Remember that Escalante would be teaching to 50 kids who WANTED to be in his class. Were clamouring for it. Motivated kids like that, you CAN put 50 to a room. But 50 who don’t want to be there because they already expect society to take care of them all their lives are a different kettle of fish.
50 who don’t want to be there because they already expect society to take care of them all their lives are a different kettle of fish.
All too true, and that all changed with reduced discipline taking teacher out of that equation, by whiney parents and the political correct. I remember the 16 year old or two or three in Junior High just waiting to get out. They were invariably the trouble makers.
You found the KEY. A single DEDICATED teacher can teach 50 students who WANT to be in that class and WANT to learn all they can and DO learn all they can.
A teacher TODAY cannot teach 15 students who DO NOT want to be there, have NO interest in learning, won’t study or do homework, pass their time texting or worse, if they even went to school today.
If their teacher pushes the issue, he/she is pounced upon by an administration and school board adhering to “political correctness” and fearful of losing a handful of votes.