You have some good points. However, I must disagree with your view that San Marcos teachers do not work as hard. If you are a teacher at SB as you say, you teach 5 classes a year with a max of 35 kids in each class. So you teach 5 classes and 175 students in a year. At San Marcos, teachers teach 6 classes in a year, with a max of 31 in a class. So they teach 6 classes and 186 students in a year. Seems to me they do more than you do.
Also, which system prepares students for the quarter system at UC's and most other colleges? The block system does.
Now, is the block system for everyone? No. That is why we have three excellent high schools in this area, so families have a choice of where they want to go to. All three schools advertise for students. This article is San Marcos' advertisement.
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Posted on April 14 at 11:19 p.m.
To SantaBarbaraDon:
You have some good points. However, I must disagree with your view that San Marcos teachers do not work as hard. If you are a teacher at SB as you say, you teach 5 classes a year with a max of 35 kids in each class. So you teach 5 classes and 175 students in a year. At San Marcos, teachers teach 6 classes in a year, with a max of 31 in a class. So they teach 6 classes and 186 students in a year. Seems to me they do more than you do.
Also, which system prepares students for the quarter system at UC's and most other colleges? The block system does.
Now, is the block system for everyone? No. That is why we have three excellent high schools in this area, so families have a choice of where they want to go to. All three schools advertise for students. This article is San Marcos' advertisement.
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