SICK 1: My dear sweet daughter's flu;
SICK 2: The hanging of the sicko - SH!;
SICK 3: A disturbing English workbook I came across in the bookstore.
I have been up since 5am, took dogs to park, they got totally mud-packed, spent an hour cleaning them and the floor (still need to attack the car), then time doing lots of stuff on my Enlgish Teachers (non-)forums....
And now I am tired....AND POSSIBLY, SICK 4, my throat hurts.
It is incredibally cold these days. The heater is warming me up and dehydrating me at the same time. I must drink more water!!!! Hopefully, that is the only reason my throat hurts.
Concerning the workbook:
This is the post i posted to the English Teachers Israel Forum. It lacks some explanations, i know, but I don't have the patience now.
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You may have heard of the Machon ABC .
Yesteday, while looking for a workbook for one of my students, I happened upon the "Master-E" Summer Workbook for grades 6/7 by Janna Neniouc. Have any of you every seen it and READ the "poem" about that crocodile (or alligator??)
I found it really disturbing. Is it just me? Forget the fact that the rhyming, meter, and language were rather screwy....Embedded within the text of the poem, I saw a (disturbing) parable for the Israeli/Palestinian problem. And even if I am wrong in that concept...do parents want poems of puppy-swallowing alligators and "mean" boys torturing alligators, and animals bent on anarchy, for their kids?
I am loathe to actually BUY the book (only 22 shekels..but if I am correct, would I want to support it?) Does anyone actually have this book to share with us... perhaps at the next get together?
I also read through the Master-E book for grades 8/9, filled with many diary entries. While I liked her concept of the design and content of the book, some of those diary entries were awfully depressing! Maybe that is what 14-16 year-olds identify with! Besides that, there were also tons of English grammar/usage mistakes.
Linda
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Concerning my daughter...she is really sick, and actually hit 40.1 C last night. She is resting comfortably now.
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Concerning the hanging of SH... good riddance of REALLY bad rubbish, yet it disturbs me the fact of taking his life. Now go explain that. I would have been happier had he been gunned down trying to escape.
Now, I'm going to 1) cuddle a puppy, and then 2) go upstairs to bury myself under my comforter and read my html book.
