Yeah, right. A likely story. How far is 17 million going to go? Making English teachers out of any new Oleh with a degree -- Been there, done that, didn't work. The current malaise of our beloved subject stems out of the general problems of our esteemed profession. Unless elementary schools are improved, nothing will work. This has be done across the board. David ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - www.etni.org ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------