**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Interesting (what you write below). In Toronto we went till 3:30. English Lit and English Comp were two different subjects and were examined separately. In Grade 13 (which no longer exists in Ontario) I took both Chemistry and Physics. I took Latin and French as foreign languages and one year I took German as well. Phys Ed was not emphasized like in America and we had two classes per week. I took Analytical Geometry and Trigonometry as separate subjects in the same year. Back then Ontario had province-wide Grade 13 exams so everyone was tested with the same exam on the same day. Entrance exams for university were not required since there was a uniform testing procedure across the province for Gr. 13 finals. Ahhhhh, nostalgia. Where can you find Latin taught today in N. America? BTW, I spent the last half of Gr.12 in Los Angeles in 1959. Talk about a breeze after high school in Canada. I could almost sleepwalk through school and get top marks. I almost lost my year when we returned to Toronto but my excellent marks throughout high school in Toronto was my saving grace and I was allowed into Gr. 13. Gary/Gershon Calgary, Canada >When I went to school, in the '50's and '60's in New York, we had a 6 hour >school day (9am-3pm), and that included lunch. In high school we were >restricted to a maximum of five, sometimes 4, academic subjects: English, >Math, science, Social Studies and a foreign language. The sixth hour was >divided between sport, health and study hall. The Jewish schools had much >longer days, because they had the religious subjects. > >The thing I would reform here would be to combine history, ezrachut, >geography into Social Studies and Literature, grammar and composition into >"Hebrew." The kids have too many subjects for too few hours each and no >perspective. English should start later and be 5 hours a week until the >12th grade. Also taught in homogeneous hakbatzot. > >Batya > > > > > > > >##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### >##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx ##### _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####