The mayor's ignorant remarks today on class size
The mayor was at it again today, in his ill-considered and ignorant attack on class size. On his radio show, he apparently said:
"I got in trouble every time I say this. But I would do anything to have better quality teachers, even if it meant bigger class size, even if it meant them standing rather than teaching. That's what really makes a difference. That human being that looks the student in the eye, adjusts the curriculum based on instinct what's in the child's interest."“Standing rather than teaching?” what does that mean? Did he mean children standing in the classroom rather than sitting? That kids can learn just as well when it’s so overcrowded they don’t have a seat? What universe does the Mayor live in that he thinks this is acceptable?
Would he send his own children to a school where they had to stand in their classroom because it was too crowded? No, his daughters went to Spence where the average class size is 16-18 students.
What the Mayor is ignoring is that when a teacher has 25, 30 or more students he can’t possibly “look” each