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To: ManyMoose who wrote (691)	4/5/2008 11:44:01 AM
From: Stan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9626

My sister just retired from teaching. She switched from 6th grade to get a break from the incorrigible kids of that age and their incorrigible parents. That landed her in the third grade, but they added a fourth grade class so she had to do two lesson plans and manage two groups of vastly different attributes. It was too much for her, and every day was like hell. A telling microcosm of the current decline of America.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (691)	4/6/2008 6:11:42 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9626

Time to privatize the schools....

To: ManyMoose who wrote (691)	4/9/2008 3:11:09 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9626

My kids went to a small school that had to adjust different grades between K and 6 with four instructors. I don't know how they did it, but they did an excellent job. While they were there I saw individual classes for every grade or nearly so. Other teachers had to do two grades. The teachers seemed to love it, but I know they worked very hard. They deserve to be recognised for the excellent job they did. The years between first and second grade I suggested to my children that they should set a goal for a number of books to read. My son wold not be dissuaded from the number 50. By the end of the summer he had read about 20. I was impressed with the quantity he did read.