Governor's cuts will hurt students

What nerve Arnold has. Schools are low enough on funds already and "the governator" decides to cut back spending. Students are the future of California, yet, obviously education has been discounted by the state government.

At my school I am currently enrolled in an AP US History class of 91 students that is broken in to two groups. That means 45 students in one classroom. As can be imagined, it's pretty crowded. We alternate every other day between English and history. My history teacher also has another AP US class that has almost 50 students who sit in the same room. This teacher teaches these classes, which, logically should count for two classes apiece, in addition to two others on a daily four class schedule. I have it from a reliable source that this teacher only gets additionally compensated for one class of overtime.

I find this ridiculous. This teacher has around 200 students, but has to work extra hours, without a prep period, to support his family. He is a fantastic teacher, but it is very difficult for him to keep on top of our homework that we turn in or the tests we take because he is constantly swamped in a sea of papers.

Some would argue that his busyness is self-inflicted. Perhaps that is partly true. But I believe that it is overwhelmingly the fault of the government that my teacher doesn't get paid enough while working full time in order to support his family and has to work overtime, while getting nothing extra for teaching a class of nearly 100 students.

And the governor wants to cut spending on education. Ridiculous. That means more students in a classroom, less resources and teachers with lower salaries. It is not what teachers or students want. The cuts are only going to benefit the government's ever-growing debt and temporarily the tax payer's pocketbook. Maybe if Arnold invested in the lives of future politicians and economists, he would make more of a lasting difference in California than he seems to want to make right now.