Although the students at YULA Girls believe that they are completely informed about the personality of their omniscient and happy principal, I was granted the opportunity to learn more about him.
Rabbi Lieberman say when he looks at YULA students, he sees their potential. Although one may assume that Rabbi Lieberman learned about the nature of teenage women from his daughters, he says the opposite is true; his students have taught him about the nature of his daughters.
Rabbi Lieberman believes the challenges and difficulties of teenage girls are similar in YULA and in his previous school Shulamith in Brooklyn, New York. When asked what the hardest part of his job is, he said, “It is difficult when he wishes to aid his students and they do not wish to internalize his advice.”
At the end of this interview I asked Rabbi Lieberman how he would measure his success as Principal of YULA Girls School? He said that he would wait until the High school reunion of his first graduating class of 2012 ten years after graduation. If his students achieve success then he will consider himself a success.
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