[etni] Re: Fw: re: WITH YOU!!!!!
- From: "Bari Nirenberg" <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ETNI <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:07:38 +0300
I don't see any reason for us to give in in this case. Bagrut marking
isn't anyone's primary source of income. Yes, it does bring in a nice
sum, but I manage to put food in my family's mouth for the rest of the
year without marking Bagrut exams. Personally, I'm sick and tired of
doing what I consider a mediocre job of marking simply because there
are so many exams to mark. I work seven days a week marking (yes, I
mark all day on Shabbat and my religious friends make up for that
missed time by marking at all hours of the day and night -- even at 3
a.m.) and I still feel very pressured to get it all done, which I
always do, but at a price. I start every single marking period
totally stressed out thinking about the 432 compositions that I'm
expected to mark a week (unseens are generally easier, though not
always). I don't have time to cook or clean my house (as a fellow
marker discovered when she needed to use my bathroom one day before we
headed up to the Marvad). My kids have learned to stay far away from
me, as I'm not pleasant to be around. Why on earth would anyone want
their students' (or children's) exams marked under conditions like
these?
I'm glad we're finally taking what I hope is a united stand. We spend
years preparing our students to take these exams and they deserve to
have them marked under appropriate conditions.
Bari
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Ask_Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda - lsk120@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: WITH YOU!!!!!
>
> I had written to my friends/fellow markers responding to the "Urgent
> Letter", but realized I should have also voiced my feelings on ETNI, to
> show support.
> No dissention here, either! We had better stick together and not make a fool
> out of ourselves like we did....(finish the sentence)! IF we give in, we'll
> have only ourselves to blame.
>
> Linda Kuras Mizrahi
>
>
> Judy wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to all of you who wrote in response to the Urgent Message regarding
>
> marking Bagrut exams this summer - which is imminent. Not one single voice
> of dissention has been heard.
>>
>> Please keep on writing, and come prepared on Tuesday!
>
>
>
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