EAG News – by Kyle OlsonGIVATAYIM, Israel – After students read a poem with a shocking ending, they were assigned to write suicide notes.
Israel Hayom reports 11th grade advanced English students at Thelma Yellin High School were instructed to write suicide notes after reading “Richard Cory,” a poem about a “wealthy man who committed suicide” in the last line.
The news site reports:
The controversial homework assignment was designed to have students explore the depths of Cory’s character to understand the motives that drive someone with a seemingly perfect life to commit suicide.
The assignment was exposed by radio personality Irit Linor.
“Yes, dear eleventh graders of Thelma Yellin,” she wrote, “You who want to be singers, actors, directors and musicians: There is no better way to learn English than to write suicide notes.
“Did I or did I not say 1,000 times that kids should be sent to study normal subjects at normal schools?”
After Linor exposed the questionable lesson, the school pulled it.
The Education Ministry released a statement saying, “The principal of the school cancelled the assignment. The school’s guidance counselor will hold discussions with the students about more appropriate ways to deal with this topic.”
The Givatayim municipality distanced itself from the school, releasing as statement as well, saying, “Although Thelma Yellin High School is physically inside Givatayim, student registration is nationwide and not local, so the issue is being dealt with solely by the Education Ministry.”
The news site reports the poem is authorized by the Ministry to be taught, but “is not a mandatory part of the English curriculum.”
http://eagnews.org/students-write-suicide-notes-to-learn-english/
Well dammit, sounds like an excellent assignment for a Zionist Jew child. Who pulled the plug on that idea? Maybe they could practice “Russian Roulette” instead? Better than “Whack a Goyum”!
Haha!
Must be the new “Zionist Core Curriculum”. 😉
The little zionists should be given extra credit points for demonstrating how they would do it. A+++++++++++ Schlomo!! <Think "A Christmas Story"! 😉
Nobody who don’t talk good English should live here and if the state declares suicide notes are the best ways to get it done then let’s kill some more terrorists and support our department of education. It’s the state itself that’s committing suicide and the strongest point for euthanasia.
“Did I or did I not say 1,000 times that kids should be sent to study normal subjects at normal schools?”
That would only work with normal kids.