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Darke, I think that you're right. Less need for administration when all
else runs smoothly. Everyone could help to teach everyone else. A Classroom Circle of sorts. Like in the old one room school house.
posted by
benzinha
on March 10, 2005 at 1:03 AM
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I would like to see it work. So much money goes to administration and stuff, maybe with smaller classes we could pay for teachers instead of administrators, and maybe there would be less problems that needed an administrators attention? You can always hope...I have also heard of systems where the kids learn then teach others.
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
on March 9, 2005 at 9:47 PM
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Money rocks the world Benzinha! Unfortunatly!! VOYAGER
posted by
Voyager9940
on March 9, 2005 at 8:32 AM
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Voyager, may problems were identified a decade ago and their solutions
have not been implemented as yet, so, Bill Gates' ideas may take even longer to trickle down into true classroom solutions. The good news is that He Is Paying Today for His Ideas in some schools and making the changes now, now, now. Money moves mountains, no?
posted by
benzinha
on March 9, 2005 at 8:31 AM
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jemmie, I would even welcome idiot teachers, incompetent and all, that had
smaller classes to teach. They might even become more competent, by not having to be police all day long, rather than just teaching and possibly learning along with their classes.
posted by
benzinha
on March 9, 2005 at 8:29 AM
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A class of 1.000 students? That's FAR too much indeed, how can one keep focused in there! It's an excellent statement Benzinha, but as you say, would the government be ready for it? Maybe in.... four years?? ee you around! VOYAGER9940
posted by
Voyager9940
on March 1, 2005 at 12:30 AM
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Abuelita
I agree that smaller classes are very important to a child's education, but how do we get there? There are simply too many children and too few teachers. Factor in the fact that many of our teachers today aren't quite qualified enough to teach (I had a teacher in high school who didn't know a thing about the subject he was teaching, and I'd constantly correct his errors), and we have an educational crisis.
Years ago when I was involved in a mock legislature I wrote a bill requiring all Hawaii State teachers to take periodic competancy tests. So far the actual legislators haven't seen the need for such tests.
posted by
Jemmie211
on February 28, 2005 at 4:15 AM
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