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instancert.com… you pay i think 20 dollars per month it automatically bills to your account till you discontinue it. i used it for college math this past summer and it helped me a lot! i think its also guarenteed so if (chas visholom lol) u dont pass u shud get your money back. it basically uses flashcards online with examples to make things clear. also whenever there was a topic that i wasnt clear on i googled it…there were some random sites out there that had lists of rules and stuff that helped me.
Good luck! Trust me: if i passed the clep, you can too 😀
2morecents:
WOAHH, pick your battles! To say that parents should not have cell phones is both unnecessary and unreasonable. As for parents having cell phones being a bad role model: I disagree, for they can simply tell their children that it is a privilege that comes with age.
I agree with you that young children should not get their own cell phone;I think 11/12th grade is the “appropriate” age to allow a child to get a cell phone, and texting only after high school.
However, you mentioned cell phones in dorms: If you trust your kid enough to send him away from home where he can get into all sorts of trouble (even with all the supervision they have there) then you have to trust him with a phone too.If you give him the phone and tell him that you’re trusting him, and have a loving relationship with them like SJSinNYC said, then this should make them feel guilty of abusing their phone. If the kid doesn’t have a kosher phone, just don’t get him a data plan for his phone: he won’t be able to surf online from his phone for it will cost an arm and a leg and you should tell him upfront he’ll have to pay the price.
@ oomios:
I was always told by my parents and teachers alike to call the friend/person I’m using as reference first to ask them if they’re ok with being a reference for me. This should be able to prevent mistakes like you mentioned, with people saying ill things about you..for if they have negative feelings toward you chances are they won’t agree to be a reference (they’ll get out of it in some polite way like “i don’t feel comfortable, always blank on the phone..wtvr).
Also, on a side note, a friend of mine once told me that whenever she agrees to be a reference for someone, she takes 5-10 minutes and writes down the things she admires in the person she is being a reference for, as well as nice anecdotes and basic information on the girl.She then has this paper in front of her whenever taking a shidduch call…this helps in giving over straight clear information.
Good luck to everyone in the “parsha!!”
😀 and yes, needless to say, on her birthday she had more cakes, cookies, and letters than she knew what to do with!
“Biggest” chesed…this chesed is not so “Big” as much as representative of a HUGE heart. There was a girl in my 12th grade class who made it her business to ensure that nobody’s birthday was forgotten. We had a large grade of over 80 students, and no matter what, she remembered yours. When you came into school on your birthday you would find a plate of home made cookies prettily wrapped with a little note from her saying what she feels you add to the grade and why she looks up to you. I can not begin to tell you what a difference it made to the grade! Many of the quieter girls, whose birthdays we all did not know, were now celebrated–and of course, when we saw cookies on someones desk,we knew it was her birthday and we all gathered around and sang and celebrated with her. Everyone felt special on their day. It created such a sense of achdus and an awareness that we should all be watching out for others in small ways just like she did. She is truly an inspiration for me!!
R.A: thats a very smart tip!
however, in my phone (verizon) i tried putting it in with an exclamation point before it as you mentioned and it just moved it to the bottom of the list…
apushatayid: what about siblings in one family? the kids are going to different camps for the summer…and they both want the new Shwekey cd on their playlists. Are they allowed to do that?
**also, what about when someone gets married? They have their ipod, mp3 player, wtvr, that is filled up with cd’s from their father’s house. are they allowed to bring that into their new life or do they have to buy any and all cd’s they would want to listen to? what does everyone think?
wow i find this conversation hard to understand on sooo many levels!
the way i see it as a shidduch-aged girl,there are those who will always bash NY, “in-town”, whatever you want to call it, without really knowing what they’re talking about or having experienced the wonders of the kehillas here first hand. I’m not saying that we’re perfect; then again, no one is. I am sure that just as there are all different types here in NY, types you might not want your kids to be friends with or whatever, there are the same types out of town. I think the real difference here is that since we’re talking about more people, there is naturally more of each type, making it more obvious.
I get offended when i meet people from out of town and they’re surprised that i’m from NY; they tell me that they would’ve never have guessed because i’m not the “type”. And what exactly is the “type”?? I have a large group of 20 friends who are exactly like me, and i’ve gone to bais yaakov camps and met other NY girls who are like me as well. It is time to stop stereotyping and start opening up our eyes to CHOOSE to see the good!
🙂 glad i got all this off my shoulders, it was long in the coming!!
ooooopps sorry meant yossi green!!!!!!
I don’t know if this true but this story was circulating 🙂
dont know all the details (every version changes) but basically there was a cleaning lady of some sort who was working and they had Jewish music on–the people she was working for asked her if she minded that they played Jewish music.
she replied: ‘no i dont mind–and i especially like that song “i love him i love him”.
I love him i love him? ends up, she was talking about yehuda greens song “anuvim anuvim!!” 😀
i think the pressure is more in girls clothing than with boys…but with the right chinuch, coming primarily from parents, kids can grow up comfortable in whatever they wear. My family is not big into labels-and i’m one of five girls who all go to a school that does have many students there that dress to a certain standard. however, if the family talks about it not being so important, and being comfortable in what you wear, then kol tov—the kids will be none the worse!
thats my opinion, at least 😀