At Parent Teacher Interviews, a Parent Complains to the Teacher

question 22

Essay

At parent teacher interviews, a parent complains to the teacher that he is wasting valuable class time on physical activity and requests that he replace gym class with more math and English. How should the teacher respond?

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Definitions:

Output

Refers to the total amount of goods or services produced by an entity in a given period.

Production Function

A mathematical relationship that describes the maximum amount of output that can be produced from a given set of inputs under certain technology.

Returns To Scale

The rate at which production output increases as a result of a proportional increase in all inputs or resources.

Marginal Product

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the input, keeping all other inputs constant.