Parents in the Bronx (NY) are complaining about how the classrooms at PS 102 are overcrowded with 40 students, 15 above the limit. Since I'm good at subtracting, I believe that means there can only be 25 kids in a class. Seriously? Yes, because that's what the teachers' union negotiated.
From the NY Daily News: "It's not fair," said Tanya Nelson, whose daughter Tamarie also is in kindergarten there. "Just because it's a public school, it doesn't mean it has to be overcrowded."
Oh, boo hoo. If the kids aren't sitting in each other's laps, you haven't got anything to cry about.
One parent complained about her older son who was held back a year. "He didn't get the attention he needed," she said. "Not everyone's a fast learner."
When I was in the first grade, Sister Anita Miriam handled 45 students with ease. Granted, it was in a parochial school pre-Vatican II when nuns still wore habits and could instill the fear of God in you. If you weren't a 'fast learner' the pointer rapped on the side of your head could help.
A school full of nuns in habits could straighten these kids out pronto. The only thing they would coddle are the eggs they suck down in the convent every morning.
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