tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711842698474349005.post3536897159531216379..comments2023-10-03T09:00:33.550-04:00Comments on Hofstra University Provost's Blog: The Lemonade ShortageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711842698474349005.post-12120262847547645652009-11-09T20:05:41.715-05:002009-11-09T20:05:41.715-05:00In the 1960's when I attended public school in...In the 1960's when I attended public school in Queens we had an average of 34 kids per class to one teacher. I learned proper English and had French in 5th and 6th grades. The curriculum made up to some extent for the size of the class. Resources were not great at that time.<br />Today we have huge resources even with current cutbacks to our public school systems. However we have lost our way in fundementals. My children, attending a prestigious North Shore of LI public school system, are not being taught as well in classes of 20 with an assistant than I 30 years prior. It is not the lack of funds that have created this problem. <br /><br />While I agree with your premise fundamentally we need to reexamine the entire process to get it back in line,let alone within the financial parameters disctated by today's recession.<br /><br />SKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711842698474349005.post-1193877562328971442009-10-26T22:42:28.642-04:002009-10-26T22:42:28.642-04:00How does turning lemonds into lemonade, the ultima...How does turning lemonds into lemonade, the ultimate trick of the bureaucratic alchemist, compare to making chicken salad from, well, you know? I'd suggest that the latter is more the work of politicians who see their job as that of getting elected (and believe telling people what they want to hear is the way), and the former reserved for all us lemon squeezers whose job it is make things happen or keep bang things from happening because of their elected bosses. Make any sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com