On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:44, Harold and Evrea Bergstein < harold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 2. It's irrelevant whether we are "forced"/offered courses this summer or > this coming year or 5 years from now if the Ministry is demanding that > teachers take these courses in order to teach the Lit. section for the > Bagrut. This is a requirement; replace the word "forced" with "mandatory" > -- what's the difference? > > It's not irrelevant at all, as the Irgun letter specifically objected to teachers being forced to take the course in the summer. Here is the quote from the letter (transliterated, as I don't think that Hebrew displays properly on the list): "Ein kol siba 'letarter' et hamorim behufshat hakaitz velehayevam behishtalmut" Bari ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------