obvious that the Israeli soldiers must be the top priority, and were captured for selfless reasons.
MamashTakeh, that was a beautiful post.
Aishes Chayil while your point is well-taken, I find it hard to believe that even the most anti-zionist school in the world would be so hard-hearted not to include him on the list. So I am very curious if something is missing from your story. I think you or somebody should double check with the school. Nevertheless, if you are correct and the 3 boys from Japan are on the list, while Gilad is not allowed to be on it, then somebody running the school must not have all their marbles. However, I find it very hard to believe that this could be the case.
Sacrilege, are you implying that Jewish men are of the ugliest men in the world?