Response week 9/27/10

 In response to Colin's response to Amber,

"I chose ASTI because of its small size.  Its small size it what makes it a good school. Everybody gets more attention and personal help in getting to college. If ASTI was to increase, it would cost more for the district. They are alreadyn in the middle of a big budget crisis and California is in the middle of a huge budget crisis. ASti needs to stay the way it is now. It can increase to maybe 200 or 225 but and more is too much. Asti is a small family and it should stay that way. Most people know each other and it should stay that way. Even the principal knows everyone. That does not happen at a big school such as alameda high."

ASTI is chosen among a few schools in Alameda. The difference from ASTI and other AUSD schools is that this school is smaller and more people cooperate to get to know each other. When this happens, this school is special. Without the process of entering this school and the limit, it isn't so special after all. If anyone could get in,  then it wouldn't be as special as it is now. Competition for a school is better than letting anyone in.  Even if people from differentplaces, if they are from a bad neighborhood, they can still enter this school because of their unique difference from everyone else in their area. The limit is what allows this school to be good. Everyone gets the attention they need. To increase in size, some students won't get the amount of help they need because more people will require help.
For this reason, ASTI is in my mind better than the other public schools I've been to. ASTI offers a lot of extra opportunities for help, and if it were to increase in size, they'd need more helpers such as tutors.