From: Renee Whal <renew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [etni] budgeting the teachers' demands Remember that the NBA demands a minimum of 4 tests, including the very expensive oral/interview. I'm also shocked at the amount of schools which make the kids qualify for two levels, meaning 5 written tests and one or two orals. We used to teach English, and now we just prepare for bagrut. I have fewer teaching hours than I used to (4 instead of 5), and the kids are much weaker. They used to be grateful for "hatamot" and extra help; now they demand it. Batya http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/ http://samizdatblogfree.blogspot.com/ http://me-ander.blogspot.com/ http://shilohpics.blogspot.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com