<< I used to go to a girls' high school before I came to Australia to study at a university. Although I liked the school very much because of its policy to give students freedom and its friendly atmosphere, there is one point that I wish to change. If I could make one change in the school I would like to have smaller classes rather than existing large classes that usually have over 40 students each. This is due to the fact that smaller classes enable students to know each other better and to communicate with the teachers sufficiently. It is more preferable for students to have smaller classes rather than large classes, because the former makes it easier for get to know each class members and make some close friends. If the small classes that have, say, 20 students each come true, it is more likely that students can get to know or talk to every single member of the classes. Thus, students come to close to everybody in the class and the class itself can have more friendly atmosphere, where everybody feels comfortable. Moreover, because a class is small, when students have to work on some school events or study in groups, they interact more with the same persons many times. This larger frequency of interactions within the small classes leads to more opportunities to make close friends. Some might say that it is possible for students to make friends in larger classes, which is true to some extent. Speaking of my own experience, I was in a big class with other 39 or more students, and I talked to other students there and made good friends. However, because it was a large class, I did not talk to certain people in some groups due to lack of necessity. I somehow felt that I was fine in the class with my friends, but the class as a whole did not have much unity or friendly atmosphere. I thought I could have talked to everybody more frequently and got to know more people within class more easily with a smaller class. This led to a consideration that smaller classes will be better in terms of knowing other students and making friends. The smaller classes have another advantage that they can provide better conditions for students to communicate with teachers. When there are many students, the teachers cannot pay attention to every single student because of time constrainment. As a result, they can only look at some students who always talk to teachers or whom the teachers think the person is in need of some help. Because of this, many students in the classes cannot have enough time to consult with the teachers, or the teachers cannot notice problems that the students have and that have to be taken care by the teachers. I heard this kind of stories from some of my friends at the school, and they were complaining that they could not obtain enough help from teachers, even when they want to discuss some matters about their issues such as university entrance exams. This was because teachers had to help other students who were more seriously in need of some help and the teachers could not spare time for my friends. These situations can be improved through reducing number of students in the classes. If each teacher has only 20, half of the existing class, students in his or her class, the teacher can talk to almost everybody in the classes and spare more time for each student. In short, it can be said that smaller classes would be desirable, as it can provides more opportunities for teachers and students to communicate with each other. In conclusion, I would reduce the sizes of the classes, if I could make any change at the high school I attend. This is because the smaller classes would provide more ideal opportunities to make more friendly classes and have more interactions between teacher and students.