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By Maddy Soltz
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people should be viewed equally.
It is hard not to get frustrated when the kids aren't listening, but she says that
also makes her job rewarding.
"I try and work with the kids how my mom would want me to be
treated as a camper," she said. "All these kids want is someone to talk to,
hang out with and look up to."
ust because someone is different from you, he or she should not
be treated differently from how you would want to be treated.
This week's Torah portion, Parashah Shoftim, discusses how the
magistrates and officials of the ancient tribes were required to be
fair to everyone. "You shall not judge unfairly; you shall show no par-
tiality. . ." [Deuteronomy 16.20]. What this means is that all things and
people should be judged equally, no matter what their actions may
be. You should not favor anything.
Although it may seem people say the wrong things at certain times,
people normally do the best they can do with what they have. Even
though the Torah talks about official judges, I believe judging of other
people should be talked about as well.
Imagine this: You are in the hallway of a high school. All of the
cliques are side by side. You have the "popular girls" gossiping about
all the latest drama; the jocks talking about their victory football game
last night. You look around and see some girls who are wearing "off-
brand" clothes. Just by looking at their clothes, you think they are
either poor and can't afford trendy clothes or they don't care about
fashion at all. Now, is this fair? Is this how the Torah wants us to be
looking at other people?
How do you know that the people wearing off-brand clothes are
not the wealthiest people in the school who just want to be different
and not have the same clothes all the other girls have from top-brand
clothing stores? Exactly, you don't.
So why judge others when you do not know the truth? If you get to
know them and find out that they do have a bit less money than you,
or they really do not care about fashion as much as you do, you still
shouldn't judge them. They have the same right that each of us has to
make decisions about what's right for themselves.
T2T p hoto by Alex Zas low
T2T dvar
Teenagers like to be outside as much
as possible during the summer, so be-
ing a lifeguard is the ideal job. DANA
NARENS, 17, of West Bloomfield
lifeguards at the Sports Club in West
Bloomfield. She is either on the guard
stand or doing pool check-ins or main-
tenance work. She also gives swim les-
Dana Nerens, 17, of West Bloom-
sons to children ages 2-7. This summer
field spent her second summer as a
is her second as a lifeguard. During the
lifeguard. She also gave swimming
year, she works occasionally inside the
lessons.
club.
"I work for both the money and be-
cause I like my job," she said. "I wanted to earn money this summer for
next year at college, but I love to be outside all day."
A side benefit is having an enviable tan.
"It definitely makes the job easier knowing that I am getting paid at the
end," she said. "I love working with children, but they can be difficult at times
and knowing that I am getting compensated for
my work is a plus."
Gabriella Ring, 16, is a junior at Berkley High School.
Alex Zaslow, 17, is a freshman at Indiana University
in Bloomington.
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