| Often people in our civilization and society are | | | | Many people believe we need more teacher |
| very quick to blame our educational system and | | | | assistants in the classroom, this is hard to deny |
| or the teachers. Others will blame the school | | | | and yet we look at other cultures like China and |
| district and the number of kids per classroom and | | | | Japan where there are many many children per |
| although the number of kids per classroom is | | | | classroom and yet all the children learn and they |
| vitally important to learning and individual | | | | are behaving at the same time. So, whereas |
| one-on-one help, we should not forget all the | | | | classroom size is an issue one thing we are not |
| facts. | | | | addressing enough of are the unruly children who |
| For instance, many of the educational issues and | | | | show up for school each day. |
| problems in our schools are not so much about | | | | As parents often like to blame the school district, |
| classroom size, but rather behavioral patterns that | | | | principal, teachers and everyone else but |
| the children learned from their parents, which they | | | | themselves, in the end many other problems that |
| take to the classroom and act out. Without | | | | these kids have in school they bring to the school |
| control of the classroom there will be little | | | | from home. We need to address the issue of |
| teaching going on because it will be more like | | | | poor parenting and how that affects performance |
| babysitting. | | | | in the classroom. Please consider this in 2006. |