Teacher’s Pet? Not In Israel!
One would think that after the recent two month towering teacher’s strike, Israeli students would be hungry for a bit of knowledge. Think again. Israeli students, you know… the ones who used to have parents who cared and were amongst the world’s best in math, history etc? Well, they’ve decided to get silly, thanks to the corrosive effects of the Net.
According to a recent worldly survey, conducted amongst junior high and high school students in Eastern & Western Europe, 6th and 8th grade students in Israel ranked #1 in the “who hates going to school?” category. And not surprising, the same 6th and 8th graders ranked #1 in the “who surfs the most on the Net?” category. And they were ranked #2 and #3 in “TV couch-potato usage.” category. The Bulgarians in 6th, 8th and 10th grades were ranked #1 in the world when it comes to watching TV.
Not surprisngly, Israel’s 6th, 8th and 10th graders did NOT consider themselves as “being under pressure to study hard”–as they ranked #32, #23, and #11 amongst other countries in taht category. Slovenian and Polish students were ranked as the #1 students in the world, who felt pressured to “learn.”
Though the Israeli media claims that a solid majority of Israeli teens hate living in the Jewish State and wouldn’t mind taking a hike, the worldly survey found that Israeli youngsters in the 6th, 8th and 10th grades were ranked near the top in terms of “being satisfied with their daily lives.”
Imagine how much more satisfied they would be, whether they could actually add, subtract and know where they live?
Original post by Steve Walz
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