I was very pleased to read the number of reactions to the long missive that I wrote last week. It made all the time that I spent on it worthwhile. However, I dont understand why there are teachers who will reply to me personally not contribute to the general discussion on the ETNI list (although one did proffer an explanation.) This, by the way, is not the first time that I have received a number of replies offlist and leads me to wonder whether people are afraid to express themselves in public. Anyway, I feel that I must respond to those who wrote defending the log claiming that because a number are randomly checked by representatives of the Inspectorate, it is an objective and fair method of assessment. I would like to point out that, as far as I know, the logs are checked for QUANTITY not QUALITY. In other words, they are checked to see if all of the components have been done for each piece, not how they were done or on what they were based. Even if pupils from different schools do the whole log properly, their grades will still not be commensurate with the amount or the level of work that they have done if their teachers are allowed a free rein with the pieces they teach and the assignments that they set. The log remains, therefore, an unfair method of assessment and the fact that it is worth so much in the final Bagrut grade means that the whole Bagrut exam itself has ceased to be an accurate measure of the pupils knowledge of English. In fact, I have heard that this salient point has reached the Israeli academia, which is now seriously reconsidering the value of the English Bagrut exam in university acceptance procedure. David Graniewitz Jerusalem ************************************** ** 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 ***************************************