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From: laurie@xxxxxxxx - laurie@xxxxxxxx
Subject: "teaching Bagrut"...NOT!
I recall a discussion at the beginning of the school year about "teaching
Bagrut/Module this or that"...vs "teaching English".
To tie up that package...yesterday I had my last lesson with a group of 12th
graders who I've taught since Sept., substituting for a teacher on
maternity leave. They organized a lovely little party but the highlight was
the speech one of them made, in the name of the class. The kids said, and I
quote,
"Thank you for teaching us English and not Bagrut."
Don't give into the pressure and waste lesson after lesson with practice
exams. Yes, we have to prepare the pupils for the exam. However, if we teach
them English then we are doing just that.
Just thought I'd share......
Laurie
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