each patient? Or would you simply leave
at six-thirty instead of seven-thirty and
have dinner with your kids?
Now for the crucial question. Can a
class be too small, the same way a
parent can make too much money? I
polled a large number of teachers in the
United States and Canada and asked
them that question, and teacher after
teacher agreed that it can.
Here’s a typical response:
My perfect number is eighteen: that’s
enough bodies in the room that no one
person needs to feel vulnerable, but
everyone can feel important. Eighteen
divides handily into groups of two or