I agree. Before we reject criticism we have to see if there might be some truth to it. Obviously this guy has an agenda and wants to prove that his school is superior, but isn't it true that it is nearly impossible to give 40 pupils in a class, even 33, a chance to talk? That's the reason that at our school and many others, volunteers are invited to come and help our Yud Bet pupils prepare for the Oral Bagrut; we just don't have the means to give them enough oral practice. By this guy's evasiveness on the wage issue, though, I don't think it would be a good deal to leave the system and work for Berlitz... Regards, Maxine Tsvaigrach From: etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bari Nirenberg Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:24 AM To: antebifamily@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [etni] Re: JPost Article From Friend Don't delete so fast. Take a look at where he actually places the blame: "When you put 40 kids in a class, it's really hard to teach them how to talk." We've been saying that for how long??? Bari On Nov 14, 2007 9:05 AM, <antebifamily@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Your friend, Renee, has sent you the following article from JPost.com: Berlitz gave us onlya grade of between 1 and 2 out of 10 because we don't /can't encourage our students to speak in English. Read and delete. Berlitz Israel chief criticizes country's English instruction Gadi Bleicher gives Israelis "between a six and a seven" for their English skills. Click here to view the entire article: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull <http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFul l&cid=1192380808859> &cid=1192380808859 AOL Users click here to view the article: <A HREF="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FSh owFull <http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFul l&cid=1192380808859> &cid=1192380808859 ">http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFu ll <http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFul l&cid=1192380808859> &cid=1192380808859 </A> Don't miss out on any of the important breaking news stories and in-depth analysis about Israel you can only get from The Jerusalem Post. Sign up for our EMail Edition today. Click on the link below to sign up: https://secure.jpost.com/EmailEdition/ For more news updates, go to http://www.jpost.com/