My new school
When I completed my teaching program back in 1994 (yes, 29 years ago), one of the discussions we had at the end of the program was what type of teaching placement we wanted to find. The head of the program was very much in the camp that the smaller the school the more impact we can have on the learning processes as reflective teachers. Over the years, I have experienced a variety of school sizes, my first one being a large public high school in Jackson, Michigan. I got used to teaching several sections of the same subject, and was responsible for 160 students daily. Working in international schools I started working in a small school with less than 80 students in Riga. Over the years the school grew to close to 300, but the numbers fluctuated periodically as Latvia joined the EU and dealt with a financial crisis. After that, my experiences have been within schools with student numbers around 800, K-12. With 29 years of teaching experience, I begin to see the wisdom of my profess
