How Much Worse Can Schools Get?

I was listening to a teacher complain the other day about class size. It feels like I've been hearing the same old complaints since I was a kid:

There's not enough funds for -

• Supplies
• Textbooks
• Teachers
• Music and Art Classes
• Buildings
• Maintenance
• Sports Programs
• ... the list goes on.

It seems like the US has more money than ever so where is the money going and how much worse can it get? This teacher was mentioning a class size of 40 students in a room. Regardless of the age group, that's a lot of kids. How much worse can it possibly get and what measures will be put in place to make it possible? For instance if you had a class of 100 eight year olds what would be required. A lot more kids are being diagnosed as ADD. Is this because it's so much more important for a child to not demand individualized attention? Will 50% of the eight year olds be drugged so they can sit through a school day in a class of 100? Will restraints become an option? How about forced homeschooling where kids are forced to attend classes remotely so that they don't disturb the other students with their 'antics.'

And some other things to think about: What would happen if no one went into teaching? And what if there's no more football programs in schools? Where will professional football and baseball players come from? Is this why there's already players being imported from other countries? One day will most of the players come from other countries? Will it be almost like a gladiator situation where people are brought in from other places to play games, but they have no ties to this country? In a way, because the players on teams are generally not locals, it's almost like that today anyway.

Re-reading this it sounds like a political rant. Maybe that's why science fiction writers don't try and tackle this subject... too close to home and anything seems possible.