tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10623297.post116042317239415878..comments2023-11-17T06:40:12.183-06:00Comments on Don Singleton: Cutting Class SizesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10623297.post-1160497383622265342006-10-10T11:23:00.000-05:002006-10-10T11:23:00.000-05:00Class size is one thing, quality of students is an...<I>Class size is one thing, quality of students is another. Having taught in California in jam packed classrooms, I can tell you it is detrimental to a good education.</I><BR/><BR/><B>Smaller classes are frequently better, but I would rather be in a large class with an excellent teacher, than in a small class with a Teacher's Assistant that could not teach.</B><BR/><BR/><I>You get one child who is emotionally disturbed & your whole class dynamics change.</I><BR/><BR/><B>But one emotionally disturbed student would disrupt a class of 5 students, and the other 4 would suffer.</B><BR/><BR/><I>You have kids trying to share a textbook - a mess.</I><BR/><BR/><B>But if you did not spend all of your money paying for more teachers to get smaller classes, you might be able to afford textbooks and other supplies for all.</B><BR/><BR/><I>As I would love to see the abolishment of teacher's unions for governement schools - this may be one fight worth fighting for.</I><BR/><BR/><B>I certainly agree to that.</B>Don Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02991386635454877389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10623297.post-1160482532880007342006-10-10T07:15:00.000-05:002006-10-10T07:15:00.000-05:00Class size is one thing, quality of students is an...Class size is one thing, quality of students is another. Having taught in California in jam packed classrooms, I can tell you it is detrimental to a good education. You get one child who is emotionally disturbed & your whole class dynamics change. You have kids trying to share a textbook - a mess. As I would love to see the abolishment of teacher's unions for governement schools - this may be one fight worth fighting for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com