[etni] Re: Fw: protest
- From: Patricia Reifen <patriciareifen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Sharon Tzur <sharontzu5@xxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:10:49 +0000
Hi Sharon,
You state that:
"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,"
Who exactly has given those instructions? I don't do projects in class but
have never heard anyone in the Irgun claim that we mustn't test a student who
walks into the Oral exam with a project.
Enjoy life,Patricia
> From: ask@xxxxxxxx
> To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [etni] Fw: protest
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:41:41 +0200
>
> protest
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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