This is Shit
Friday, 11. January 2008, 21:16:32
For the past 82 days the university lecturers here in Israel have been on strike, basicly claiming the government owes them money (what else...) for the continuous decline in their salary in the past X years. This, of course, happens on the backs of the students who for the past two months+ studied only part of their courses and some no courses at all(!).
This upcoming sunday is actually the last day of the semester! But to make things worse, this upcoming sunday is also the last day of the lecturer's ultimatum; as they have threatened to CANCEL the semester if the government will not address their demands. What does this mean for the students, the courses that took place and the upcoming exams (and many more questions) - no one knows. Infact, no one has got any infromation what-so-ever.
This is shit.
This is actually the second time in a row there is a strike here. The first one took place on the second semester of the previous year (my freshman year), only that time it was the students union who striked against the high tuition tag for academic studies in public universities.
sigh.
This is not the academic life I imagined for myself. Complete uncertainty.
This upcoming sunday is actually the last day of the semester! But to make things worse, this upcoming sunday is also the last day of the lecturer's ultimatum; as they have threatened to CANCEL the semester if the government will not address their demands. What does this mean for the students, the courses that took place and the upcoming exams (and many more questions) - no one knows. Infact, no one has got any infromation what-so-ever.
This is shit.
This is actually the second time in a row there is a strike here. The first one took place on the second semester of the previous year (my freshman year), only that time it was the students union who striked against the high tuition tag for academic studies in public universities.
sigh.
This is not the academic life I imagined for myself. Complete uncertainty.
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By Turin, # 14. February 2008, 07:54:36
And so we are now studying everything that was missed. Ofcourse, things are somewhat hectic and condensed and the semester is somewhat longer and a variety of other annoying issues, but at least we're studying...
Studying abroad is even more costly than here...
It's not like I got Scandinavian citizenship so I could study for free...
By YtseJam, # 14. February 2008, 08:00:09
Suspected that might be true but was not sure. Glad things are working out
By Turin, # 14. February 2008, 21:07:48
By flotsam22, # 15. August 2008, 19:59:41