[etni] Re: LOTS and HOTS in Beer Sheva

what was this conference? where was it announced? will there be ones
in other parts of the country?
                          sara g

On 5/28/08, Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks to Debbie Lifshitz and Adele Raemer for a well-prepared and
> interesting presentation in Beer Sheva today.  I'm not sure how many
> new things I learned (I still need time to let it sink in), but I
> enjoyed listening to both of them and especially to Adele's reading of
> the dog and cat diaries.
>
> Unfortunately, I have to comment on the behavior of many of the
> teachers present.  The conference was scheduled from 15:45 to 19:00 --
> that was on the original announcement that I saw so long ago that I
> didn't even remember actually making a note of the conference,
> although I had.  I'm sure that there were a few people who had to
> leave early for very important reasons (like the women who had a
> meeting at their school), but I find it hard to believe that all of
> the people who got up and left while Adele was talking had pressing
> matters to attend to.  Note that the conference actually ended at
> 18:30 -- half an hour before it was scheduled to end.  This is not the
> first time I've seen this type of behavior (a mass exit before the end
> of a hishtalmut or ceremony or whatever) and personally, I think it's
> an insult to the presenters.
>
> Before we demand certain "rights" and complain about our working
> conditions, maybe we should take some time to examine our own
> professionalism and behavior.  It's not often that we're asked to
> attend a three hour conference and as long as the hours are published
> well in advance, I think that just about everyone can manage to
> arrange their schedule in such a way that they won't have to get up in
> the middle and leave.  Isn't this what we demand of our students?  How
> many of us would tolerate students getting up and walking out in the
> middle of a lesson?
>
> I could go on and on about this (and about the cell phones that rang
> repeatedly during the lecture -- why is it so hard to remember to turn
> off your phone or at least put it on "silent"?  Don't we ask our
> students to do the same?), but I won't, because I think I've made my
> point.  Adele, I hope that you weren't insulted -- you were great and
> everyone who left early missed out.
>
> Bari
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