----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Simon - phil_simon@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Who's afraid of education reform? I read Amotz Assa-El's article in Fridays' JP with interest (and unless I missed it, I didn't notice that anyone put up the link, as they did with last week's article). I agree with Mr. Assa-El about teachers' knowledge of what is in the Dovrat Report. Of all the teachers with whom I discussed it, NOT ONE had read it. Not one! The end of the discussion was always on the lines of "You don't know what you're talking about." I also agree that we are led in and out of strikes, led to reject issues, etc. without being asked. We take our revered leader's word for it. It's easy to hurl abuse at journalists who don't say what we want to hear. I think we should be worrying about other things, like the fact that there is no strike fund and why. Phil ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - www.etni.org ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------