Teaching and Responsibility

Posted: Mon, Jun 25 2007, 11:14 am Post subject: Teaching and Responsibility

I saw this in a different thread,

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If you say that, TR, then how come ppl want to be drs and nurses? what if they make mistakes and ppl lo oleinu die?

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I think it is an excellent comparison.

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We have seen erlich hyoung men, over the years, learn for smicha and want to become shochtim, then, in their training, decided they aren't "isras shomahyim enough" to be shochtim....and they end up doing something else. (Like working in a store.)

IMO, THOSE are the men who shoud be shechting!

Posted: Mon, Jun 25 2007, 1:16 pm Post subject:

Posted: Mon, Jun 25 2007, 1:19 pm Post subject: re: Teaching and Responsibility

I think the benefits in teaching children way outway the risk of not reaching a child, or affecting them in a negative way. there will always be a risk. like anything important in life, comes responsibility.

p.s- there are less doctors nowadays because of the rise of malpractice insurance costs.
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Not true, Motek - or not completely true.

AS a toddler, I felt DD didn't see well and the dr said she was too little to test. I anyway took her to a specialist and it was determined that she had a lazy eye which could be corrected. The dr fumfitted from day to night, trying to explain himself! No, no one died, but if we had listened to him, she might not have sight in that eye today.

We have other stories to tell, but you see the point. A mistake doesn't have to be life-threatening. But if the dr doesn't know what to do, the patient can suffer.

Posted: Tue, Jun 26 2007, 5:22 am Post subject: re: Teaching and Responsibility

Even though its scary that theres that much responsibility on you, and what if you make a mistake, ch'v!!- what if you actually do something right, and make a remarkable impression on a kid, and influence him positively for the rest of his life?
Yes, you could always look at the negative what ifs, but if someone is a good mechanech, they'll generally make a lot more positive "what if"s, and end up being much better on the whole.
Yes, its tragic when a child gets scarred permanently because of what a teacher does- but hopefully it won't be common, and the positive influence will outweigh the negative.
Hashem judges us not on if we ever made a mistake, but if we did more mitzvos than mistakes.

All I say is teachers should learn what to do and what not to do, and try their best to be loving (however they want to interpret that) teachers, and daven to Hashem for siyata dishmaya, and do their best.
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