Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Virtual School:

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Honestly, what is the first thing you, a student, do when you come back home from school? Well I guess your answer would be “run first of all toward the computer”. Imagine learning in a classroom, which takes place on the Internet. A class without walls, desks, blackboards or notebooks, imagine learning in a "virtual class".

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On the one hand, Learning through the internet allows every student to learn at his own pace and if he needs help, he can send an e-mail to his virtual teacher. A virtual school gives the student an opportunity to be anywhere he wants, not like in class when the teacher asks you to sit down the whole lesson. This difference motivates the pupils to study. Moreover, Learning in a virtual school costs less than learning in a regular school. Researches have shown that students who learning(gr.) in a virtual classroom did 20% better than students who studied the same material in a regular classroom.(what does this fact have to do with the cost?)

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On the other hand, learning in a virtual class prevents from teenagers the social gathering. If now children spend too much time on the computer, what will be(ww.) when they will(מיותר) take a part on(ww. - in) a virtual class? Will they sit on the computer all they long?. More than that, it has medical influence on us(phr.), because our eyes get ruin(gr.) from sitting in front of the screen. We do not want to live in a world where the computer is our "best friend".

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So after all that, can we tell if a virtual class is better then(sp.) a regular class? It's probably too early to decide, but we can tray(sp.) this new thing. In my school we (have) already started trying it by writing English blogs on web, which (is) meant to improve our English. In my eyes, a virtual school is the best of both worlds- learning and having fun. I hope everyone will take part in this program and won’t be disappointed from it. In the future, we will see what survived(ww. + gr.)- the virtual school or the regular school.

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Daphna


Monday, April 26, 2010

A Letter Of complaint




36 rimon St.,
Holon.

December, 27, 2009


Mrs. Gilat Simon
Principal
High School Kugel
1 Motta Gur St,
Holon

Dear Ms. Simon,

I'm writing this letter because I wish to complain about the high price of the trip to Poland, Which prevents a lot of students from attending(ww. - taking part in) this life changing journey. Every year Israeli students and teachers go on this trip. The trip to Poland is very important to Israelis and Jews all over the world. Many children in my school want to take part in this journey, but some of them can not because of its high price.

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First of all, this trip to Poland is important and necessary for our nation, because the story of it(phr.), it is our history. We are Jewish and we can not leave the past of our nation in the past, it is a part of us. For some students in my school this journey is much more important and close to them, because their family was killed or past(ww.) the Holocaust.

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Secondly, it is important to the students in my school to represent our school with a large number of students. We feel proud to be a part of the great expedition, and we do not want that(מיותר) money problems will(gr. - to) prevent this feeling(phr.) from us. In addition, the trip includes mental preparation of us and of our parents(phr.), and it also includes practical preparation of the school, this means we have to give an additional payment of money(phr.).

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In conclusion, it is unfair that a large group of students, who (have) waited to go on this journey in expectation(ww.), will have do(ww. - to) dill(sp.) with the fact that they won’t flay(sp.) to Poland because of financial problems. I hope you will take seriously my complaint about the high price of the trip. I would appreciate your efforts and it seems to me that you(should) find a solution to this urgent problem.

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I look forward to a prompt reply.
Yours truly,

Nofar Dvir.

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Daphna