----- Original Message ----- From: Ruthi - rsheffer@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Tape recorders ?? Yes it really is about time somebody in the Ministry (or maybe it's the testing department) related to the whole issue of the Listening farce and the LD cassette thing. Most of the kids have no idea what a walkman is,and they are getting more and more difficult to buy,and frankly why should the kids have to buy those in this day and age? It just confirms the kids' suspicions that we are all living in the 19th century. We can no longer justify this to them.Add to this the chaos mentioned on the day of the Bagrut chasing round the schools trying to mobilize all the ancient equipment which frequently does not function properly and the fact that kids are not able to hear what is being broadcast. Whoever volunteered to organize a body of English teachers to deal with all these issues,please do. It's time we did something about this situation before next year's bagrut is upon us! Ruth Nira wrote: > Hi Aviva, > We also had the same problems. We didn't get CDs this time and we were > told we were supposed to request them beforehand. We didn't request them in the winter and got them anyway, but I guess the rules have changed... We don't have enough tape recorders or walkmans for all the LDs and asked them to bring their own, but most of them don't want to spend money on these outdated machines. One girl brought an ancient tape recorder/CD and the machine tore the tapes. Since I had no CD to give her, she had to stop doing the exam and I asked her to register for July 8th. I had no other solution! > I think it's about time the ministry joined the 21st century... > I read in the paer yesterday that the minister is considering cancelling > the Winter Bagrut exams and the 10th grade Bagrut exams. If so, the ministry will save a lot of money. Maybe some of it can be spent on helping LD students and giving them better, modern solutions. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------