esther h- no. Life is about working to better yourself and knowing that “not everything is fair”. Schools dont want to make anyone feel bad, but in fact by not pushing them they are hurting them. The best thing would be to have some classes split and others together.
Reasons to split: (i like lists;) )
1. Each level will be taught at their level. Always there will be some who are higher than others and teachers want to teach to the average kid. So if it is split, the smartest are pulled out and the average is now a lot lower…
2. More attention per child at the level they need.
3. Those who are not outstanding or failing are lost if everyone is mushed. At least if kids are split, they still can stand out easier.
4. kids can make friends who are at their level. I was in a class ages ago when I was smarter than the rest of the class (not to boast- I was in the low class). My friends were all in the higher class and I felt so out of place because I understood the material already and was sitting there bored while other kids still didnt understand it. This is how it would be if the classes were not split- kids sitting there bored while other kids couldnt get the hang of it.
5. You are less likely to have too many kids who cant read and write by the time they leave high school.
Reasons to keep them together:
1. the teachers might like it- they have to teach to a lower level. (I am not being fair- but some teachers like it…they dont have to change the material year to year based on the level. The average stays the same each year.)
2. You dont get the shidduch question “well, was he/she in the honors chumash track or the low track?”
3. Esteem for the lower level kids.
4. The teachers are forced to keep the pace of the class moving and the lower half the class will be forced to learn the material.
5. You wont get the excuse “but we’re the low class… its too hard for us”