Thanks to Barry.S for taking some of the sting out of bitter pill that's name is HOTS and LOTS. What I find particularly disturbing is that my colleagues cannot write openly on a public forum for fear of reprisals, retribution or whatever other re comes to mind. What a sad old state of affairs when people are actually afraid to openly criticise their employer. Apart from the whole debacle I find this, the most worrying. Never mind the fact that amongst all the academic gobbledeguck from the creators of the HOTS and LOTS do we find a mention of the extra work teachers will be asked to do. Barry Praag Har Vagai ----------------------------------------------- Call for Articles The Etni Rag needs you ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------