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- From: Barry Praag <bpraag@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:08:08 -0700 (PDT)
Absolutely right Nira. Hear hear. I would say this is one of the biggest
problems facing our education system at the moment ( I know there are many
others). Every person reading this list has encountered some of the 50% that
Wertheimer mentions. What a waste!
Our present government is going down the road that has alredy been trodden by
others and ended in massive failure let us hope someone will see the wrtiting
on the wall.
Thanks Nira for pointing it out
Barry Praag
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:20:24 +0300 (ωςεο χιυ ιψεωμιν)
From: "Nira Artzy" <arnira@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [etni] Re: Attention Deficits and optimizing learning
Nobody would object to taking pupils to the local swimming pool for a few
hours per week and I'm sure longer breaks and more phys. Ed. Would be very
beneficial for ADHD pupils. However, I agree with what Steph Wertheimer says
Yediot today. He claims 50% of our students do not have the abilities and/or
skills to pass the Bagrut and inevitably fail. They should be taught a
profession that is required in industry.
Wertheimer has been saying that for years, but technological education is
much more expensive than academic schools, and the MOE closed these schools
to save money. The result is that 50% of the kids are forced into the Bagrut
straight jacket, feel frustrated and bitter, disrupt the academic lessons in
which they cannot concentrate and are absent most days. They leave high
school with nothing. In the best scenario they are taught a profession in
the army. If not, the country loses them: they join the ever-increasing
unemployed youths, find illegal means to earn money or leave the country to
find their fortune abroad.
Since privatization is this government's god, I think the solution could
come from the industry. If prosperous factories open alternative
schools/courses for required professions, without demanding a Bagrut
certificate, these "failing" pupils may be very successful.
Nira
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