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@mynameistillian

I'm not talking about 150 in one class. I'm talking about all of the classes combined.

@tkinias

I have a study hall for 35 min once a week with 21 students and it's just too many even for something as boring and "simple" as study hall. (it'd be fine if it wasn't 7th graders, 7th grade is the hardest time for students, and they are so annoying, they know they are annoying and they just don't know how to stop and need our help.)

It's the WORST part of my week.

21 is pushing it since saying something to each of them pushes my limits, and they do need that.

@tkinias

Also 150 is the number of students in all of my classes combined. Basically the number I need to "know" at one time. It includes clubs, and everything I do at the school.

In a given class 12-18 students is the ideal number.

@tkinias

There was a time when they tried to give me 180 students in one term and I quit that job. I can't remember that many names.

@beecycling

Attention isn't a magic bullet for all things, but it's the difference between a "bad school" with a ton of suspensions and bad test scores and chaotic classrooms and a "good school."

At the "bad school" the teachers have too many students and have to do triage. And there are more students who aren't getting adult support outside of school. They don't have violin lessons or anything. And they can feel the neglect. So they find ways to get attention. As they should really.

@sovietfish

The same race to the bottom over and over in different outfits.

@queenofnewyork

Exactly. When you abandon the kids who are "doing fine on their own" they stop being kids who are "doing fine" because no one really is fine just ... being ignored.

@flying_saucers

These are probably fine but these things won't make it possible for me to be an effective teacher for 300 students.

As a teacher I have discovered that this is non-negotiable. Kids have an instinct for when they are being abandoned. Being a person who matters means that other people care about you and are willing to spend time on you.

I've seen kids who were acting out, totally lost find the thread again because they discovered that someone cared what happened to them. Someone cares what they do.

That alone will make you want to do better.

In other words they are still trying to reduce "meaningful human contact hours" to make it as objective as possible.

But the "tell" that this isn't a serious proposal? The best schools where the children of the wealthy get their education won't even consider this for a second. We'd stop using paper to save money first, we'd do anything else.

This is only be floated for "other people's kids"

Young people need the time and attention of adults to grow up and learn. Controversial I know.

The people talking about implementing AI in education are saying things that start out sounding sensible until you think.

Most of my students don't need "extra attention" what if the AI could take care of the easy students and I would get the ones who need more nuance?

Well first of all detecting who needs "extra" is subtle. How will you do that?

Second: what if the majority of my students don't need "extra attention"

*because they got real help from supportive teachers previously?*

A teacher needs to know their students to be effective. This puts an upper limit on the number of students one teacher can teach at once. Something like 150 students. I need to know their names, and when I see that name a little about who that is.

Further, a student should have at least 4 or 5 teachers who know them. This is a selection of hopefully trustworthy and supportive adults they can turn to.

Most plans to make school less expensive mess with these numbers.

Understanding that these structures cause sea trash on the beach, sea trash in the sea, and that they are basically abandoned eyesores, like a big abandoned building?

Well of the general public "gets" this these companies won't be able to get away with it as much.

I didn't know this.

When fish farms in Greece are set up they make a "down payment" that can be kept by the government if they don't clean it up. However, it's obviously too small since companies are skipping off and forgetting the payment leaving these people to do the cleaning.

(This is a concrete obvious problem, so lets look around and close this gap where we can.)

@miiakosonen @hiljaisuus

muurahainen

@mattnavarra

"temporarily" ?

@ramsey @Npars01 @hacks4pancakes

I'd suspect a great deal depends on who you'd want to work for. Who could really use your skills in a way that would make the work worth doing... or if you just want to find the highest paying job you can land.

Interview the company right back.

@catmisgivings @glasspusher @lionelb

Now I can't stop thinking about the way they are as hard as sand until suddenly all at once they *dissolve*

And there is nothing there but air.

@catmisgivings @glasspusher @lionelb

This has to be some kind of trauma response.

@cameron

More proof that the sock gremlin is real and can be found in any home.

Although this may be the more elusive "warm dry clothing gremlin" judging by the basket.

Science cannot deny this much longer.