----- Original Message ----- From: "Judyv" <judyv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Sandy Regev's posting I teach in a so called "exclusive' private kibbutz school and i absolutely agree with what is said here. Some classes are fantastic and some are a nightmare, according to the attitude of the students. The key is the attitude of the students. It's not always 'the better the students , the better the manners." IT ALWAYS COMES FROM THE HOME - WHATEVER THE LEVEL. JUDYV Rali wrote: > This is an issue which should be addressed very seriously. All the Ofek > Hadashim and Dovratim will never succeed in improving the education in > Israel until something is done to deal with the lack of discipline that > exists in so many schools here. It's about time teachers stopped "brushing > the problem under the carpet" and stopped blaming themselves for their > pupils' bad behavior. If we want our pupils to learn we need to push for > reforms that force pupils to be responsible for their actions. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - www.etni.org ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------