Movie Premiere

Movie Premiere

Being in a large class is like going to the movies on the premiere of a popular movie, there is always going to be that group of people talking in the back corning making it hard to concentrate. However, sometimes you get lucky and are surrounded by others who share the same excitement and passion about the movie you have all been so eager to watch.

 I guess what I’m trying to say is the size of the class most defiantly matters but sometimes it just depends on the attitudes the students have towards the class. In my earlier years of high school I only had a few classes with my friends, one of those being math, I was never the best at math so I became the loud obnoxious kid who didn’t even own a text book because I just didn’t care! The class was an average size for my school being about 20-25 students but it was the lowest math class full of year 8 students.

The following year I was placed in the highest English class, same size, but there was no comparison to these students’ outlooks on learning! The class was much more structured and organized there was no way I would get away with the same things I did in my maths class.

Looking back on it now my negative attitude towards math could have been turned around if I was offered that little bit of extra attention and talked through an equation a different way.

People’s views on educational courses today about not worrying too much on the size of the class in hopes that students will drop out is more horrifying than being back in that year 8 math class! If we can find a way to improve teacher’s attitudes towards teaching and encourage their students to succeed hopefully the graduation room will be just as packed as the cinema on a movie premiere.