Not quite relevant - but in a recent teachers' meeting we discussed which teachers we (the teachers) were most influenced by. Almost every one there said that they hated their sifrut teacher the most! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: naomi epstein - naomiepstein@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: depressing literature - re: Sharon Tsur's posting My youngest son is in 9th grade. He LOVES to read and reads a lot, but he hates his Hebrew Lit. classes. Over and over again we hear the same complaint: "we started a new story in class today but its just like the last one - someone has a really miserable life and dies". I discussed this with teachers of Hebrew Lit at the school where I work and they told me that many kids say literature = depression. It's a shame to add that feeling to English classes... naomi epstein ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------