SK> ->   Much of elementary-school material, other than math, is so
SK> -> _repetitive_
SK> -> it doesn't matter if there are class sizes of 60...but try 
SK> teaching
SK> -> freshmen college math to a class of 60 of whom 30 missed key parts 
SK> of
SK> -> a _sequential_ subject in K-12.
SK> 
SK> At least the college students will stay in their seats of their own
SK> volition. Try teaching a 2nd or 3rd grade class of sixty kids. 
    College teaching comes with unique discipline problems that ES teachers 
do not face.  Have you ever had half your 9:00 A.M. class come in drunk? 
(It's common in colleges.)     Excessive partying is a major factor in 
_college_ students flunking out, according to various studies (and the 
experiences of most profs).  Administrators hassle profs when they give too 
many low grades, many of which are drinking-related.
    While college kids will generally stay seated once they get to class, 
many just cut class.  If many students get low grades due to cutting class, 
the administration blames the prof...not the student.
SK> volition. Try teaching a 2nd or 3rd grade class of sixty kids. 
SK> Please.
SK> Try it. Let us know what happens. 
    I know.  I wandered around the room as a kid in kindergarten, due to 
being bored stiff with the material read by a teacher who badgered my mother 
for having taught me to _read_ before school age.  (My first-grade teacher 
avoided the problem by simply sending me to the library during what was 
"story time" for the rest of the class!)
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