tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post642615436374452598..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: Our StrikeJeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-18267587700800942702008-01-29T01:13:00.000+02:002008-01-29T01:13:00.000+02:00hmmm...your attempts to justify the strike by disp...hmmm...your attempts to justify the strike by displaying just how bad the situation offers no comfort to the student. i can tell you from personal experience that this strike has (even though it's over) completely ruined my first year of university. not to mention the fact that it has further lowered the morale of students - both israeli and anglo - by making them question how to survive a country which is constantly bombarded by strikes from every disgruntled professional. and of course, now that the strike is over, i feel significantly less respect for my professors than i ever would have previously. i sit in classes thinking, "this person just ruined the last semester for me."<BR/>i think the negative far outweighed the psoitives on this one.tmeishar:https://www.blogger.com/profile/10834102883810511507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-91441762868111520972008-01-17T13:19:00.000+02:002008-01-17T13:19:00.000+02:00Indeed.Maybe the solution is for Bar Ilan and the ...Indeed.<BR/>Maybe the solution is for Bar Ilan and the others to wean themselves off of public support... there's this great thing, it's called an "endownment".<BR/><BR/>Maybe the central control of this system - from the prices charged to students through to the details of curriculum and staff salaries -are also part of the problem, and responsible for the apparichic/civil servant slant of the proposed solutions - and the dean's strategy.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the government's sitting tight will get these folks to start thinking about other strategies... like endownment building and a real market approach to both costs and pricing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-58765642532303363332008-01-16T08:00:00.000+02:002008-01-16T08:00:00.000+02:00it seems to me that one test of the efficacy of a ...it seems to me that one test of the efficacy of a strike is to consider the replacement senario.<BR/>if all the profs were to retire; overnight, every last one of them would be replaced with relatively competant candidates, happy to have the job at that pay level and work load. try that with nurses and you see why no one is rushing to end this thing.<BR/>i write this even though my own daughter's year has been destroyed by the strike, it's hard to justify.<BR/>the junior faculty on the other hand ......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-59746498188121089612008-01-15T23:21:00.000+02:002008-01-15T23:21:00.000+02:00The nastiness and cynicism that is just oozing out...The nastiness and cynicism that is just oozing out of every comment here is a nice demonstration of why so many people hate talkback comments.<BR/><BR/>They say chivalry died; apparently so did common decency and mentshkeit.<BR/><BR/><BR/>What a shame.aiwachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498306630912550217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-86816960530223493822008-01-15T19:35:00.000+02:002008-01-15T19:35:00.000+02:00Wow. I wish I could go on strike.Most of us can't,...Wow. I wish I could go on strike.<BR/><BR/>Most of us can't, you know. If we're not happy with our jobs, we have to, um, look for a new one- or even a new profession.<BR/><BR/>What a quaint idea.Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-50298481748246601432008-01-13T20:41:00.000+02:002008-01-13T20:41:00.000+02:00"(Needless to say Bar Ilan raises money based on t..."(Needless to say Bar Ilan raises money based on the excellence of its Jewish Studies faculty, which really is excellent, and is the only address in Israel for some fields e.g. History of Halakhah.)"<BR/><BR/>Surely there are other institutions in Israel which study the History of Halakhah; perhaps, even, without the ideological slant that Bar-Ilan has on the subject.Menachem Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074784950795186720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-66451381216895945242008-01-13T14:48:00.000+02:002008-01-13T14:48:00.000+02:00You are striking because you want more money (see ...You are striking because you want more money (see Ben Chorin's post). Nothing wrong with that, if you can get it. <BR/><BR/>I have a hard time believing that Yehuda Galinsky is 46 years old. Want to double-check that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com