[etni] Re: school forces teacher to accept log really late and clearly totally copied
- From: Motti Mendelkern <motti46@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "nungfutz@xxxxxxxxx" <nungfutz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 02:58:45 +0300
I don't understand why teachers are so afraid to confront merakzim and even
headmasters. No headmaster could force me to do anything which is against my
principles and the law! What can they do to you?!?! Nada!
You should learn to be assertive and you will see how everyone will treat you
with respect.
Motti Mendelkern
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On 27 במאי 2013, at 17:13, Shem Ilui <nungfutz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I taught a class to four points and all passed. I was proud, they were not
> strong students. I continued teaching to five, g and the log, and some
> students decided to drop out - they had four and that was enough for them,
> and for many of them it was a right decision, given their overall workloads
> and level.
> One boy did about 3 summative tests, handed in no tasks at all during the
> year, and tended to ignore me and just play with his phone in class when he
> managed to come - so clearly he had given up on the work of the log.
>
>
> He did pass G though, and a few days ago he turned up and wanted to do a
> log for me. I explained that it did not work like that.
>
> Then my merakez - under pressure from higher up - told me I had to accept
> whatever the boy handed in. So the boy gave me the log. It was just a copy
> - print out of a log I had already been given by his best friend, another
> student in the class who had worked seriously and painstakingly on his log,
> in consultation with me.
>
> A simple copy - I mean word for word, spelling mistake for spelling
> mistake, grammar mistake for grammar mistake, even the creative tasks -
> dialogues, letters from literary characters - were identical. He had just
> taken the Word file from his friend and printed it out again.
>
> So I told my merakez I cannot accept it, and that I thought was the end of
> it.
>
> The next day my merakez tells me I am making trouble for him, he has just
> come from a meeting with the headmaster and the boy's class teacher and
> tremendous pressure is being put on him, why am I making trouble, I may be
> right but this is not how things are done.
>
> So I marked the log, giving marks only for the three summative tests the
> boy had done and nothing else - a fail mark of course - and sent it in. I
> await further reaction from the school. Will they leave it alone now?
>
> It is now clear why I must write this anonymously. Trouble or fuss makers
> in school are not liked. I should not mention this matter at all. Why rock
> the boat? I need my job. Other teachers tell me when they made a fuss about
> a case copying in the past they were sorry later. Just keep it quiet and
> give a mark, so I have been advised by a veteran teacher I like and respect.
>
> I think the log system is too open to abuse. Schools want the maximum
> number of passing students. They often choose not to stand up to parents
> who make a fuss or are connected. No fuss wanted. Unfair pressures are put
> on teachers who cannot risk offending the powers that be.
>
> This really bothers me, but it has been made clear to me that I cannot
> stand up for what I believe in. And nobody is mentioning education, or the
> need to educate our students that this is not the way to succeed. The same
> day two others who had handed in no log asked if they can hand it in now
> too.
>
> I respectfully submit that there should just be exams for literature, as I
> believe there were years ago, before literature was dropped for a while.
> The logs can be used to prepare for the exams.
>
>
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