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Re: Class Size?????
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I honestly don't see what difference it makes and wouldn't think anything of it.
same here
Same, and my DS is in 4th with a class of 24 and only 6 boys. As long as he knows 1-2 boys in his class, he’s good.
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by lululu
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Posted by LuckyStar
I honestly don't see what difference it makes and wouldn't think anything of it.
same here
Same. I wouldn't even think to ask my DD when she got home how many boys were in the class vs. how many girls. She probably wouldn't even be able to tell me an exact number anyway.
How do you know the exact class stats?
I always feel so out of the loop on the things people seem to know about/complain about.
I have no idea which teacher is which, which teacher is pregnant, which one just got back from maternity leave, who is in the class.
I just go about my life, and send my DD to school.
If my 4th grade boy was put in a class with almost all girls he would be devastated. He is almost at the puberty stage and he can't even talk to girls he gets so embarrassed. Maybe a class full of girls would be good for him however, I think it would just make him upset that there aren't more boys to play with/connect with.
I get it that we have to be gender blind now in addition to everything else but these are kids and kids at this age typically want to play with kids that are the same sex as them. Not always, NOT EVERYONE, but I would say more children than not mostly play with kids of the same gender in 4th grade.
Also I doubt this mother asked - the son probably came home upset and TOLD HER. And I am sure if you had a child that was impacted by something going on at the school, you would make yourself aware of the situation.
OP I would be furious if I were you, but in reality there is nothing that they can do about it now. They aren't going to shift the classes around. I'm sorry that you have to go thru this.
ITA - and my DS friends are currently going through this.
DS has had 7 or 8 boys in his class each year until now. This year he has 10 and one has 6 and it’s a strange mix - a lot of them don’t get along (some don’t get along with anyone)... His BFF is in that class and isn’t happy at all. While DS has 10 boys in his class and is on cloud 9...
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by Sash
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Mags1227
Posted by LuckyStar
I honestly don't see what difference it makes and wouldn't think anything of it.
same here
Same. I wouldn't even think to ask my DD when she got home how many boys were in the class vs. how many girls. She probably wouldn't even be able to tell me an exact number anyway.
How do you know the exact class stats?
I always feel so out of the loop on the things people seem to know about/complain about.
I have no idea which teacher is which, which teacher is pregnant, which one just got back from maternity leave, who is in the class.
I just go about my life, and send my DD to school.
If my 4th grade boy was put in a class with almost all girls he would be devastated. He is almost at the puberty stage and he can't even talk to girls he gets so embarrassed. Maybe a class full of girls would be good for him however, I think it would just make him upset that there aren't more boys to play with/connect with.
I get it that we have to be gender blind now in addition to everything else but these are kids and kids at this age typically want to play with kids that are the same sex as them. Not always, NOT EVERYONE, but I would say more children than not mostly play with kids of the same gender in 4th grade.
Also I doubt this mother asked - the son probably came home upset and TOLD HER. And I am sure if you had a child that was impacted by something going on at the school, you would make yourself aware of the situation.
OP I would be furious if I were you, but in reality there is nothing that they can do about it now. They aren't going to shift the classes around. I'm sorry that you have to go thru this.
Well, sadly there is nothing that can be done about it.
It stinks but I am sure he will see his friends at recess which is the time they get to do the most socializing anyway.
I am sure the school had a reason, but who knows.
I just think it’s dumb that it even set up that way when the girl to boy ratio isn’t that off.
And what if there is a class with mostly boys who tend to be roudy since they don’t mature as fast as girls. It’s more likely the class would be the “bad” class. Now the eacher has to spend most of the time calming the kids down. It just doesn’t make sense. I wouldn’t make a big stink of it but I would definitely question it if it was brought up to my attention because it doesn’t seem right.
My son mostly hangs out with girls so he wouldn’t care but I still thinks it strange.
I think it's dumb also!
In my experience...and this is my experience only....classes that my child has been in that have a large makeup of boys tend to be rowdy. The boys wrestle, fight, some have fist fought, talk back, taunt the girls, etc. Now our grade is FULL of kids with behavior problems. The majority of them, the boys. So I would be thrilled with mostly girls in the class. But again, this is our experience with the boys in my child's grade level. Like you said, the boys mature much slower than the girls. Not say that girls can't be behavior problems, because we have a few of those also.
But.......kids need to learn to deal with this stuff. The boys should be taught to not fist fight and wrestle and taunt and the girls should be taught to stand up for themselves. Part of life is learning how to navigate social situations and deal with people who are different or people you don’t necessarily like.
Yes - I agree with that and that is how I would handle it with my child. Especially since there is nothing that can be done.
But, I would also be up at the school ripping the principal a new one for allowing this to happen FOR A SECOND TIME!!!
There are two separate issues here. One is how you handle it with your child and the other is how you ADVOCATE for your child. The child is not a part of the latter. That's between the adults and the school. You can still teach your child the life lesson while advocating for him at the same time. I would not allow my child to be a doormat over and over just so he can learn life lessons.
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by lululu
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by Sash
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Mags1227
Posted by LuckyStar
I honestly don't see what difference it makes and wouldn't think anything of it.
same here
Same. I wouldn't even think to ask my DD when she got home how many boys were in the class vs. how many girls. She probably wouldn't even be able to tell me an exact number anyway.
How do you know the exact class stats?
I always feel so out of the loop on the things people seem to know about/complain about.
I have no idea which teacher is which, which teacher is pregnant, which one just got back from maternity leave, who is in the class.
I just go about my life, and send my DD to school.
If my 4th grade boy was put in a class with almost all girls he would be devastated. He is almost at the puberty stage and he can't even talk to girls he gets so embarrassed. Maybe a class full of girls would be good for him however, I think it would just make him upset that there aren't more boys to play with/connect with.
I get it that we have to be gender blind now in addition to everything else but these are kids and kids at this age typically want to play with kids that are the same sex as them. Not always, NOT EVERYONE, but I would say more children than not mostly play with kids of the same gender in 4th grade.
Also I doubt this mother asked - the son probably came home upset and TOLD HER. And I am sure if you had a child that was impacted by something going on at the school, you would make yourself aware of the situation.
OP I would be furious if I were you, but in reality there is nothing that they can do about it now. They aren't going to shift the classes around. I'm sorry that you have to go thru this.
Well, sadly there is nothing that can be done about it.
It stinks but I am sure he will see his friends at recess which is the time they get to do the most socializing anyway.
I am sure the school had a reason, but who knows.
I just think it’s dumb that it even set up that way when the girl to boy ratio isn’t that off.
And what if there is a class with mostly boys who tend to be roudy since they don’t mature as fast as girls. It’s more likely the class would be the “bad” class. Now the eacher has to spend most of the time calming the kids down. It just doesn’t make sense. I wouldn’t make a big stink of it but I would definitely question it if it was brought up to my attention because it doesn’t seem right.
My son mostly hangs out with girls so he wouldn’t care but I still thinks it strange.
I think it's dumb also!
In my experience...and this is my experience only....classes that my child has been in that have a large makeup of boys tend to be rowdy. The boys wrestle, fight, some have fist fought, talk back, taunt the girls, etc. Now our grade is FULL of kids with behavior problems. The majority of them, the boys. So I would be thrilled with mostly girls in the class. But again, this is our experience with the boys in my child's grade level. Like you said, the boys mature much slower than the girls. Not say that girls can't be behavior problems, because we have a few of those also.
But.......kids need to learn to deal with this stuff. The boys should be taught to not fist fight and wrestle and taunt and the girls should be taught to stand up for themselves. Part of life is learning how to navigate social situations and deal with people who are different or people you don’t necessarily like.
Yes - I agree with that and that is how I would handle it with my child. Especially since there is nothing that can be done.
But, I would also be up at the school ripping the principal a new one for allowing this to happen FOR A SECOND TIME!!!
There are two separate issues here. One is how you handle it with your child and the other is how you ADVOCATE for your child. The child is not a part of the latter. That's between the adults and the school. You can still teach your child the life lesson while advocating for him at the same time. I would not allow my child to be a doormat over and over just so he can learn life lessons.
But advocate for what exactly? More boys in the class? How is the lack of boys in the class detrimental to this child’s learning? He’s getting an education just like every other child in the class. I don’t see how having more girls than boys in his class makes him a doormat. He’s not being slighted in any way. He’s simply not getting what he (and the parents) want.
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by lululu
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by Sash
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Mags1227
Posted by LuckyStar
I honestly don't see what difference it makes and wouldn't think anything of it.
same here
Same. I wouldn't even think to ask my DD when she got home how many boys were in the class vs. how many girls. She probably wouldn't even be able to tell me an exact number anyway.
How do you know the exact class stats?
I always feel so out of the loop on the things people seem to know about/complain about.
I have no idea which teacher is which, which teacher is pregnant, which one just got back from maternity leave, who is in the class.
I just go about my life, and send my DD to school.
If my 4th grade boy was put in a class with almost all girls he would be devastated. He is almost at the puberty stage and he can't even talk to girls he gets so embarrassed. Maybe a class full of girls would be good for him however, I think it would just make him upset that there aren't more boys to play with/connect with.
I get it that we have to be gender blind now in addition to everything else but these are kids and kids at this age typically want to play with kids that are the same sex as them. Not always, NOT EVERYONE, but I would say more children than not mostly play with kids of the same gender in 4th grade.
Also I doubt this mother asked - the son probably came home upset and TOLD HER. And I am sure if you had a child that was impacted by something going on at the school, you would make yourself aware of the situation.
OP I would be furious if I were you, but in reality there is nothing that they can do about it now. They aren't going to shift the classes around. I'm sorry that you have to go thru this.
Well, sadly there is nothing that can be done about it.
It stinks but I am sure he will see his friends at recess which is the time they get to do the most socializing anyway.
I am sure the school had a reason, but who knows.
I just think it’s dumb that it even set up that way when the girl to boy ratio isn’t that off.
And what if there is a class with mostly boys who tend to be roudy since they don’t mature as fast as girls. It’s more likely the class would be the “bad” class. Now the eacher has to spend most of the time calming the kids down. It just doesn’t make sense. I wouldn’t make a big stink of it but I would definitely question it if it was brought up to my attention because it doesn’t seem right.
My son mostly hangs out with girls so he wouldn’t care but I still thinks it strange.
I think it's dumb also!
In my experience...and this is my experience only....classes that my child has been in that have a large makeup of boys tend to be rowdy. The boys wrestle, fight, some have fist fought, talk back, taunt the girls, etc. Now our grade is FULL of kids with behavior problems. The majority of them, the boys. So I would be thrilled with mostly girls in the class. But again, this is our experience with the boys in my child's grade level. Like you said, the boys mature much slower than the girls. Not say that girls can't be behavior problems, because we have a few of those also.
But.......kids need to learn to deal with this stuff. The boys should be taught to not fist fight and wrestle and taunt and the girls should be taught to stand up for themselves. Part of life is learning how to navigate social situations and deal with people who are different or people you don’t necessarily like.
Yes - I agree with that and that is how I would handle it with my child. Especially since there is nothing that can be done.
But, I would also be up at the school ripping the principal a new one for allowing this to happen FOR A SECOND TIME!!!
There are two separate issues here. One is how you handle it with your child and the other is how you ADVOCATE for your child. The child is not a part of the latter. That's between the adults and the school. You can still teach your child the life lesson while advocating for him at the same time. I would not allow my child to be a doormat over and over just so he can learn life lessons.
But advocate for what exactly? More boys in the class? How is the lack of boys in the class detrimental to this child’s learning? He’s getting an education just like every other child in the class. I don’t see how having more girls than boys in his class makes him a doormat. He’s not being slighted in any way. He’s simply not getting what he (and the parents) want.
Exactly. Technically they really shouldn't be looking at sex as a factor when making up classes anyway.
That's like saying you want more of a certain race in a class. It's something the school needs to be blind to. They need to place students and divide classes in many ways, but sex is not a factor they need to or should consider.
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Re: Class Size?????
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It’s a life lesson. The parents making a fuss is only going to worsen the situation.
This times x100000
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Class Size?????
My son is in first grade and there are 11 boys and 12 girls, my daughter who is in kindergarten has 14 boys and 8 girls. I was surprised by how many boys there were and for a quick minute it did bother me only because she already has 2 brothers at home. I know there is nothing I can do and it is what it is. I have no idea how many boys and girls there are in the other class. My kids don't even care and are not even phased by it. Now if there were only 4 girls and 14 boys I would be annoyed.
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Class Size?????
There is more that goes into making up the classes than boy girl. Special ed classification and even learning levels. They need to take so much into account.
I was in a class in 6th grade with 5 other girls. The rest boys and I made to the age of 45 without any serious issues. I’m sure other kids will make it through life if they also have a class that isn’t a perfect 50/50 ratio
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by lululu
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by Sash
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by lululu
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Mags1227
Posted by LuckyStar
I honestly don't see what difference it makes and wouldn't think anything of it.
same here
Same. I wouldn't even think to ask my DD when she got home how many boys were in the class vs. how many girls. She probably wouldn't even be able to tell me an exact number anyway.
How do you know the exact class stats?
I always feel so out of the loop on the things people seem to know about/complain about.
I have no idea which teacher is which, which teacher is pregnant, which one just got back from maternity leave, who is in the class.
I just go about my life, and send my DD to school.
If my 4th grade boy was put in a class with almost all girls he would be devastated. He is almost at the puberty stage and he can't even talk to girls he gets so embarrassed. Maybe a class full of girls would be good for him however, I think it would just make him upset that there aren't more boys to play with/connect with.
I get it that we have to be gender blind now in addition to everything else but these are kids and kids at this age typically want to play with kids that are the same sex as them. Not always, NOT EVERYONE, but I would say more children than not mostly play with kids of the same gender in 4th grade.
Also I doubt this mother asked - the son probably came home upset and TOLD HER. And I am sure if you had a child that was impacted by something going on at the school, you would make yourself aware of the situation.
OP I would be furious if I were you, but in reality there is nothing that they can do about it now. They aren't going to shift the classes around. I'm sorry that you have to go thru this.
Well, sadly there is nothing that can be done about it.
It stinks but I am sure he will see his friends at recess which is the time they get to do the most socializing anyway.
I am sure the school had a reason, but who knows.
I just think it’s dumb that it even set up that way when the girl to boy ratio isn’t that off.
And what if there is a class with mostly boys who tend to be roudy since they don’t mature as fast as girls. It’s more likely the class would be the “bad” class. Now the eacher has to spend most of the time calming the kids down. It just doesn’t make sense. I wouldn’t make a big stink of it but I would definitely question it if it was brought up to my attention because it doesn’t seem right.
My son mostly hangs out with girls so he wouldn’t care but I still thinks it strange.
I think it's dumb also!
In my experience...and this is my experience only....classes that my child has been in that have a large makeup of boys tend to be rowdy. The boys wrestle, fight, some have fist fought, talk back, taunt the girls, etc. Now our grade is FULL of kids with behavior problems. The majority of them, the boys. So I would be thrilled with mostly girls in the class. But again, this is our experience with the boys in my child's grade level. Like you said, the boys mature much slower than the girls. Not say that girls can't be behavior problems, because we have a few of those also.
But.......kids need to learn to deal with this stuff. The boys should be taught to not fist fight and wrestle and taunt and the girls should be taught to stand up for themselves. Part of life is learning how to navigate social situations and deal with people who are different or people you don’t necessarily like.
Yes - I agree with that and that is how I would handle it with my child. Especially since there is nothing that can be done.
But, I would also be up at the school ripping the principal a new one for allowing this to happen FOR A SECOND TIME!!!
There are two separate issues here. One is how you handle it with your child and the other is how you ADVOCATE for your child. The child is not a part of the latter. That's between the adults and the school. You can still teach your child the life lesson while advocating for him at the same time. I would not allow my child to be a doormat over and over just so he can learn life lessons.
But advocate for what exactly? More boys in the class? How is the lack of boys in the class detrimental to this child’s learning? He’s getting an education just like every other child in the class. I don’t see how having more girls than boys in his class makes him a doormat. He’s not being slighted in any way. He’s simply not getting what he (and the parents) want.
Exactly. Technically they really shouldn't be looking at sex as a factor when making up classes anyway.
That's like saying you want more of a certain race in a class. It's something the school needs to be blind to. They need to place students and divide classes in many ways, but sex is not a factor they need to or should consider.
Yes, I think they should consider sex as it relates socially. If all else is equal, they should balance the class ratio of boys to girls. Children at this age tend to associate with same sex friends, so you are limiting the social pool for the under represented sex. It is not the end of the world though and I assume the school had more pressing considerations such as learning levels etc.
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Class Size?????
My oldest daughter in special ed never had a girl in her class until 5th Grade. My youngest now in 3rd (Gen Ed) is in a class of 17 with 4 girls. It is what it is. They can socialize during lunch/recess.
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That is very odd, but schools also work hard to balance classes according to so many factors. Gender is one, but so is academic ability and behavior issues. And they often have to keep certain kids separated. It can be very hard to sort out the classes sometimes, and for some reason that's how it ended up. Since it did happen a couple years ago too, there much be a reason. The principal might not be able to share that reason with you, but there must be a good reason other wise they wouldn't have done it like that. Is there another class with Mostly boys and less girls? The principal should not have promised it wouldn't happen again, though, if there is some reason why it had to happen again.
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Re: Class Size?????
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Yes, I think they should consider sex as it relates socially. If all else is equal, they should balance the class ratio of boys to girls. Children at this age tend to associate with same sex friends, so you are limiting the social pool for the under represented sex. It is not the end of the world though and I assume the school had more pressing considerations such as learning levels etc.
Exactly! I am sure every school considers gender when doing the classes. As everyone said there are a lot of factors and perhaps in this case the other factors outweighed gender, but it doesn't mean that gender shouldn't be a factor. And OBVIOUSLY this is not the end of the world, no one is saying it is...
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by lululu
Posted by Chai77
Yes, I think they should consider sex as it relates socially. If all else is equal, they should balance the class ratio of boys to girls. Children at this age tend to associate with same sex friends, so you are limiting the social pool for the under represented sex. It is not the end of the world though and I assume the school had more pressing considerations such as learning levels etc.
Exactly! I am sure every school considers gender when doing the classes. As everyone said there are a lot of factors and perhaps in this case the other factors outweighed gender, but it doesn't mean that gender shouldn't be a factor. And OBVIOUSLY this is not the end of the world, no one is saying it is...
Exactly.. no one is saying it’s the end of the world. I do think predominantly more boys in a class is more likely cause a problem. And if this was continually happening to someone kids with no logical reason people would have a different opinion.
My son was talking about how his class Is smaller this year. So I asked if there were a lot more girls then boys. Suprisingly he said yes. He noticed in the first day of class there were only 8 boys and 13 girls. He told me he said himself that it wasn’t fair. I told him that really isn’t a big difference and life isn’t fair. In which the little stinker said life has always been fair to him.
He’s in 5th grade but I posted earlier I didn’t think he would notice because he is always around girls. But he does notice these things. He wasn’t upset I think he was looking at it from a #s perspective. So it’s not always the parents - some kids start noticing sex and race on their own.
ETA: I’m glad this was posted because it led to me having an interesting conversation with my DS. I would’ve never asked him that question.
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Re: Class Size?????
This happened to my daughter last year in kindergarten. There were only 5 girls in her class and 16 boys. And to make matters worse the teacher only put 1 girl at each table so my daughter who hates boys was surrounded by boys all day and it honestly made for a miserable year. The other classes were all split evenly with boys and girls. This year she has balance again but I find that to be very annoying and frankly stupid.
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Re: Class Size?????
This happens in the city too. No one looks at that ratio when setting up classes.
Its the same with children names. Why should one class have 3 kids in the class with the same first name? Drives me nuts when I have to same a kids name With their last name initial. ie valentina v and valentina r
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Class Size?????
Might not be what's best for you but hey you get what you get....
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by jgl
This happens in the city too. No one looks at that ratio when setting up classes.
Its the same with children names. Why should one class have 3 kids in the class with the same first name? Drives me nuts when I have to same a kids name With their last name initial. ie valentina v and valentina r
How about I have THREE Hailey Ts in one class this year. Yes, all T! Lol!
My son’s class is very boy-heavy...something like 12 boys and 5 girls. I wouldn’t be thrilled as a girl mom with that class, but there’s literally nothing I could do since this school only has one class per grade.
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by Eireann
Posted by jgl
This happens in the city too. No one looks at that ratio when setting up classes.
Its the same with children names. Why should one class have 3 kids in the class with the same first name? Drives me nuts when I have to same a kids name With their last name initial. ie valentina v and valentina r
How about I have THREE Hailey Ts in one class this year. Yes, all T! Lol!
My son’s class is very boy-heavy...something like 12 boys and 5 girls. I wouldn’t be thrilled as a girl mom with that class, but there’s literally nothing I could do since this school only has one class per grade.
I wouldn’t be thrilled as boy mom 
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by Sash
Posted by Eireann
Posted by jgl
This happens in the city too. No one looks at that ratio when setting up classes.
Its the same with children names. Why should one class have 3 kids in the class with the same first name? Drives me nuts when I have to same a kids name With their last name initial. ie valentina v and valentina r
How about I have THREE Hailey Ts in one class this year. Yes, all T! Lol!
My son’s class is very boy-heavy...something like 12 boys and 5 girls. I wouldn’t be thrilled as a girl mom with that class, but there’s literally nothing I could do since this school only has one class per grade.
I wouldn’t be thrilled as boy mom
haha me either !!
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| Posted 9/10/18 11:29 AM |
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itsagoodlife
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Re: Class Size?????
First of all, the fact that there are ONLY 20 children in class is amazing. In my school where i teach, our classes go up to 30.
As for class demographic, you have NO idea how many hours, days and weeks it takes to come up with just the right combination of children, personalities, problems, children who receive services, ENL children, new students, transfer students, students who have legitimate claims of bullying and who need to be apart from other students. Teacher personalities and styles and who will work the best where. It takes forever and it’s done extremely thoughtfully looking out for the best interests of each and every individual child. You can’t have a class that’s heavy with struggling children any more than you can have a class of extremely high achievers. You want a balanced blend. We go over data, student grades, state tests where appropriate, we determine which children excel and which children struggle and we determine who will be sympathetic to a child who doesn’t have many friends. It’s insanely complicated and time consuming and mistakes are sometimes made, but not often.
One thing taken into consideration LAST is gender.
Please reconsider making a stink over it. If your child gets moved then someone else’s has to get moved too in order to keep the classes balanced. Trust the process and the educators who took countless summer hours to get the classes “just right”.
Message edited 9/10/2018 4:13:11 PM.
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| Posted 9/10/18 4:09 PM |
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PatsBrat
LIF Adult
Member since 10/06 2326 total posts
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by itsagoodlife
First of all, the fact that there are ONLY 20 children in class is amazing. In my school where i teach, our classes go up to 30.
As for class demographic, you have NO idea how many hours, days and weeks it takes to come up with just the right combination of children, personalities, problems, children who receive services, ENL children, new students, transfer students, students who have legitimate claims of bullying and who need to be apart from other students. Teacher personalities and styles and who will work the best where. It takes forever and it’s done extremely thoughtfully looking out for the best interests of each and every individual child. You can’t have a class that’s heavy with struggling children any more than you can have a class of extremely high achievers. You want a balanced blend. We go over data, student grades, state tests where appropriate, we determine which children excel and which children struggle and we determine who will be sympathetic to a child who doesn’t have many friends. It’s insanely complicated and time consuming and mistakes are sometimes made, but not often.
One thing taken into consideration LAST is gender.
Please reconsider making a stink over it. If your child gets moved then someone else’s has to get moved too in order to keep the classes balanced. Trust the process and the educators who took countless summer hours to get the classes “just right”.
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| Posted 9/10/18 7:26 PM |
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LiveItUp
Love my babies!
Member since 8/11 4096 total posts
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Re: Class Size?????
Posted by itsagoodlife
First of all, the fact that there are ONLY 20 children in class is amazing. In my school where i teach, our classes go up to 30.
As for class demographic, you have NO idea how many hours, days and weeks it takes to come up with just the right combination of children, personalities, problems, children who receive services, ENL children, new students, transfer students, students who have legitimate claims of bullying and who need to be apart from other students. Teacher personalities and styles and who will work the best where. It takes forever and it’s done extremely thoughtfully looking out for the best interests of each and every individual child. You can’t have a class that’s heavy with struggling children any more than you can have a class of extremely high achievers. You want a balanced blend. We go over data, student grades, state tests where appropriate, we determine which children excel and which children struggle and we determine who will be sympathetic to a child who doesn’t have many friends. It’s insanely complicated and time consuming and mistakes are sometimes made, but not often.
One thing taken into consideration LAST is gender.
Please reconsider making a stink over it. If your child gets moved then someone else’s has to get moved too in order to keep the classes balanced. Trust the process and the educators who took countless summer hours to get the classes “just right”.
Very well said!
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