----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Maoz - srmaoz@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: HOTS hishtalmut No, you SHOULD NOT do it! Who knows WHEN the Irgun and the Ministry will come to an agreement ! There is NO RUSH - you can do the Hishtalmut next year or the year after. Do you really think the Ministry will not let teachers teach for Bagrut if they haven't done the course - can you see thousands of Yod Bet students not finishing their English Bagrut because of this - do you really believe the parents would let that happen!!!??? By NOT doing the Hishtalmut, first you are doing what the Irgun has decided and secondly it puts more pressure on the Ministry to come to an agreement and make changes and set reasonable payment for all the extra work we will be doing and HAVE BEEN DOING since the New Bagrut started in 2004 and projects came into being. YES - we deserve to be paid for every little bit of extra work including making tapes, CDs or whatever - it is time someone in the Ministry realized that they cannot keep piling more changes on the English teachers - I believe that HOTS is the straw which has broken the camel's back - and about time too. Sarah Maoz, Katzir High School, Rehovot. Sara wrote: > Dear Irgun members, > The hishtalmut in HOTS is starting soon. What are we supposed to do? What are YOU going to do? Take it or wait for Irgun decisions? ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------