Originally Posted by
Nickels
Exactly. I went to a 3a & 4a high school in Texas and once I got to college I realized how poor the education I received actually was compared to the bigger schools. My classmates and I were totally unprepared for college compared to our big school counterparts. I have also seen mentioned that "with such a big school most kids wont get a chance for extra circulars", that couldn't be farther from the truth. Sure the average football player in a 5a school probably doesn't get as much playing time as the same player in 3a school but their are sustainably more extra circulars at these larger schools. Lacrosse, Swimming, Bowling, Wrestling, Hockey, ROTC programs etc.are usually offered at these huge schools. Besides football, baseball, basketball & track their usually isn't much else to participate in these small schools. What other programs are offered are usually coached by a teacher and the athletes don't get the coaching & scholarship opportunities the athletes at the bigger schools do.
Just because a high school has 5k+ students doesn't mean the teacher to pupil ratio is 200 to 1. Where are you getting this from? or are you completely talking out of your ***? These schools can probably put more towards education because the administrator/janitors/nurses/etc to pupil ratio would be lower. If you split 1 school into 2, I guarantee you it would cost more to operate.
Stop cock envying because I'm sure you've never stepped foot in a Texas 5a high school, so you have no clue what you're talking about.
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