On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:29:20 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"Snafu" wrote in message
...

The biggest help to our school system would be a drastic lowering of
the student-teacher ratio.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes


Amen!



More importantly would be parents who care about their children's education
and work with their children to do better.


I would say that's #2. If I had had half as many, or two-thirds as
many, students, I could spend a lot more time convincing parents to be
parental. With 28-30 kids per class, much of the classroom time is a
total waste - correcting behavior.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes