----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlene" <marlenegay@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: L.D.s and the " 2 Israels" On the channel two program on A.D.'s - they showed one ivchun that used fingerprints!! I suppose there's no pikuach (supervising body) over those carrying out ivchunim (diagnosis for L.D.)! Marlene Esther wrote: > I'm with Laurie who wrote, " I'll be brief. We are English teachers, not > computer technicians. And yes, I'm one of those non-tech people." ME TOO > :) > I am good at p.c. schools but know zilch about burning discs; i-pods; etc. > There is a limit to exactly how much we should be expected to do in any > case! > As I own one of the endangered species-- an old digital first rate > walkman, I have the pupils give me an empty tape on which I record ; on > test day > they bring their own NEW batteries and earphones. Thankfully, I've never > had to > do this for more than one pupil per hakbatza. > I am convinced that this is because not only do we not have 40 pupils in > each class, but mainly because in our area parents find it extremely > difficult to fund an "ivchun," and usually do so when WE the school tell > them they simply must. > I wonder if those teachers that have many (some said too many) LD pupils > live in central Israel.... where parents' salaries are on the top > percentages of the payment scale. (Yes, I know there are places like Yaffo > and southern Tel Aviv which are poor areas, but I mean the OTHER central > Israeli cities.) Last week we all witnessed once again the increasing > difference between the 2 "Israels" when it comes to being entitled to a > teudat Bagrut. La di da, talk is cheap; I wonder when anything concrete > will > be done to improve the situation. Probably the same time the world starts > loving Israel :) ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------