After seeing how cramped some classes at the school can get, I don’t think I’ll ever complain again about a high school or university class in Canada.

In some of the rooms at the school, girls and boys are forced to stand at the back or sit on the ground, literally trapped by dozens of bodies and unable to leave the room without stepping over each other.

Standing at the front of the room near the blackboard, I have about three feet of room each side to walk about before I bump into the students.

But I feel most for the students sitting a foot away from the blackboard. With their faces nearly touching the board, they have to sit through a storm of chalkdust whenever I erase the boards.

Of course, it doesn’t help that blackboard erasers aren’t used but rather, conveniently wadded piece of newspaper or lined paper.