[etni] Fw: protest
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- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:41:41 +0200
protest
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From: Sharon Tzur - sharontzu5@xxxxxxx
Subject: protest
I've drafted a letter in Hebrew concerning the oral testing of projects. I'm
still waiting to get a response from 2 Hebrew speakers whom I've asked to
proof-read.
Below is a rough translation of the letter.
Can anyone provide me with the following fax numbers?
Gideon Saar
Dr. Shimshoni
Irgun Horim Artzi
Thanks.
As you know, in the fall of 2008, Irgun HaMorim began sanctions and
instructed English teachers not to guide students in preparing projects in
English nor to assess these projects until a settlement could be reached
concerning fair pay for the teachers' work. Over a year has passed and no
agreement has been reached. It should be noted that during that same time
period, an agreement with the Civics teachers, who are being asked to guide
students and assess a project of similar scope, was reached.
Instructions have been issued to English teachers that when they conduct the
oral exams, they are to give students a zero on the section of the test
which relates to the project, even in the event that the students' teachers
were carrying out sanctions. The result is a maximum grade of 40 on the oral
bagrut, penalizing the student 12 point on the final bagrut score.
There is no precedent in this country for penalizing students to such a
degree on their bagrut certificate in the wake of union sanctions. Quite the
contrary, the Ministry of Education has always done everything to minimize
any damage to students that results from teacher sanctions and strikes. Only
in the case of the English teachers, who are fighting for fair compensation,
has the Ministry decided to take this vindictive action of penalizing
students whose teachers are on sanctions.
And who is being asked to carry out this policy? The English teacher
themselves! Instead of promoting cooperation among colleagues within the
English teaching community, the Ministry is sowing the seeds of bitterness
and division.
I call upon the Ministry to revoke the present instructions and to find a
solution for those students who do not have projects as a result of teacher
sanctions. Either the grade for the interview can be recognized as the grade
for the oral bagrut as a whole, or the students can be given the option of
presenting a book or piece of literature that they have read as part of the
English program instead of presenting a project.
The oral bagrut is meant to be a test of students communicative skills and
not a weapon to be used against English teachers and their students.
Yours,
Sharon Tzur
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