A class with 60 sounds like something tough to manage. In Romania the maximum would be 30 in highschool and 15 to 20 in kindergarten. Teacher to student ratio is something to be modified. Standardized testing is something that many nations fail to remove from the curriculum. I though that only Romania had this problem until I started to study other countries.

Isn't it odd that Lincoln barely had any high end studies yet he mastered oratory ? Lincoln had under one year of formal studies he was mostly self educated. I feel that we need to start a worldwide trend of helping children to acquire intrinsic motivation and LOVE for learning. This will be everlasting. Believe me that the topic of education is so dear to my heart that I could write you novels about how I would do things differently. I can only hope that somehow I will be able to...