Why did you do that?
A simple question, right? As someone who is learning to become a teacher, I'm grasping any chance I have to practice my skills and see what works and what doesn't. Since I was fortunate enough to go to a school that taught Hebrew from Kindergarten through 12th grade, I soaked up as much as I could and now I'm proud to say that I'm fluent in Hebrew. [Note: my grammar is good but not the best and I constantly forget vocabulary words, but I can hold a conversation, understand and be understood.]
I've begun to tutor a girl in one of my classes before and after class in Hebrew. Usually, I look at her homework to correct mistakes and answer questions she might have. Since she doesn't always have questions about the things she's made mistakes on, I try to understand why she made the mistake to begin with. I've taken to asking her what her reasoning was for answering what she answered. Sometimes, she'll explain to me what she thought was the case and sometimes she doesn't have any idea what she's supposed to be doing.
This has proved helpful to me: when she simply has a misunderstanding, I can explain to her why she misunderstood and help her figure out what she's supposed to be doing. From my understanding, this is a good tactic to use when parenting. If your child acts in a way you aren't happy with, the best thing you can do is ask them why they did it. It might even help correct their behavior.
Day 251: Marriage Is Also Supposed to Be Fun
Let me start off by saying that my favorite single moment in the Torah is when Rebecca fell off a camel upon seeing her husband-to-be, Isaac.
Ok, now that that's over with, we can continue. As children, we never really see our parents interact as 2 people who got married because they were in love, we see them interact as partners for the most part. They're helping us, feeding us, doing things adults do like pay bills and drive places.
When we leave, when we go to college or get married or something, our parents are left empty-nesters. Now they have time to do all the things they couldn't do while we were around. The Torah puts it interestingly, Rebecca and Isaac are described as caressing or playing with each other.
I think it's beautiful to have someone to play with. TO have someone to joke with and entertain and be entertained by, that's the real goal in my opinion.
Day 252: Shabbat
Whoa, when did I get so behind! I'll be missing a lot of classes for all the chagim coming up next week and suddenly I'm behind on entries and trying to get ahead on work...and not to mention my diary that I haven't written in since July. Wow. Ok, deep breaths, everything will get done.
I'm really glad my brother is here visiting this weekish. I'm really glad the huge cut on my foot is no longer infected and is healing. I'm hoping this darn chest cold ends soon. I'm really appreciative of all my professors and instructors who are so graciously accommodating me for the holidays and are working with me to make sure I'm not too behind.
- Don't Snap at Your Spouse: There's a lot of extended family stuff going on right now that reminded me of this entry. I'm sorry, not providing details but please know this is on my mind.
- Are You in an Abusive Relationship?: As is this one...
- Don't Be an Elitist: N/A
- Don't Encourage Your Children to Date Wealthy People: N/A
- The Painful, Challenging Question Parents Must Ask Children: N/A
- Marriage Is Also Supposed to Be Fun: N/A
Day 253: Rabbenu Gershom and the Prohibition Against Being a Snoop
Rabbenu Gershom is famous for many rulings: the first is his ruling outlawing polygamy, another is his ruling saying that divorce has to be mutual, a man cannot just divorce his wife without her consent.
Rabbenu Gershom's other ruling is about not being a snoop or invading the privacy of your family. So don't open your children or spouse's letters or enter without knocking on their doors (see Day 215).
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