Have a few hundred dollars?

Hey, here are two courses right now, one in Coptic and another in Middle Egyptian for you to take, if you have a paltry $ 610 to throw around, plus book expenses, on which Tamara Siuda and the House of Netjer will be making a 7 to 15 per cent commission. Ethically, this looks questionable. I don't doubt that Siuda is qualified to teach these courses. I do remember, when I was looking for her and the House at our one scheduled meeting to date, somebody looking up her name and confirming that she was, indeed, a student in the department she claimed to have been in, and it is an excellent department.

What is a little disturbing, I think, is to see the words "Her holiness" appearing in a sales pitch. It would be a little intimidating for somebody to say to her spiritual leader, to whom she is devoted, "I'm sorry, Your holiness, but I'm not interested in learning what Thou wouldst teach me, blessed be Thy name". This would be an intimidating thing to even think, and gives Ms. Siuda an edge in selling these courses which could be considered exploitive.

For those who have looked at the course descriptions, and don't know what "tithing" is, it is the turning over to one's church (or other place of worship) 10 percent of one's income. That's real money. I can't help but wonder if this explains the House' repeated willingness to pander to the online mob : they may be making good money off of that mob.

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10/04/01 11:58 PM
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[INLINE] Class Offering: Sahidic Coptic

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The Kemetic Orthodox House of Netjer is proud to sponsor a special correspondence course in Sahidic Coptic, the form of spoken ancient Egyptian last used in antiquity. This class will be taught by our Nisut (AUS), and is a correspondence course that you can begin at any time.

The course includes 30 written lessons which you will complete at home, mail to Her Holiness and receive a graded, corrected copy in return, and audio files to learn the sound and tones of the spoken language alongside the written script. In addition to at-home work and work one-on-one with the instructor, students will be given access to a student-only email list during the course of their lessons.

As this is a correspondence course, you are free to work at your own pace and can take the course as quickly or as slowly as you desire. No previous knowledge of Egyptian language is required, though potential students are encouraged to review English terms of grammar, especially if they have never taken another language course. Note: Potential students are encouraged not to attempt this class at the same time as the Egyptian Hieroglyphs course unless they have previous foreign language experience.

One book is required for the Sahidic Coptic Correspondence Course: "Introduction to Sahidic Coptic: A New Coptic Grammar" by Thomas O. Lambdin. You can purchase this textbook online at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0865540489/thehouseofnetjerA/10 7-97540735345341 or http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.aspmscssid=EWLTV 86GHRNE9P0X8RRHFUFTA5GT09XF&isbn=0865540489

This course is NOT mandatory instruction for House of Netjer members at any level (Shemsu, Remetj or probationers), nor is it a part of the regular free instruction offered by the Kemetic Orthodox House of Netjer to its congregation, though members are certainly encouraged to sign up if they are interested.

As this special course with Her Holiness is not part of House of Netjer official coursework (which is, and always will be, free of charge), it does have a tuition cost.

Tuition for the Sahidic Coptic course will be:

(Fees given in U.S. dollars; negotiable for international students)

$450.00 nonmembers ($15 per lesson);

$150.00 House of Netjer probationers, Remetj and Shemsu ($5 per lesson)

No charge to House of Netjer members who tithe monthly.

As this course is correspondence-based, students can opt either to pay the full fee in advance, or include payment for each new lesson with the lesson test (pay-as-you-go). Students paying in advance will receive an additional $50 off tuition, and a CD-ROM (or cassette tape) containing the spoken portion of all lessons read aloud by Her Holiness. Students opting for pay-as-you-go will receive a tape/CD for each new lesson with their corrected previous assignment, and will be asked to provide a CD-writeable or blank cassette for that purpose.

Admission to the course is on a rolling basis, as it is mostly independent and one-on-one study with the Nisut (AUS); and it will be offered as long as there is interest. Please see the courses link on kemet.orgif you are interested in taking Sahidic Coptic with Nisut (AUS). You will be sent further information on the course, including how to set up the correspondence process.

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Rev. Donna A. Schaefer
AIM: Inibmutes

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10/05/01 12:01 AM
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[INLINE] Class Offering: Beginning Middle Egyptian

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Em hotep!

The Kemetic Orthodox House of Netjer is proud to sponsor a special correspondence course in Beginning Middle Egyptian, the classical form of the ancient hieroglyphic script. This class will be taught by our Nisut (AUS), and is a correspondence course you can begin at any time. The course includes 16 written lessons which you will complete at home, mail to Her Holiness and receive a graded, corrected copy in return. In addition to at-home work and work one-on-one with the instructor, students will be given access to a student-only email list during the course of their lessons.

As this is a correspondence course, you are free to work at your own pace and can take the course as quickly or as slowly as you desire. No previous knowledge of Egyptian language is required, though potential students are encouraged to review English terms of grammar, especially if they have never taken another language course; and they are also encouraged to practice drawing the hieroglyphic script to acquire clear penmanship. (For pointers in how to draw hieroglyphs, we recommend "Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy" by H. Fischer.) One book is required and several recommended (optional) for the Beginning Middle Egyptian Correspondence Course:

REQUIRED:
"Middle Egyptian Grammar" by James Hoch.
You can purchase this textbook at:
http://www.utoronto.ca/gsunion/hoch/middleegyptiangrammar.html from
the author and publisher directly
or at http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/SUQ/Suq_Store.html from Suq
shop at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.

RECOMMENDED:

"Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs"
(Third Edition) by A. Gardiner.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0900416351/thehouseofnetjerA/

"Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian" by R. O. Faulkner.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0900416327/thehouseofnetjerA/

"Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner's Guide to Writing
Hieroglyphs" by H. Fischer.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300085672/thehouseofnetjerA/

This course is NOT mandatory instruction for House of Netjer members< at any level (Shemsu, Remetj or probationers), nor is it a part of the regular free instruction offered by the Kemetic Orthodox House of Netjer to its congregation, though members are certainly encouraged to sign up if they are interested.

As this special course with Her Holiness is not part of House of Netjer official coursework (which is, and always will be, free of charge), it does have a tuition cost.

Tuition for the Beginning Middle Egyptian Correspondence course will be:

(Fees given in U.S. dollars; negotiable for international students)

$160.00 nonmembers ($10 per lesson);

$80.00 House of Netjer probationers, Remetj and Shemsu ($5 per lesson)

No charge to House of Netjer members who tithe monthly.

As this course is correspondence-based, students can opt either to pay the full fee in advance, or include payment for each new lesson with the lesson test (pay-as-you-go). Students paying in advance will receive an additional $10 off tuition.

Admission to the course is on a rolling basis, as it is mostly independent and one-on-one study with the Nisut (AUS); and it will be offered as long as there is interest. Please see the courses page at kemet.org if you are interested in signing up. You will be sent further information on the course, including how to set up the correspondence process.

______________________
Rev. Donna A. Schaefer
AIM: Inibmutes

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