I expected to get some angry feedback from my column from last Saturday.
There was no temptation for me to join the ldquo;Save Our Schools rdquo; demonstration held at the legislature on Tuesday.
Based on my experiences, sometimes bigger is better when it comes to education.
OK, I realize huge urban classroom where teachers are overwhelmed with students is not the best situation.
And if kids are facing hours and hours on the bus, I understand the concern. And it could be that keeping very remote rural schools open is, at times, necessary.
But moving from a school with 60 kids from kindergarten to Grade 9 to a school of 350 was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
I went on to talk about how life at the small school provided limited opportunities, limited friendships and limited resources.
The column was completely based out of my experiences and truthful, but I know the closure of small schools is an emotional issue.
School closures often mean a hard hit to the viability of small towns. And that is sad.
Instead, I have been getting phonecalls and emails from people saying they had exactly the same experience I had.
They too found going to a bigger school was better for them in the long run.
And I have had not one angry or contrary message of any type.
Perhaps the romance of the small country school has faded, and practicality has won out in the end.
Saskatchewan people, in the end, are a practical lot and they will do what works mdash; not what feels nice.
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