[etni] Fw: RE: etni Digest V7 #83 -- violence, Laurie

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From: ELEANOR ZWEBNER <eleanorz541@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: etni Digest V7 #83 -- violence, Laurie

to Laurie

1)   You mention Shlomit Amichai  -- whom I personally believe to be a 
serious, honest professional,  also shrugged off the Ministry's 
"responsibilty"  in this specific incident  since it involved a parent and 
not the pupils.

Yes,  our mandate is to educate the kids, not the parents, but AS EDUCATORS 
we should also set  the "red line"  .  Violence against  civil servants 
because of their job-- or medical  personnel -- actually against anyone! --  
should be  severely punished .  Otherwise, trly society will behave as MIGHT 
MAKES RIGHT.

 If Amihai   e  had been attacked by a parent -- as a repepresentative of 
the Ministry  -- would  she not see it as the Ministry's responsibility ?

2)  As English teachers we should be VERY AWARE of the new Lit module ---  
specifically the Reading Log -- .   We are expected to give the  FINAL 
BAGRUT EXAM GRADE, not just a "school grade = 50% vs the external tester. 
In addition to saving  the Ministry lots and lots and lots of money at our 
time and expense, we are setting ourselves up for confrontations with 
parents.

Two years ago, I was threatened in the teachers' room by parents who felt 
that their darling's F module grade was too low (they were happy with the 
G).   And the threat came AFTER I HAD ALREADY TOLD the little dear, that I 
would certainly check the grade and my arithmetic again and give  a reply 
the following day.  I had not even "stuck to my guns" yet -- because  the 
kid asked that I recheck -- perfectly reasonable and  of course I would. 
Ten minutes after that, the parents appeared.

So while we create & implement  these lessons  against violence  (there are 
many already available), we should also  be aware of what we are getting 
ourselves into.
Eleanor


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