[etni] Fwd: Urgent re: Shabbaton keren and misc.
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- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:21:21 -0500
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From: Esther Revivo <estherrv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Urgent re: Shabbaton keren and misc.
Hello! I just discovered that I was misled by the Bank Ha'benleumi.
(Thank you Esther Shenker; your e-mail got me thinking and ...)I
called Bank Yahav (where I suggest ALL Min. of Ed. and other gov't
employees move their accounts as you pay no 'amalote' (commision?) for
almost anything other than an overdraft!! I have yet to enter a branch
even once since my move 8 months ago; I handle all my affairs by phone
and am very pleased with their service!)
WELL, it turns out that we can move our keren hishtalmut from Bank
Ha'benleumi to Bank Yahav or any other bank we so choose without
forfeiting a penny or paying a fine! In Yahav you have the choice of
one of two shabbaton funds: the first, as in the Bank Benleumi, is
tied up with stocks and bonds. The second however is what they call
'solidi' which means that you get a set percentage of annual gain from
your keren. True, if one is lucky, he can make a bundle on the market.
However, I recently heard that someone in my family lost 1/2 million $
in the stock market debacle of 2009; he couldn't afford that loss and
I can't afford one either!
It's extremely late -- the banks yield their control over your
Shabbaton funds in January so get busy like bees and check it out
quickly!!! Take a look at your bank's yearly report and see how many
hundreds of shekels you pay for every dang (yes that was dang and not
the other rude word :) line that is printed to show you how much
money your bank has wasted on the reams of paperwork they send you;
etc. YES the initial move of all our 'ho'raote keva' was a royal pain
to take care of, but after that, it's a joy to do business with them!
(And no I am not getting paid for this ad nor do I have a sibling
employed there!)
BTW, I sent a long list of e-mail sites for projects to the forum but
apparently it has to wait for David's return from abroad to be hooked
up to a link. (Yes, I am Irgun, Yes I am a scab for doing projects....
you guessed it; many of my pupils are from Sederot and surrounding
oft-rocketed areas.) NO I haven't begun teaching HOTS although I'm
right in the midst of 'A Summer's Reading' sans HOTS and having my
pupils keep all their work in a klasser. Should the Irgun sign a
finalized agreement with the little issues such as more teaching hours
and monetary recompense, I will have a 2 day marathon Eng. event in
the summer, G-d willing, -- maybe with a barbeque-- to fill in the
missing HOTS requirements.
NO, once again, I am NOT speaking for the masses, only for my little
ole self and giving a suggestion to other Irgun members: If your
pupils keep all their literature in a separate klasser, it will be
much easier to fill in the missing HOTS assignments/ tests without
starting from scratch. Remember: AS OF NOW NO FINAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
SIGNED SO HOLD OFF ON THE HOTS!
Regarding making up the HOTS material, as they say in Hebrew, 'katan
aleinu' in comparison with all the other hundreds of things we EFL
folks do yearly without a word of thanks except from our dear
colleagues on this forum! (Is it only me, or have you all noticed that
not only are our incoming pupils lacking more and more basic general
information; most of them seem to think that they deserve anything and
everything we do for them without a 'please' or 'thank you?')
Good luck to those of you with pupils doing the winter exams,
and all the best to everyone here-
Esther Revivo
Ulpanat Tzvia Sedot Negev
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