For any human being to fully reach his potential, the support of all those around him is crucial. This is especially true and important in relation to a child, who needs those around him to help him understand what he is capable of, and support him in working towards and reaching that potential. His environment, the community around him, school, and family, are all pieces that need to be joined together to best help the child. However, there is often a struggle in properly connecting all these dots, and a lack of knowledge on the educator’s part in how to bridge these seemingly separate identities together. Communication is a vital component in ensuring that the various segments of a child’s life remain intersected and function in harmony.
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However, there are actually multiple sects that differ on myriad issues, that can easily cause beliefs to clash and create tension in the community. The children in Bais Yaakov may come from Litvish families, Yeshivish families, Chassidish, Ashkenazi, or Sefardi families, who each have their own cultural identity, way of life, and individual level of religiosity. Aside from the prominent religion factor, there is also the enormous issue of class. There is a substantial number of abundantly wealthy Jewish families in Toronto, in extreme contrast to the poor. Though their children are all equally serviced in Bais Yaakov Elementary School, there can be an acute divide in how families are …show more content…
The school already has multiple programs and initiatives that succinctly encompass Epstein’s six types of parental involvement. But the reason some seem to be fading away or going to waste, is that the form of communication being used is behind the times. Phone calls and snail mail make sense for when the school was founded, forty-seven years ago. It was even okay ten years ago when the orthodox community still resisted cell phones, email, and the internet. But it is 2016, and the reality is that up to ninety-five percent of the families in Bais Yaakov do have cell phones with definite access to email. A large majority now have computers at home, and the internet in the house is far more common people seem to believe. Pretending to still exist in a time when the only way to communicate is through a phone call or a letter in the mail is taking its toll on school-parent relationships. Convenience and easy access is the cry of this century, and by actively ignoring that and refusing to cater to busy parents just will not
However, there are actually multiple sects that differ on myriad issues, that can easily cause beliefs to clash and create tension in the community. The children in Bais Yaakov may come from Litvish families, Yeshivish families, Chassidish, Ashkenazi, or Sefardi families, who each have their own cultural identity, way of life, and individual level of religiosity. Aside from the prominent religion factor, there is also the enormous issue of class. There is a substantial number of abundantly wealthy Jewish families in Toronto, in extreme contrast to the poor. Though their children are all equally serviced in Bais Yaakov Elementary School, there can be an acute divide in how families are …show more content…
The school already has multiple programs and initiatives that succinctly encompass Epstein’s six types of parental involvement. But the reason some seem to be fading away or going to waste, is that the form of communication being used is behind the times. Phone calls and snail mail make sense for when the school was founded, forty-seven years ago. It was even okay ten years ago when the orthodox community still resisted cell phones, email, and the internet. But it is 2016, and the reality is that up to ninety-five percent of the families in Bais Yaakov do have cell phones with definite access to email. A large majority now have computers at home, and the internet in the house is far more common people seem to believe. Pretending to still exist in a time when the only way to communicate is through a phone call or a letter in the mail is taking its toll on school-parent relationships. Convenience and easy access is the cry of this century, and by actively ignoring that and refusing to cater to busy parents just will not