I'm not sure why you sent this now, Daniel, but in reply to your question, while rockets are flying around us and, as in my case, directly into our schools, no, I don't think this would be the appropriate time. In fact, I'd be more than happy to be teaching English right now. Bari On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Ask_Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Daniel - ydaleph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: English teachers > > Does the ministry of education really want us to remain in the profession? > The Ministry keeps talking about the shortages of qualified, dedicated and > devoted English teachers in the country and yet they do everything possible > to demotivate us, demoralize and treat us like second class teachers. They > ignore our demands, scoff at our working conditions and ignore the new > realities of the growing native speaker population. Then they lie to us > about qualifying courses and refuse to accept our degrees and > qualifications > from outside Israel. Is it no wonder so many of us leave the profession or > just sigh. > > Isn't it time we "raged against the dying of our plight and did not go > gentle into the dark of the ministry's dimming light?" (My apologies to > Dylan Thomas) > Daniel > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Call for Articles > The Etni Rag needs you > > ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org > or - http://www.etni.org.il ** > ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** > ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** > ----------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------- Call for Articles The Etni Rag needs you ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------