Page 16 - E-Tone (07-10-18) Advenced Level

E-Tone™: Ulpan-Or Weekly News Digest

Item #3 (Advanced Level)

A Teacher for Life

This morning, like every morning, Ilya woke up at five. He needs enough

time to get ready for the event. He’s not on his way to a wedding or a
sparkly premiere, he is only on his way to another day of work at school.

Every day he walks the five kilometers that separate his house from the

physics lab. This week his routine was a little broken. Through a message
from the office of the commander of the air force, he was told that he

would receive a certificate of appreciation after not fewer than ninety-one
of his graduates became pilots. And in each class, when the graduates of

the pilot course were asked which figure influenced them the most, one by

one they did not hesitate and answered: "Ilya the physics teacher." The
students already know that Ilya has high standards. Anyone who wants to

enter the kingdom must abide by strict rules of discipline. There is no

tardiness, no absences, no interruptions, no cutting corners. His class is
unlike anything you know. Long before we get to mechanics and

electromagnetism, [they] are updated on major events in Israel and around
the world. Next week he will appear at the air force base along with other

inspiring figures chosen by the pilots. He also emphasizes again and again

that for him the great achievement is not necessarily that they became
pilots: "The most exciting thing is that people leave here [as good]

people."

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