[etni] Fw: Sour Gripes

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From: "Barry Silverberg" <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Sour Gripes

Dear Colleagues,

We are in the midst of the job hunting season ( I wonder how many jobs can 
 you shoot if you get a license?)
And so ETNI receives a number of postings that begin thus:

Dear xxxxx
I am interested in making aliyah and securing a position in an EFL 
department at a college or university,

I am quite teed off by these and would like to explain why.

In '82 i had nearly completed an MA in Eng Lit, and moved to Kiriat 
 Shmona.

I ended up teaching in the local junior hi/high school, which, as we all 
know is a mixed bag of delights.  I was busy for many years raising a 
bunch of kids in the Kiriat Shmona reality with all the trimmings, 
interspersed with occasional months of Miluim.  Only recently, almost 30 
years later, have I managed to land a number of part time jobs at various 
institutions of higher learning, where I can rake in the appropriate 
salary and prestige.

So, when these American academic teachers come on Aliah, and land a job in 
some academic institute, they are effectively blocking some poor jerk like 
 me who is trying  to move ahead.

If they were really patriotic, they'd put some time into a high shcool 
 first.

I happen to know of a vacancy or two in the north.

Snarl, snarl, snarl,

Barry 



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