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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]24 is no problem. I used to teach and could manage a classroom of 33 (which was the most I ever had). It takes being outrageously organized, having excellent communication skills, and being very strict. [/quote]

"Being very strict" ?!? - this is kindergarten! While it is good to have structure, I have seen teachers take the strictness route to extremes (due to large class size, behavior issue kids mixed in the class without enough support, incompetence, personality, etc). It generally has more negative outcomes than positive. Kids start to hate school and are more concerned about getting in trouble than learning. This is not best practice for kindergarten!

And PP - are there any aides in the classroom? Our son had only 22 in his class, but don't think the teacher could have handled even that number without the great aide who was assigned![/quote]

I'm not sure why you're equating the word strict with the word mean. They are not the same. I am very strict. Rules, order and boundaries are enforced. That does not make me mean. [/quote]

There is often, but not always!, overlap between strict and mean. It is a fine line. But many young kids interpret very strict AS mean. It turns them off from school.[/quote]

So do you not have boundaries and rules?  If you do, do your kids think you are mean?  I think you might be confusing having boundaries and rules with "I don't allow kids to do things".  [/quote]

Yes I have boundaries and rules. In this case the "mean/strict" teacher we experienced would say she is just "strict," and that is the wording the administration chose to use about her as well. Saying she was "just strict" was a scapegoat for n. In fact she was "mean." When a teacher regularly makes many of the children in your class cry (outright and in the bathroom stalls), when the teacher focuses on the negative/constant punishment, when most of the lessons are spent reprimanding children over small things (fidgeting, smiling, etc - remember these are young kids!, and when kids hate going to school --- that is MEAN!
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