American Foundation 12/1/08

We discussed in class the pros and cons of having a smaller class. Although I have really no impact on whether the school has smaller classrooms or not I can see the benefit of them and see why they could be stressful to obtain. I want my students to be well rounded and not burnt out from not having any specialty classes. Schools sometimes have to cut back on such classes as music and PE to pay for the extra teachers, classrooms and supplies. I think it would be stressful for me as a teacher to have high strong students. However classroom management is harder when there are more students. My school did early birds and later gators where they have 8 students come earlier then the rest. They get a lot more one and one time with the students during this hour. Then at the end of the day they go home an hour earlier then the rest and then they get one on one time. I feel like this is the best way to meet in the middle for schools, teachers and students for all to benefit the most out of it.