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If you can teach like you say you can, it wonāt matter how many are there. Itās when you canāt teach that a class of ten wonāt pass, and THAT is the problem we have today, yet they keep demanding higher salaries, because they are āTEACHERSā.
Gee, I remember Freshman Chem & physics classes with up to 400. Could have heard a pin drop. Maybe because we all were paying to hear that professor.
, not ask asinine questions that were answered in the assignment we had done ahead of time.
Later when taking a 400 Eng course, the professor announced the 8 papers due as she handed out the syllabus. Six of us had a wonderful interactive semester.There are ways to cut class size.
There were 57 students in my 5th grade class back in the 1948-1949 school year and my teacher, who had not even completed her college degree yet, seemed to be able to manage just fine. I learned more from her than from any of my other elementary teachers.
LewreaderāIāve had some large college classes, specifically the basic biology class that was required for graduation no matter what your major, and the ever-popular psychology of human sexuality that was not required, but 95% of students took it anyway. However, that was college. Way different than 100+ kids in a fifth grade class. I grew up in a small town, and the biggest class I was ever in had about 25 people. Having worked in an elementary school, I can say from experience thatās about as big as they should get. Especially with all the behavioral problems todayās kids seem to have. I donāt know how a teacher could control any more than that! Kids just arenāt as respectful as they used to be, and teachers suffer a lot.
I dare anyone to come into the middle school where I work and see what goes on there everyday and survive. There are kids running around the halls and in and out of the classroooms ( and NO we canāt stop them, touch them, āharrass themā in any way), fights, windows broken, teachers cursed at, food and garbage thrown at us and around the halls - the kids bring food from the outside and throw it around, spit it out on the floor. Itās not the teachersā fault - its the administration - there are no consequences for their behavior - at school or at home. We try to teach but most of the time you are trying to maintain order-half my class have probation officers and they are only 12 years old! So MrsLukeSkywalker and stebon, kindly keep your mouth shut until youāve walked a day in my shoes.
i_am_the_jam almost 15 years ago
American Public Schools. Gotta love āemā¦
mrslukeskywalker almost 15 years ago
If you can teach like you say you can, it wonāt matter how many are there. Itās when you canāt teach that a class of ten wonāt pass, and THAT is the problem we have today, yet they keep demanding higher salaries, because they are āTEACHERSā.
The Duke 1 almost 15 years ago
Good training for when you grow up and go to prison!
Yukoneric almost 15 years ago
Two years ago I only had two students who were not on probation or parole. Adult education is something else these days.
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
Gee, I remember Freshman Chem & physics classes with up to 400. Could have heard a pin drop. Maybe because we all were paying to hear that professor. , not ask asinine questions that were answered in the assignment we had done ahead of time.
Later when taking a 400 Eng course, the professor announced the 8 papers due as she handed out the syllabus. Six of us had a wonderful interactive semester.There are ways to cut class size.
charlesedwardpasley almost 15 years ago
There were 57 students in my 5th grade class back in the 1948-1949 school year and my teacher, who had not even completed her college degree yet, seemed to be able to manage just fine. I learned more from her than from any of my other elementary teachers.
notinksanymore almost 15 years ago
LewreaderāIāve had some large college classes, specifically the basic biology class that was required for graduation no matter what your major, and the ever-popular psychology of human sexuality that was not required, but 95% of students took it anyway. However, that was college. Way different than 100+ kids in a fifth grade class. I grew up in a small town, and the biggest class I was ever in had about 25 people. Having worked in an elementary school, I can say from experience thatās about as big as they should get. Especially with all the behavioral problems todayās kids seem to have. I donāt know how a teacher could control any more than that! Kids just arenāt as respectful as they used to be, and teachers suffer a lot.
jpozenel almost 15 years ago
We had between 40 and 50 kids in our grade school classes. We had no problems.
Of course having nuns roaming the aisles armed with steel-edged rulers might have made the difference!
RadioTom almost 15 years ago
These kids all ride my busā¦
captainedd almost 15 years ago
Good gravy, that must be one big bus!
RadioTom almost 15 years ago
Yep! And then thereās the rest of the K-6 group that I haulā¦
@jtpozenel: I donāt think it was the nuns rulers as much as it was the old manās BELT once we got homeā¦ because Sister WOULD make the callā¦
speechteach almost 15 years ago
I dare anyone to come into the middle school where I work and see what goes on there everyday and survive. There are kids running around the halls and in and out of the classroooms ( and NO we canāt stop them, touch them, āharrass themā in any way), fights, windows broken, teachers cursed at, food and garbage thrown at us and around the halls - the kids bring food from the outside and throw it around, spit it out on the floor. Itās not the teachersā fault - its the administration - there are no consequences for their behavior - at school or at home. We try to teach but most of the time you are trying to maintain order-half my class have probation officers and they are only 12 years old! So MrsLukeSkywalker and stebon, kindly keep your mouth shut until youāve walked a day in my shoes.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Go to the Principalās auditorium right now!