[etni] fw: business as usual?
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- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:01:00 +0200
From: Lesley Isacowitz <lesleyisa@xxxxxxxxx>
Dear friends and colleagues
As one of those who live up North, in the Upper Galilee, I would
like to make a few observations. During the war, I opened my
ETNI mail and was astounded to see the regular discussions
about what literature to teach, NBA, benchmarks etc. etc.
I have to admit that I have not read all of the ETNI digests
over the summer, but those I did read threw me with their
atmosphere of "business as usual".
Barry has the amazing gift of being able to relate to all of it with
his usual humor, but from what I can gather in conversations with
friends, colleagues and acquaintances, there is a general feeling of
depression, confusion, lack of focus, difficulty in getting back into
"normal" life. If the adults are feeling this way, one can be absolutely
certain that the kids are too. The newspaper reported (if I'm not mistaken)
16,000 children in the North suffering from varying degrees of post-traumatic
stress.
I do not agree with Daniel at all. It is irrelevant WHAT subject we teach.
We have to find the way to allow our students to express whatever it is
that they need to express. Personally, I would be grateful for some serious
professional input (which I assume we will be getting) as to how to handle
the first week or two of school. Having very recently attended the funerals of
two ex-students, and seeing so many of my present and ex-pupils broken
with grief, has put a very different perspective on everything.
Les Isacowitz
Emek Hahula Regional High School
Kfrar Blum
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