Just to add to the thread - I retired after 20 years teaching with a salary of 7000 shekels (full-time high school with maximum gmulim). The 9000 salary mentioned seems incredible. No wonder teachers are leaving the system. Yehudit -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 59 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------