I too am normally reluctant to classify a remark as stupid; however, the list member who indicated that class size was irrelevant in teaching
I missed this original comment.  What was the reasoning?

I missed this original comment.  What was the reasoning?  I think most people agree that smaller would be better, but that the money spent is prohibitive.

FYI, I realize I never revealed the correct answer to the SAT grammar question.  It is D.  Joanne (as a noun) must be parallel to Heather (as a noun).

It's funny how many of you have thought the training wheel thread just got interesting.  I thought it had just dried up.  Oh well.  It was fun while it lasted.  Thanks.

Susan

Unlike her sister Heather, who would always put spiders safely outside if she found them in the house, Joanne’s fear kept her from going anywhere near the creatures.

A.     Joanne’s fear kept her from going anywhere near the creatures

B.     Joanne’s fear is what kept her from going anywhere near the creatures

C.     fear is why Joanne had not gone anywhere near them

D.     Joanne was too afraid to go anywhere near the creatures

E.     they scared Joanne too much to go anywhere near them

On May 29, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Scott wrote:

I too am normally reluctant to classify a remark as stupid; however,
the list member who indicated that class size was irrelevant in teaching
writing must have been brought up by a school board member.  My alma mater,
MSC, whose regular Freshman English program I have praised highly, had
a secondary program in basic writing skills for those who had failed the
English placement exam.  I had scored a 100 in the exam but my advisor had
accidentally put my test in the "Dummy English" pile; therefore, I had to
take a non-credit English class on the same semester as my first Freshman
English class.  My advisor apologized to me later but I replied that I had
learned more in Dummy English than in regular English because the class size
was quite small--around ten students--and we wrote a theme each day instead
of one a week.  The professor in the Dummy Class was also an excellent
teacher.

Having taught across the academic curriculum, I can aver that, in my
experience, class size is more important in English composition than in any
other academic class, including mathematics and foreign languages.

N. Scott Catledge, PhD/STD
Professor Emeritus

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