Lev there is a new guy running right now to take over the leadership of the Irgun. He is called Dudi Fridman and by all accounts he has a good chance of winning. Ruth On 19 February 2010 13:13, Lev Abramov <lev.abramov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Daniel, > > You are right. It would be desirable to change the whole bunch. > Starting at the VERY top. I mean, the Knesset, the Government, the > ministers. Of, the Chief Inspector of English as well - unlike you, I > DO have a lot of personal sentiments against Judy Steiner. And the > inspectors as well. > > The $64K question is, who will bell the cat? Can YOU fire Judy Steiner > and/or change the government? No?! Thought so. You know what? Neither > can I. I cannot even send Ran Erez home and replace him with someone I > like better. > > There is only one way of doing it: TOGETHER. As long as you guys keep > throwing mud at each other and argue about the right way of teaching > literature or projects, Judy Steiner and Gideon Saar can sleep > soundly: they are in no danger of losing their armchairs. It's when > you stand up together against all this that they should get worried. > > But to do so, you need another Ran Erez to lead you. A real leader. > One of the reasons he is still where he is is because he is convenient > for the Ministry. If he were a real pain in the ministry's rear door > they'd have done something about him a long time ago. I even suspect > that the fact there are TWO competing unions is too convenient for the > ministry to attribute it to a coincidence. (Even though I was taught > to never attribute to malice that which can be easily explain by sheer > stupidity...) > > Teachers must either get together (and if they do they will find me > walking the walk with them!) and make a change ("Yes, you can!") - or > quit and start doing something else. Either way, things will change > for better. > > Lev > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Daniel Ashkenazy - yosefdaniel99@xxxxxxxxx > > Subject: resignations or firing you choose > > > > I have been following the discussions about the problems with the various > > disputes between English teachers - the Irgun ha morim and the Ministry > of > > Education. It seems to me that it may be time to follow the addage of > sports > > teams: fire the entire management and support staff. In other words,: > fire > > or encourage resignation of the heads of irgun ha morim, English > > inpectorate, and anyone in positions of authority who currently impact on > > our English curriculums and replace them with people who are prepared to > > listen to our demands and equally have new and fresh ideas. I have > nothing > > against Judy Steiner or any of her inspectors personally but sometimes a > > change in management is what is needed. > ----------------------------------------------- > ** The ETNI Rag ** > http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ > Much more than just a journal > > ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org > or - http://www.etni.org.il ** > ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** > ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** > ----------------------------------------------- > > -- For people who like peace and quiet - a phoneless cord ----------------------------------------------- ** The ETNI Rag ** http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ Much more than just a journal ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------