It's Not Rocket Science!

When I was in primary school I attended a school which had a maximum of 60 students at any one given time, in my final year 6 there was literally 5 students in year 5 and 6 students in year 6. These smaller class sizes made for a much more interactive learning experience between teachers and students alike when it came to interaction and discussion. However this is the same primary school institute that failed to even introduce maths as a subject for three years in a row which had a severe impact on my learning experience when I went to high school as I was already behind the eight ball.

This abhorrent lack of educational assistance has been a problem for many years and seems only to be getting worse. You would think that the situation would be rather easy to resolve; smaller classes means the teachers have more control and input into their students learning experiences, a higher level of education for teachers will incur a higher standard of teaching. There seems to be a call for an 'either -or' decision to be made between the quality of the assistance provided by teachers and the quantity of students per teacher, why is this so? Shouldn't we be focused on creating both quality AND quantity? There's no point having highly articulate and trained teachers in a class that is too large for any one individual to coordinate.
 
There are special circumstances that people should be aware of, in which large class numbers can seriously impact on the quality of a persons learning experience. Growing up I experienced some hearing loss which made it very difficult to hear the teacher speaking, let alone concentrate, when there are 30 or more students talking, fidgeting and shuffling in a class room all at once.

It's not rocket science! This is not a debate of class room sizes or even improving educational  resources to provide a better quality learning experience for our student population. This article depicts a politicians excuse for redirecting funds into areas that do not support or focus on public concerns but rather allow for pay-rises for those who are in positions of power to control and manipulate our national budget to suit their particular political agenda, which is all too often a capitalists dream of shunting the little guy in order to get more for themselves!

In all honesty, as I am currently enrolled in a TAFE course and am receiving the blunt end of the futile public education stick in Australia at the moment, I can comfortably say that this is not good enough and that cutting funds will only further decrease the ability of teachers to properly man (or woman :) their posts.

P.s. Now days there is such similarities between the Liberal and Labor government that I don't know who I'm fighting for anymore.