Podcast Review

Title and hosts: Linsey and Marshall

Genre: Science

Summary of the Podcast’s Focus: We don’t actually need sleep

Summary of your episode: It talks about the science of sleep and talks about how they have a camp for kids where they collect data and put weird headgear on them to figure out how tired they are.

Assessment of Credibility: I think it’s credible because it was put on the list of recommended podcasts.

Why you like or don’t like it with evidence: I do not like it because it is really boring to me. I found the topics uninteresting.

Who you would recommend the podcast to: People who really love science and things that involve science.

 

 

 

 

Any details about the experience of listening to something and if you did or did not like it and why: I’d already listened to several podcasts and am still a regular follower of many so this was not the first time for me. Since I’ve continued to listen to podcasts you can assume I enjoy it.

Final rating out of 5 with 5 being the best: 2

Year-End Tefillah Reflection

  1. What were three of your favorite things we did in tefilah this year, and why? I didn’t have 3 favorite things and to be honest none of Tefillah was that fun for me at all.
  2. What were two of your least favorite things we did in tefilah this year, and why? Regular Tefillah because it was really boring for me. Studying text was also really boring.
  3. We will have tefilah on the calendar again next year.  What would you like to keep or continue in tefilah? I would like to continue not doing regular Tefillah every day.
  4. What would you like to have less of in Tefillah? Regular Tefillah.
  5. What would you like to add to tefilah? Fun days where we can do a kahoot or games related to Tefillah.
  6. If you were telling a student who was new to upper school about Tefillah and trying to get him/her excited about it, what would you share? It only happens 3 times a week.
  7. What other thoughts or ideas do you want to share about your tefilah experience this year? None that I haven’t already shared.

Mitzvah Day

Who from MJDS was in your group for each activity?
I don’t remember every single person because there were about 10 people in each group. And I had 2 groups. I’ll promise you for sure though that I was in both of my activities.
What was each activity?
My first activity was playing games with residents of Chai Point. My second activity was making dinner with Jewish Home Seniors.
Where was each activity?
My 1st one was at Chai Point. My 2nd was at the Jewish Home. 
How did you travel to your activities?
In a car.
Who did you help when doing your activities?
I guess I helped residents feel better in the 1st activity. In the 2nd one, I helped Adult Day Care participants make their dinners.
What did it feel like to participate in the activity?
It felt great to be helping them and making their lives easier.
What did I learn while doing the activity?
I learned how important it is to get out into the community and do things.
If I had the opportunity, would I do this activity again? On my own? As Part of MJDS?
No, because I would like to try different things.
How did I grow from the experience?
I try to think of people who need help.

Biography Update

Subject of Biography: Bill Russell

Why I chose this subject: He’s an interesting sports figure and I was desperate for ideas.

 

Sneak peak of Introduction: If we made a list of the 1,000 most influential people in the past century, Russell would have to be at least top 300. That may sound crazy but think about it. Basketball is currently one of the most popular sports in America. Bill Russell helped. A lot. He evolved the game into what we see now. It’s hard to believe now, but before Bill Russell came into the league, players didn’t jump to defend. They kept their feet on the ground and didn’t try to block shots. Blocks hadn’t even been invented yet. We haven’t even mentioned that he was one of the first successful blacks in the NBA. Still aren’t buying it? Well, you will by the end of this story.

 

Element of biography I want to make sure I include and why: Precise language because I would like to give the reader an accurate sense of what’s going on.

 

How do we resolve the differences between the Two versions of the Ten Commandments?

I chose the Rashbam method as my method. The “method” is that Moses changed the words the second time he talked about how you should observe/remember the Sabbath. It just seems the most likely to me. The most probable. Doesn’t it seem more likely that Moses forgot a few things after a few decades than some impossible explanation? The main problem with this method is mostly known by speculation and we have no evidence that is what he actually thought.