[etni] Re: Meitzav
- From: Yisrael and Batya Medad <ybmedad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: laurie@xxxxxxxxxxxx, etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:12:11 +0200
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At 07:08 16/12/03 +0200, Lauren Ornstein wrote:
>keep her daughter home the day of the Meitzav. The child is not up to
>level and has certain learning disabilities. Seems the school didn't want
>to bring down the level of the collective results. The parent has filed a
>complaint with the ministry about singling out her daughter and making her
>feel that she "doesn't belong". The same parent reported that the teachers
>"helped" some of the kids through the English and math exams. This is based
Old news. Trick the numbers by controlling who takes the tests.
I remember when my 32 year old was finishing the 1st grade, and the teacher
told me that they had considered not giving her the end of the year test
from the ministry, because they weren't sure how much she understood--never
spoke in class. The teacher told the principal to calm down and let her
take the test. Good move, she raised the class average by being one of
only two getting a perfect hundred!
When my 30 year old came home from entrance exams for a very "exclusive"
ulpana, she told of teachers helping "their" 8th graders.
A friend from England told me why she dropped out of high school in the
middle. The school "needed" for her to major in languages, since she was
fluent in quite a few and it was good for the school's image, but she
wanted maths. Her immigrant parents didn't know that legally she could
study what she pleased. She found it less stressful to just quit.
Yes, Israel is based on the British system.
Batya
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