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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1600 on: October 06, 2016, 08:44:09 PM »
I've wondered that about Amazon chat reps. I've had the great honor of chatting directly with "Amazon" from Amazon a few times.

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1601 on: October 07, 2016, 12:37:20 PM »
I've wondered that about Amazon chat reps. I've had the great honor of chatting directly with "Amazon" from Amazon a few times.

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1602 on: October 08, 2016, 03:21:06 PM »
Are amex chat reps screen names system generated, or do they choose their username for the day before starting?
Ask them . They have all sorts if answers .

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1603 on: October 08, 2016, 08:05:41 PM »
Ask them . They have all sorts if answers .
Sometimes I'm ECCAing, and I feel like I'm chatting with the same person I was chatting with 30 seconds before...
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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1604 on: October 08, 2016, 09:22:11 PM »
Sometimes I'm ECCAing, and I feel like I'm chatting with the same person I was chatting with 30 seconds before...
Once with amex i was chatting from dw's account finished logged out logged into my own account and started a chat the rep said "i see you were just chatting with so and so...."

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1605 on: October 10, 2016, 09:25:09 AM »
I wanted to book a paid hotel in NYC area Thursday night, pretty flexible with the area and hotel. (Although needs to be IHG). If I wait till Wednesday to book something, will prices go down, up, or basically stay the same? Generally speaking, do hotel prices change as it gets closer to the date you want to book?

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1606 on: October 10, 2016, 10:48:07 PM »
Why do primary/first/second grade girls have a morah + 1/2 assistants, while boys rebbeim have to handle 25+ rambunctious/ difficult/ behavior issues etc boys single handed??!?

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1607 on: October 10, 2016, 10:57:33 PM »
Very easy to get fresh out of seminary girls for cheap to be an assistant.
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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1608 on: October 10, 2016, 11:05:26 PM »
Very easy to get fresh out of seminary girls for cheap to be an assistant.
So your saying we are potentially sacrificing education quality for boy for a couple of dollars?

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1609 on: October 10, 2016, 11:09:39 PM »
So your saying we are potentially sacrificing education quality for boy for a couple of dollars?
Are you ready for a hike in your son's tuition?
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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1610 on: October 10, 2016, 11:12:12 PM »
So your saying we are potentially sacrificing education quality for boy for a couple of dollars?
A couple dollars? The boys the age that would work as an assistant are either in yeshiva or not meant to be in a classroom. The next step up is a married man with a wife/family to support.
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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1611 on: October 10, 2016, 11:12:53 PM »
Are you ready for a hike in your son's tuition?
If assistants are necessary for early grade girls, they are just as necessary for boys.
Let's first worry about the chinuch. No?

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1612 on: October 10, 2016, 11:14:45 PM »
A couple dollars? The boys the age that would work as an assistant are either in yeshiva or not meant to be in a classroom. The next step up is a married man with a wife/family to support.
There are plenty of yungerlight who want to be rebbeim. This should be required, mandatory two years of rebbey assistant work before becoming a full Rebbe.
12$ an hour is more than a kollel check.

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1613 on: October 10, 2016, 11:22:24 PM »
There are plenty of yungerlight who want to be rebbeim. This should be required, mandatory two years of rebbey assistant work before becoming a full Rebbe.
12$ an hour is more than a kollel check.
Gimme a break. You find 25 qualified people aspiring to be rabbeim that are willing to do the job of a seminary girl for $12 an hour, and we'll talk.
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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1614 on: October 11, 2016, 12:05:36 AM »
Gimme a break. You find 25 qualified people aspiring to be rabbeim that are willing to do the job of a seminary girl for $12 an hour, and we'll talk.
Huh? Mandatory training. ... There will be ppl lining up in Lakewood if this becomes a thing.
It's not some silly job. It is assisting in kriyah , discipline etc etc.
And btw, the female assistants in Lakewood are not $12 an hour, and definitely not necessarily seminary girls.

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1615 on: October 11, 2016, 12:11:36 AM »
Huh? Mandatory training. ... There will be ppl lining up in Lakewood if this becomes a thing.
It's not some silly job. It is assisting in kriyah , discipline etc etc.
And btw, the female assistants in Lakewood are not $12 an hour, and definitely not necessarily seminary girls.
not every potential Rebbe is looking for primary
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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1616 on: October 13, 2016, 01:59:50 PM »
Huh? Mandatory training. ... There will be ppl lining up in Lakewood if this becomes a thing.
It's not some silly job. It is assisting in kriyah , discipline etc etc.
And btw, the female assistants in Lakewood are not $12 an hour, and definitely not necessarily seminary girls.
In your dreams!!! You seem to be very unfamiliar with the system. By boys, assistant = shlak shames. Period.

The difference in classroom settings in boys vs. girls will give you a better understanding. I will start by quoting someone who explained the trend in the education changes that are going on recently (Common Core etc.):
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Education has gone from the teacher being;

a sage on the stage
to
the guide on the side.
This explains it very well in one line. While girls' schools had this approach for years (and increasingly with this trend) with all their activities, hand-on learning programs etc etc, there was very much room, and even a great necessity for assistants. Even more so, anyone right out of school was just right for the job and was even more wallet friendly for the school than their married counterparts.

Whereas, in boys' yeshivos the sage never left the stage. It's all about a lecture and chazzara and back to the lecture. Anything else is out the window. Hence, by boys, assistant = shlak shames. Period.


The only thing you may want to say is that some boys need help for chazzara, that's where the flood of private tutors comes into place. (IMO this was taken way out proportion. While many private tutors really do a phenomenal job, most just waste the kids' time, while the student would've been gaining far far more had he stayed in class. Part of a tutors job is to also know when NOT to pull the kid out of class. But don't get me started on the topic...  ::) I've got a whole lot to say about it...  >:( )

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1617 on: October 13, 2016, 07:12:10 PM »
In your dreams!!! You seem to be very unfamiliar with the system. By boys, assistant = shlak shames. Period.

The difference in classroom settings in boys vs. girls will give you a better understanding. I will start by quoting someone who explained the trend in the education changes that are going on recently (Common Core etc.):This explains it very well in one line. While girls' schools had this approach for years (and increasingly with this trend) with all their activities, hand-on learning programs etc etc, there was very much room, and even a great necessity for assistants. Even more so, anyone right out of school was just right for the job and was even more wallet friendly for the school than their married counterparts.

Whereas, in boys' yeshivos the sage never left the stage. It's all about a lecture and chazzara and back to the lecture. Anything else is out the window. Hence, by boys, assistant = shlak shames. Period.


The only thing you may want to say is that some boys need help for chazzara, that's where the flood of private tutors comes into place. (IMO this was taken way out proportion. While many private tutors really do a phenomenal job, most just waste the kids' time, while the student would've been gaining far far more had he stayed in class. Part of a tutors job is to also know when NOT to pull the kid out of class. But don't get me started on the topic...  ::) I've got a whole lot to say about it...  >:( )
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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1618 on: October 14, 2016, 04:57:47 PM »
Is there a way to block a specific persons posts from showing up in a conversation on DDF?

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Re: Random questions.
« Reply #1619 on: October 14, 2016, 05:02:18 PM »
I've got a whole lot to say about it...  >:( )

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