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Give the spotlight to the one who is the most qualified<br />
PROSPECT PARK YESHIVA<br />
Wearing the<br />
same t-shirts<br />
doesn’t make<br />
you a team<br />
By: Sharon Roubin<br />
Magen David Yeshivah<br />
If you are part of a dance and you<br />
are in the back, but your friend is in<br />
the front, you’ll most likely try to move<br />
up. But, then, everyone will get confused<br />
with their spots and the dance<br />
becomes a mess. So, now you don’t<br />
get the spotlight and neither does your<br />
friend. If you and your friend are trying<br />
to make a fruit basket for sick children,<br />
the designer gets the credit. But, she<br />
couldn’t have made it without someone<br />
buying those ripe, fresh looking fruits<br />
and someone picking that right basket<br />
to match the fruits. Maybe the designer<br />
knows how to do these things, but,<br />
thanks for all those people involved,<br />
By: Viviane Farca<br />
is best for the job. Before Fortune they made the idea happen.<br />
Magen David Yeshivah<br />
was about to say how unfair it was,<br />
By: Tehilla Nisanev<br />
One day, a 5th grade class was starting<br />
to prepare for the Bridge competi-<br />
When you make a play, each individ-<br />
Meorot Beit Yaakov<br />
she thought about how she was always<br />
the leader of everything and<br />
tion where they would have to build a<br />
ual should use her own talents. Smart<br />
all she does is demand things. She<br />
bridge and see which one can hold the<br />
girls do the research, artistic girls draw<br />
thought about what Allison said and<br />
most weight. The teacher was making<br />
banners, loud ones present the banners<br />
and cheer. When one works on<br />
then said, “You know what? I nominate<br />
Alison to be director because she<br />
groups and one of them was Fortune,<br />
Sarah, Allison and Lauren. Each person<br />
had a job in the group. The jobs<br />
has fair ideas.” Everyone else agreed<br />
a science project, it will not succeed<br />
and they won the project excellence if no one does the research on the<br />
were the director, the tri board designer,<br />
the bridge designer and the journal-<br />
award because they worked together. topic and no one likes to do it since<br />
By: Chaim Janani<br />
it won’t put you in the spotlight. But,<br />
ist. Right when they sat down to start<br />
Yeshivah Lev Torah<br />
too little research and too many eager<br />
presenters is a sure way to fail.<br />
discussing, Fortune said, “I am being In a sports game, by passing the<br />
the director.” Fortune is used to the ball you allow other people to play<br />
spotlight because she is always the and make it fun for them. The other<br />
See the names of authors<br />
boy gets a chance to shoot and,<br />
head of everything. Then Allison said,<br />
from your shul on p.104 .<br />
“I think we should go around and see if he is a good shooter, you might<br />
which girl wants which job.” Fortune even score. But, if someone is a On TorahContest.com,<br />
thought it wasn’t fair because what if<br />
two people want the same job? Allison<br />
said that they should see who<br />
ball hugger and he shoots even<br />
though it’s a very far shot, he would<br />
probably miss and you would lose.<br />
submit a lesson you<br />
learned from their stories.<br />
88 <strong>Bar</strong>/Bat <strong>Mitzvah</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 718-909-6060 View magazine online at BMmagazine.com
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