I hate to break the pattern, but I had a perfectly nice experience with MOE regarding my degrees. I went in, they told me I was missing my transcripts (didn't know I needed them), so I went home, got them and then they processed everything for me. Quite simple and thank goodness because I was 8 months pregnant at the time (in July!). Good luck to everyone, -Hdar. :o) On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Ilana Rosansky <ilanar49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think it's important to share these and other stories of outrageous and > egregious bureaucratic behavior. > Maybe it will change something for the future and maybe others who have > been wronged will see that they are not alone. > Here are a few idioms to ponder: Misery loves company! > Don't put your head in > the sand. > Don't brush the truth > under the rug... > > If you don't want to read these true accounts about MOE behavior, hit > 'delete'; that's what it's there for!! > > Shabbat Shalom, > Ilana > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:07 AM, ETNI list <etni.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Rena Spolter <renaspolter@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: degree recognition horror stories > > > > To my dear fellow English teachers, > > > > I fail to see the point of sharing these stories. We have all > > experienced the incompetent side of many government departments in > > this country as well as others. We need to be aware of the negative > > effect of such emails both on new teachers and on each other. If we > > choose to remain English teachers, we can be most productive if we > > remain positive about as many aspects of it as possible. I am the last > > person to be overly optimistic about anything, but refraining from > > expressing the negative is critical for our collective and individual > > well-being. > > > > If there is something we can change, them we can be an incredibly > > powerful force as a group working together. > > > > Shabbat Shalom, > > Rena > > ************************************** > > ** Join ETNI on Facebook > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ > > ** ETNI Blog and Poll > > http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ > > ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org > > ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx > > *************************************** > > > > > > > -- > > > > Your time is limited; don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be > trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's > thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner > voice. > Steve Jobs > > ************************************** > ** Join ETNI on Facebook > https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ > ** ETNI Blog and Poll > http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ > ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org > ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx > *************************************** > > ************************************** ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************