Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2011

How to hide your friend’s
low mark from others
By: Esther Sitt
Magen David Yeshivah
One time, my teacher was handing
back tests and almost half of the class
got over the 90’s. When my friend
Renee got hers back, she looked at
it, folded it and put it in her backpack.
I could tell
she got a bad grade.
I felt really bad for
her especially when
Julie was begging
her to see it. Julie
said, “I know you
couldn’t get less
than 85.” Renee
cried all over again.
I walked up to Julie
and said, “Leave
her alone. It doesn’t
matter what she
got. It’s not a competition;
the grade
she got is her s to
tell if she wants to. You don’t have
to see it.” Julie got really mad at me
but she left Renee alone. Renee was
very grateful. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5
By: Elliot Akerman
Magen David Yeshivah
by: M.d.y. students
If you have a friend who gets a bad
grade on a test and he doesn’t want to
show the grade to his friend, you can
say, “You don’t have to show him if
you don’t want to. Nobody needs
to know.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5
By: Ariel Cohen
Yeshivah of Flatbush
We were getting back our tests. Marilyn
got the best mark she had ever
gotten. Sara went over to Marilyn
and made fun of the mark she got
in front of the whole class. Marilyn
every person
has
a hidden
talent
was very embarrassed. But, she went
over to Sara and told her, “I tried my
best and I thought I did very well.”
This teaches us that embarrassing is
bad. But, you can learn to stick up
for yourself. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5
By: Matti Miller
Masores Bais Yaakov
Mrs. Stein was handing back the
class’ papers. Yaffa walked up with
a smile on her face. Leah walked up
to the teacher and back to her seat
and shoved the test in her knapsack.
After class, Yaffa
went over to Leah
and said, “I got
100. What did you
get?” “Well um,
well, I don’t want
to talk about it.”
“Come on Leah, tell
me.” Sari stood on
the side. Sari was
watching as Yaffa
was begging Leah
to see her mark.
Sari walked over
to Leah and Yaffa.
“Hey, Yaffa, would
you mind? I am sure that Leah is
fine. You know I went to the store to
get those shoes you were telling me
about …..” Sari saved Leah from being
embarrassed by trying to change
the subject. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5
Special thanks to Terri and Jo Jo Chehebar
who were the first ones to support us when we started
Torah Contest 15 years ago.
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