Do large classroom sizes push incoming freshmen away? It does this for me and many other people I talk to about college. In universities, advertising is especially popular if the classes are small. They tell us that if we attend that college we will be without professors by name. I've never seen the University of Iowa brag about its 300-person lecture halls. There's a reason for this, and it's quite simple. Students do not learn as well in large classes. According to the New York Times article “Does Class Size Matter,” students were asked to comment on their thoughts on the question. Of the 220 comments left by students around the world, 99% of the comments I read said they liked being in smaller classes for a few simple reasons. First, they can better pay attention to what the teacher teaches. Two, there are fewer distractions; this is beneficial for both the teacher and the students. And three: communication with the teacher is much better in a class with fewer students. There is more to student learning that is affected by class size. We need to take a step back and look at the rock of the classroom, the teacher. It affects how students learn if the teacher uses certain methods. There are so many ways to teach and sometimes the way the teacher teaches simply doesn't suit the student. If we had smaller classes, educators would be able to identify students who are struggling and find a way to help them