<p>This is registration week at Columbia and my son would like to know who you had for Yiddish (I recall you mentioning that you got an A+). Did most of the kids have some background in Yiddish? Did you have to work very hard for your A+? He'd like to add an easy A class to his schedule. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>You usually don't learn as much from easy A courses. It might be nice now, but it hurts you in the long run.</p>
<p>He's looking to add to an already very difficult couseload. Thanks for the advice tho.</p>
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This is registration week at Columbia and my son would like to know who you had for Yiddish (I recall you mentioning that you got an A+). Did most of the kids have some background in Yiddish? Did you have to work very hard for your A+? He'd like to add an easy A class to his schedule. Thanks in advance.
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<p>I had some guy named Mark who I think was either a grad student or a postdoc who may very well be gone at this point. I think Yiddish was generally known to be pretty easy no matter who teaches it, but my information is dated.</p>
<p>My class was a total joke for an A+. You were graded on attendance/ participation and a take-home final that anyone who's smart enough to get into Columbia could have figured out, so I think everyone got A's or A+'s. Plus, whatever days I took it on seemed to hit every one of the holidays. I remember meeting for less than half of the scheduled classes, and we never had make-ups.</p>
<p>Most people in the class were orthos who went to Jewish schools and probably took Hebrew their whole lives. The Hebrew seems to really transfer over well. I struggled through my Bar Mitzvah and essentially hadn't seen Hebrew since then, but I'm pretty good with languages.</p>
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You usually don't learn as much from easy A courses. It might be nice now, but it hurts you in the long run.
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<p>What you learn in college means jack sh** in the long run and in the real world. Having a good time and trying different things are far more important than learning things that you'll never use in real life.</p>
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through my Bar Mitzvah
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<p>and she great c02 gender mystery is finally solved</p>
<p>skraylor, the typo makes your post pretty mind-blowing if one is not very familiar with Jewish terminology.....Like me for instance....</p>
<p>men (or boys becoming men) have bar mitzvahs. girls have bat mitzvahs.</p>
<p><em>not a jew</em>. You just pick these things up growing up in the 'burbs. I never had a birthday party as cool as my 12/13-year-old jewish friends.</p>
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<p>should be "and the great...."</p>
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<em>not a jew</em>.
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<p>I figured you were one, based on a post of where you went to high school. Guess we're unlocking all sorts of gender and religion mysteries on here!</p>
<p>Hi, my name is George and Im an Alco... uh, Asian.</p>
<p>I went to high school in a pasty-white suburb of boston called Lexington. the freaking Revolution started there. sure there are Joos but it's hardly Sharon, MA.</p>
<p>Many thanks Co02. I also agree with you about the need to explore some fun classes -- thanks for the support!</p>
<p>On another note, I always figured you were a guy. I hope you don't regret answering my question as apparently, for some, it ended the mystery of your gender.</p>
<p>If you check out CULPA, there's Marc Miller who taught Yiddish. One of the complaints about him is that he cancelled too many classes. You have a good memory :-)</p>
<p>Glad to help. Yep, that's him. People complain when a teacher cancels too may classes?? Nerds.</p>