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anightclinicsoastotreatchildrenwhoseparentscannotafordtreatment.Helater
choosestoservetheyoungorphanedJewishchild,aspiringtochangetheoutlook
ofsocietyinregardtotheweakandtheorphaned.
workandResponsibility:
nIknowthatmanyarenotpleasedthatIcollectthedishesaftermeals.Inmy
opinion,eventhosewhosedutyitistodothejob,arenotinfavorofmygiving
ahelpinghand(ś)MyaimisthatintheChildren’sHomethereshouldbenosoft
workorcrudework,nocleverorstupidwork,nocleanordirtywork.Noworkfor
niceyoungladiesorforthemob.IntheChildren’sHome,thereshouldbenopurely
physicalandnopurelymentalworkers.”12ForKorczakworkwasofhighvalue
fortheestablishmentofreallife.Asthechildisanentireperson,work,alreadyin
childhoodyears,isanintegralpartofhislife
Postcards:
LifeintheChildren’sHomewasaccompaniedbyconstantfeedbackfrom
variousaspectsofthechildrenandeducatorsconduct.nThepostcardisnotaprize,
butakeepsake,amemento”13.Thepostcardwasgivenforanactivitythatthechild
enduredoveraperiodoftime.Forexample,gettingupinwinterorpeelingofpota-
toes.Formentoringorparticipationinthejointprayers.
Theword:
Korczakrecognizedtheimportanceofreading,writingandthespokenword.
Muchvaluewasplacedondiscourseincommunicatingwithchildrenandbetween
thechildrenthemselves.Thewrittenwordwasanintegralpartofthefunctioning
ofthehomendiferentinthought,inimagination,anddiferentonpaper,inletters
andwords”14.
Children’sBooks:
nAwonderfulthing-abook.Allthatwasinventedbythecleverestmenisto
befoundinbooks.Sometimesapersonthoughtallhislife,ahundredyears,and
thenwrote(ś)Someonediedquitesometimeagoyethisthoughtsareinscribedin
abook.Itisasifthebookspeaks,advises.Whysuferalonewhenyoucanfindin
booksahundredteachersandconsultants?15”.
12KorczakJ.,TheGhettoYears,BeitLohameiHagetaot,HakibbutzHameuchad,1980,p.204.
13KorczakJ.,Writings,vol.1:HowtoLoveaChild,EducationalMoments,TheRightoftheChild
toRespect,TelAviv,HakibbutzHameuchad,1996,p.267.Hebrewedition.
14Ibid,p.101.
15KorczakJ.,KingMattontheDesertIsland,Jerusalem,1979,p.86.Hebrewedition.
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