[etni] Education Then and Now and There and Here
- From: Barry <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gary_zone@xxxxxxxxxxx, ybmedad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,drjamesbacker@xxxxxxxxx, etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:46:02 +0200
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Looxury!
You had it easy.
----- In Winnipeg, we had to get up 4:30 AM in 60 Below weather in total
darkness, beat the beavers away from our doorstep, and go out side to melt
the snow to boil our car engines until they defrosted.
Then we went to school where we had 57 different subjects, of which no
less than 14 were about the history, chemistry and lexical variety of snow.
I studied Latin, Greek, Urdu, Purdue, Algonquin and Zubbin Metis until I
graduated from Grade 23. Don't even get me started on the extra Jewish
subjects we took in the afternoon. Upon coming to Israel after highschool
graduation, my academic level was assessed and I was immediately made Dean
of Studies at the Barry Lawn University of Rammat Gan.
Just try telling that to today's youth, whose only worries are did the
teacher give them the correct answer on the MaiTsav test, and AIDS. They
don't even want to listen.
/BArry
IN RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE::
> 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.
> >
> > >
> >Batya
> >
> >
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