This week, I subbed for a middle school music teacher. It was a half day for the students. In their infinite wisdom, the administration decided to run the full eight classes in a half day. That meant each class was 19 minutes long! Nineteen minutes. This is shorter than their TV shows!
Now, on a sunny half day in April, it is going to take more than a minute or two to quiet these kids. Then there is attendance to take and the time announcing what the plan for the day is. The Reading class, which only has 6 people enrolled ( and only 3 showed up) probably got a full 15 minutes of class time. But the other classes were lucky to get 12. One even was as low as 10, because it took time to find out where they left off, the last time they had seen the video.
Was this a good use of taxpayer money? I think not.
"...19 minutes long! Nineteen minutes. This is shorter than their TV shows!"
ReplyDeleteNot if you can get them to watch "Shaun the Sheep" they run 5-7 min each. I think they might like it!
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