----- Original Message ----- From: Ruthi - rsheffer@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Hamoshiv Gmul Al Ha Geyyim Barry is right as usual. Most of the teachers in my school are over 50 (yours truly included) and we used to rush off and do gmuls till we were blue in the face. We all have reached our max too. What will we get for the hours we put in for this course we are being forced to take? (Mitzi we ARE being forced if we are told we cannot continue to teach a certain module without doing the course) Ruth Barry wrote: >"He who returneth reward unto the proud "( alternatively, to the homosexuals). It's in the daily prayers. >This is about GMULs, those elusive little increments that up to thousands >of shakillos on your salary. The laws that govern gmuls are erratic and sporadic. I know some of the most gifted teachers in the field who have given the best hishtalmuyot for years: They get miserable salaries because they were to busy giving the courses to participate in any, and therefore, don't have many Gmools. >I on the other hand, grew up professionally in Kiriat Shmona, and back in the 80's and 90's the govt poured tons of money to gmul up the teachers along the front lines. Sometimes we even got hot meals and extra 'tekken ' hours just to take these courses. Ahh, me, those were the days. >So I'm gmooled up to the hilt, or, as Evelyn might have said to Mr Joyce, >up the Wazoo. >My suggestion is, that anyone in my situation, who cannot be compensated >by gmools for the Lit course which we took for what ever misguided selfish reasons, be offered something else beemkom. >For example, I'd be willing to take my Gmool in 56 hours worth of chocolate ice cream ( the dark chocolate). >Another possibility is free tickets to Shakespeare plays, when they happen to visit our shores. ( we could even have little HOTS discussions afterwords around cups of HOTS compensated coffee. >Please forward this message to Mr Ran Erez. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------