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Dec 27, 2009 | 04:39 PM

#21

nemesis

Monte Of The Month -- February 2009
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i keep seeing "Ryan" popping up on the thread and was thinking everybody's talking to me lol. no i didn't go see sherlock holmes i got up around 2 pm man i tell ya that double shot starbuck coffee got he wide awake all nite. i was the last person to logged off the forum last nite hehe! i'm not much of a movie go'er myself. since i have 4 days off i figure i'll go check out some flick.

only light snow here in chicago, not a whole lot like the weather man predicted. back to work tomorrow, i don't think i feel like going, but i have to so i can get pay for the 2 days holiday off.

Dec 27, 2009 | 06:06 PM

#22

Teacher

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Joined: Aug 2008

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From: Prineville, OR

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Originally Posted by RocknSS04

Tim, I can also appreciate how hard it is to home school. I had my kids in private school for several years, and know others that have home schooled, and a family of 4 girls that is being home schooled right now! It is TOUGH, but Todd will agree with me on this, that budgets just do not allow the quality contact that is even close to what home schooling is. The family I know, like I said, has 4 girls. That's a 1:4 ratio. What are public schools, 1:35 or so?
Todd, I'm not knocking you at ALL. Teaching remedial studies is VERY hard. Most of the students could care less about being there. Grand Rapids Central H.S. has a 35% GRADUATION rate! I commend you for your desire to teach middle school students. I also commend you for your dedication to this forum. You are a HUGE asset to us here.
Later1

Wayne I agree completely. The student to teacher ratios are getting bigger all of the time. I will continue to teach in public schools because that is where I can make the biggest impact. I will never fault parents for choosing other options for their children and honestly it is refreshing to see parents care so much for their kids.

Dec 27, 2009 | 08:19 PM

#23

Enzo354

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Monte Of The Month -- May 2010

Joined: Sep 2008

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From: Nubraska

I used to go to a country school in elem.. till 6th and it was challenging, but i had 2 classmates most the time so we got alot of one on one time and i found myself doing easy once I moved into a class of 20 or so we have now. I think its alot easier to slack off when the teachers treat you as a group and not a person. I used to almost cry over an 80, now its like " oh I passed" but ya know life goes on lol. I think homeschool would be fun though, but then you miss out on all the social stuff for the most part. Just my opinion

Dec 27, 2009 | 10:13 PM

#24

Taz

Monte Of The Month -- March 2014

Joined: Aug 2007

Posts: 18,660

From: Windsor

The school systems here in Windsor have a maximum classroom size. It was negotiated bythe teachers unions. I don't know what the exact amount is anymore. But I think it's between 20-30 students per teacher.

Home schooling is a disadvantage in the sense that you don't get the social interaction, and exposure to various cultures like you would in a regular school. If I have kids, I think I would prefer they go to a regular school.

Besides, gotta keep good teachers like Todd working!
(good grammar huh? "gotta" )

Dec 28, 2009 | 06:16 AM

#25

RocknSS04

Monte Of The Month -- August 2007

Joined: Sep 2006

Posts: 5,231

There IS a THIRD option, and that is private schools, such as the parochial church run schools. Yes, it's more expensive, but you then get the small class sizes AND social interfacing. But it's expensive, but IMHO, it's worth EVERY PENNY if you get the smaller Christian schools. The bigger inner city schools, like Kalamazoo Christian still have the large classes and all the problems associated with schools that size. I'm talking about the small schools that are held IN the churches. 50-200 kids in K-12 total. I honestly do not believe you can find better schools than these.