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Extending school time~
nates1984:
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While true, I'm more interested in hearing your reasoning as to why it's a good thing.
darkjedi:
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If we reduce the number of students to 10 per class and increase teachers' pay by 20%, America would be spending 300~330 billion USD more for education each year.
That'll become around 1.3 trillion USD of budget in total.
Hm, too expensive?
relic2279:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on October 08, 2009, 09:33:29 AM ---If we reduce the number of students to 10 per class and increase teachers' pay by 20%, America would be spending 300~330 billion USD more for education each year.
That'll become around 1.3 trillion USD of budget in total.
Hm, too expensive?
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That's my problem. Upping pay and lessening classes sizes is completely unrealistic and naive. The world isn't rainbows and gumdrops. It just doesn't work that way. It sounds harsh, but start with forcing kids to learn more. Best way to do that is either by lessen their breaks, or spread out the breaks so they aren't sitting out of school for 2 1/2 months at a time like someone before me suggested.
darkjedi:
I don't advocate 'corporal punishment' in particular, but I think ramping up disciplinary measures to make the students study seems good also.
Klocknov:
One thing they could start with is more in school suspension(ISS) rather then kicking kids out for days or weeks. ISS sticks the kid in school so he still has his school work to do, and most the time he is stuck somewhere that he can get help on the work, where as suspending them is practically giving them the day off. There is many solutions they could do when it comes to the disciplinary one, it is just finding the right one that works for the majority.
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