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Regulation Gone Amok?

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Let me state unequivocally that I have a bias in this fight.  I am the product of 9 years of yeshiva.  And, while I was probably NOT the favorite of my teachers (now THERE’s an understatement), I did receive an outstanding education.  Not that they would have known that, since I spent more time out in the hall during my first years at HANC than I did in the classroom.  (They stopped sending me to the hall by the middle of my third year there.)  But, I did read religiously (pun intended) all the textbooks, handouts, etc.  that were provided to the classes.

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Three Years to Make a Difference

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It was May when I got to meet (by reputation) one of the scariest teachers of my school.   I had just about finished my 6th grade year with Ms. Kessler.  One of the teachers who tried to push me just a little harder.  She got me to write my first poem.  (I had written an essay, but she showed me that it was written in perfect iambic pentameter.) And, a term paper about the USSR (83 pages written in very tiny letters)…And, now I was “requested” to appear in Miss Katzman’s office after lunch.

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