----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Silverberg" <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Sour Gripes Dear Colleagues, We are in the midst of the job hunting season ( I wonder how many jobs can you shoot if you get a license?) And so ETNI receives a number of postings that begin thus: Dear xxxxx I am interested in making aliyah and securing a position in an EFL department at a college or university, I am quite teed off by these and would like to explain why. In '82 i had nearly completed an MA in Eng Lit, and moved to Kiriat Shmona. I ended up teaching in the local junior hi/high school, which, as we all know is a mixed bag of delights. I was busy for many years raising a bunch of kids in the Kiriat Shmona reality with all the trimmings, interspersed with occasional months of Miluim. Only recently, almost 30 years later, have I managed to land a number of part time jobs at various institutions of higher learning, where I can rake in the appropriate salary and prestige. So, when these American academic teachers come on Aliah, and land a job in some academic institute, they are effectively blocking some poor jerk like me who is trying to move ahead. If they were really patriotic, they'd put some time into a high shcool first. I happen to know of a vacancy or two in the north. Snarl, snarl, snarl, Barry ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------