Ruth Schapira
Now Is The Time To Start Writing Your College Essay
What Should I Write About? Writing Your College Essay Is Never Easy! The time to begin your essay has never been more perfect. Your...
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Ruth Schapira
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What 7 of today’s top headlines tell you about teens today
Where’s the good news? When it comes to teens, it seems that “Headlines” are usually “Dead Lines”….yes….news about deaths, teenage thugs,...
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You won’t believe these words trending for #teens
Guess what’s trending for #teens? I discovered a helpful tool for twitter, a free site called hashtagify.me that lets you search trending...
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Teens: Watch Your Social Media Presence
twitter logo map 09 (Photo credit: The Next Web) “Treat every conversation you have on Twitter or Facebook as if it were a nationally...
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“But I’ve already been to the museum!”
Negotiating with teens when they say “been there, done that!” The entire school was taking a trip to the relatively new National Museum...
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Who are you on the web? If you’re applying to college, you should know
Should colleges check you out on Facebook? For Teens, Their Parents, and Jewish Educators: An article in Education Week noted what most...
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Can Character Be Taught to Teens?
Character Education: what has your teen learned? What are the most important traits to develop in students? At the end of high school,...
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Parents of Teens: Do You Miss Those Parent-Teacher Conferences?
I just read a quick blog about how elementary school parents should prepare for Parent-Teacher conferences. For parents of teenagers:...
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Let’s hope Jewish parents are smarter than this
Are we just being stupid or stubborn? There are some obvious signs that parents might not be as smart as we’d like them to be. Do you...
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For Teens: Worrying About Being Normal? Don’t.
What’s the new normal anyway? I recently read a great post called Approaching Normal. It got me thinking about how teens today think...
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Helicopter Parents Go to College
This news came to my Inbox today:”Today’s Campus is launching a new publication designed as a resource for the parents of the entering...
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Five Things Jewish Parents Should Know
Imagine that you’re on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a thunderous storm. Waves are coming fast and furiously. Water is...
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Why Do We Hate Teenagers?
Image via Wikipedia Did this headline grab you? You’re not unique. It’s what seems to work for newspapers and television. This is what I...
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When Parents Say: “Jewish Education On The Side, Please”
Image via Wikipedia Some parents are guilty of treating Jewish education like a side dish, something that will never star as the main...
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Ethical Issue: When Teens Cheat
What are the obligations of a Jewish supplementary high school in raising the ethical level of its students? How do we hold our students...
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Non-Day School Jewish Teens: Orphans in the Field?
photo courtesy of ePublicist Almost every day I experience a huge disconnect between my reality and the world of foundations and...
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Teens and the Road to College
Finding your path This year, thousands of high schoolers will be entering college. Sometimes I think they have things way too figured...
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Classroom and Community: Making It Real for Teens
courtesy of katerha's photostream Recently I was teaching a class the Jewish value of G’milut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness). I asked...
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Jewish Parents: Four Things I Wish You Wouldn’t Say to Your Teenager
Making decisions about continuing Jewish Education is often a challenge, though I’m not sure why. The comments below are ones I’ve heard...
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Jewish Teen Engagement: Don’t ask me for a tissue
Why is the Jewish community crying? I’ve worked with teens in the Jewish Let’s pretend you’re one of them. Your bar/bat mitzvah was...
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