There was no update last week because of our Tiyul (trip) to the north of Israel, but here is the coolest thing I learned this week.
Janus Corczak was a schoolteacher in Poland and later ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. In 1942 his orphanage of almost 200 students was taken to Treblinka and the Nazis offered Janus the chance to escape and/or switch to the Aryan side. He refused and accompanied his children to the death camp, eventually dying there with all of the children from his orphanage.
This of course is not an uplifting story, but I learned a quote that he said that I will always remember as I continue to teach.
"Children are not little people, they are people"
Its a small distinction, but makes a big difference. If we treat our students like people (equals), instead of little people (inferiors), we will be able to better connect to them and teach them more.
Also, on a total side note, I got the whole Harry Potter series in Hebrew today! I'm very excited to start reading it.
Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem
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