SCL

In April, the Education Minister Michael Suen Ming-yeung

announced that he was planning to reduce the maximum size of

Form One classes from 40 to 36 over the next two years. The public

has both positive and negative thoughts towards the idea of small

class learning. I myself support small class learning.

I think coorperation

is as important as knowledge for students. Students can learn communication

and coorperation skills when they do group work or participate in class

activities. They can apply these skills in their career when they grow up. I

think knowledge can be built up at anytime even when you are old. But the

best time to learn good communication skills is in your adolescence. If there are

problems in your intercourse and no one teaches you the right way to communicate, these

problems will follow you even when you are in your career. I think small class learning

can absolutely help. In small classes, teachers can take good care of

and keep an eye on each student. But in big classes, there are too many students

and teachers are too busy to take care each one of them. In this way, small class

learning is better for the students' all rounded development.

Above is one of the factors

that makes me support small class learning.

Determining whether small class learning is good or not is not easy. What do you think?