[etni] fw: Editorial in Haaretz today - "Teachers get off your high horse" and my reaction to it...

From: Nita Reguer - nitaruth77@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Editorial in Haaretz today - "Teachers get off your high horse" and 
my reaction to it...

The absolute nerve of the editorial writer to ask the teachers to get off 
their high horse. Has he (I presume it's he since he obviously doesn't have 
salary problems) looked at the pay scale for teachers lately? Does he know 
that the piddling 8.5% offered us is due us anyway because of salary erosion 
(that might be the term for 'shechika' because I don't think it exists 
anywhere else except in the teaching profession in Israel)since 2002? Does 
he realize that the whole future of the country rests on its education 
system and on excellent teachers? Does he realize that no one is going to 
become a teacher? Does he realize that making the teaching profession a top 
priority is a must because it's almost too late now. I've been teaching in 
Israel since 1972 when it was an honor to be a teacher and the pay was 
decent. What has happened since then? The length of this strike is 
scandalous and it's due to teachers being the "niggers of the world" (to 
quote John Lennon's song about
 women). Shame on you...

  This was my response to the editorial in Haaretz today telling the 
teachers to "get off their high horse. My headline was: "get off your high 
horse? I can't even get off my low ass..."

Will try to send the editorial.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=928772&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4

Nita Reguer


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