[etni] Fw: re: F and D
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- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:06:38 +0200
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From: "Barry Silverberg" <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: F and D
Chevra, come off it: I 've said it before:
SOMEBODY HAS TO BUY UP ALL THOSE OLD BOOKS!
/BARRY
Ruthi wrote:
> Having just read Sharon Tzur's magnificent post I am quaking, and just
> hoping that my early retirement will come into fruition double quick. I
> have
> an MA in Lit,have not taken the course yet because of the Irgun Sanctions,
> and I am dreading having my "soul bird" throttled. Teaching whatever
> literature I like is what is keeping me in the profession up till now.If
> that is taken away from me.... I dread to think!
> Does the Ministry not think any good ,worthwhile literature has been
> written
> in the English Language since I started teaching 29 years ago?
> I have ,for example, seen many wonderful presentations at Etai by
> different
> teachers, of all kinds of more modern, interesting and relevant pieces of
> literature. So ,it leads one to suspect that the Ministry chose those
> pieces
> because that's what they had handy on the shelf in that old brown
> collection
> we used to use way back when!
> I belong to a book club,as do many teachers of my acquaintance, and we are
> always scouring around for something new and stimulating to read. As
> Sharon
> says "why didn't they ask US"?? But it seems they never ask us....
> Shame, really.
> Ruthi
> Sharon wrote:
>> F and D
>> Today, our we had a meeting with our recezet about the new Lit module,
>> and
>> if I might borrow an expression from one of my favorite short stores, I
>> feel "saturated in depression. Literature has always been my favorite
>> part
>> of
>> teaching. In Hebrew, there is a lovely expression, "tzipor nefesh" - the
>> bird within my soul, and I honestly feel that the bird within my soul is
>> about to be strangled. Still, I'll try to put my personal feeling aside
>> and present what I see are major problems and suggestions for
>> adjustments.
>
> (To read the original letter, go to
> http://www.freelists.org/post/etni/Fw-F-and-D )
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