I just love it when people without kids start pontificating about what they need in school and how it should be delivered. Reminds me of the useless 22 yr old teacher that informed my wife and I that there was nothing we could tell her about how to deal with our 8 yr old ADD child as SHE had taken all the courses and knew it all. We promptly informed the principle, who we had been working closely with as we had more than one ADD child, of what she told us and let him know that she was on her own. 2 months later I get a phone call from her wanting us to come in for a meeting on his behaviour and what could be done about it. I told her no, as she had informed us that she knew more than we did about dealing with ADD children as she had gone to school about it and we hadn't. His behaviour in her class was her problem not ours. A week later the principle calls us, chuckling, informs us that she had been in his office crying as she couldn't handle our son and that we refused to help her. He let her know that maybe she should have listened to us to begin with. He asked if we could meet with him and the teacher. I said yes. At the meeting she apologized and asked us for help. The rest of the year was a lot easier on her when she started taking our advice as to how to handle OUR 8 yr old ADD child.
Class size, when I was in school through the 60s and 70s class sizes were 30+ kids.
Up untill the last few years teachers in alberta were paid a yearly salary divided into 10 months. Unfortunately, too many were unable to budget properly and would run out of money during the 2 months they were off for summer. Therefore, the government changed their renumeration to the salary being divided into 12 months and they would get paid through the summer, and you want these teachers to teach our kids about finances? Your kidding, right?
