California may have a budget

[DaShi]

That's what makes them so advanced.

[rah]

So California can solve its problems by enlarging class sizes and dressing teachers in habits? Won't that just distract the Japanese students?

SInce the nuns get paid squat beyond room and board in the convent, yeah probably.

[Ben Kenobi]

How long have you been a teacher?

It has nothing to do with teaching, and everything to do with the history of education. 30 has been the standard for a very long time.

How much have you been comparing student/pupil ratio statistics?

How long have I been studying them? Spent 6 credits of my degree on this one topic.

[Jon Miller]

I might be in favor of corporal punishment. That, or no longer being allowed in the class room.

JM

[Ben Kenobi]

The Pupil-Teacher Ratio is enrollment divided by the number of full-time equivalent teachers. Because some teachers are not assigned to a classroom, the Pupil-Teacher Ratio is usually smaller than the average class size.

I don't see how this helps your argument.

[Spiffor]

The main difference was that corporal punishment was allowed in private schools but not in public schools.
And Your parents supported it.

I don't know how things are in California, but I guess they're not too different from the testimonies I hear from teachers friends here.

One of the problem with having authority on children comes from the parents. The early problem children tend to have very protective parents, that consider their children are right all the time. Teachers are often with conflicts with parents over a bad mark or a bad appreciation. You can imagine how inclined the child is in those situations...

Before thinking about beating children, perhaps it would be a good idea to think about what constitutes a teacher's authority in the first place

[SlowwHand]

Corporal punishment was allowed in public schools. I don't know about the poof school that rah went to though.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

The Pupil-Teacher Ratio is enrollment divided by the number of full-time equivalent teachers. Because some teachers are not assigned to a classroom, the Pupil-Teacher Ratio is usually smaller than the average class size.

I don't see how this helps your argument.

Well, this post certainly helps my argument that I shouldn't have bothered. Does that count?

[Ben Kenobi]

Well, this post certainly helps my argument that I shouldn't have bothered. Does that count?

Paying teachers who aren't assigned classrooms is an argument against current staffing levels.

[KrazyHorse]

Almost there

[Ben Kenobi]

Close but no cigar.

[KrazyHorse]

No flood control

[Ben Kenobi]

Neither do I.

[KrazyHorse]

Goddamnit. You appear to be on polylus too

[Ben Kenobi]

Yep, special deal from Plomp. No tag.