Re: the sad impending reality of american education Archived Message
Posted by opinionated on March 2, 2011, 4:57 pm, in reply to "Re: the sad impending reality of american education "
Seems like any part of government is always the last to feel the effects of a failing economy and usually the last to react. Can and should cuts be made accross the board? Yes and that includes the military. As for rebuilding countries we are at war with? I hate the idea. As for this alleged cuts in spending creating class sizes of 50-60? Propaganda on someone's part. I haven't been in school in many years but have gone as a visitor. Classrooms aren't built for nor can they handle more than 30-35 students. My guess is there are also fire code limits to the number of students who can be in a room. There is no conclusive evidence that lowering class sizes makes for better results. It has been argued on both sides of the coin and both sides can produce data to support their stance. I believe it's a fact that most teachers don't teach for the money. With increasing retrirement minimum age and a fairly low starting salary, I doubt most people teach thinking they'll get rich. They know when they start that they will have to teach thirty five to forty years to earn a good pension. Holidays and summers off? Attractive but hardly a deal maker. We're in trouble in this country my friends. We've lived large and wreckless and are now paying the piper. Young kids piling up college loans and walking away. Young couples buying huge houses they can't afford and then bailing out when things get tough. The economy will right itself eventually. It always does. It's sad that so many people were unprepared to face an economic crisis because so many were in debt beyond their limits to begin with.
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