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knee tunes wrote:

B wrote:Funding is the major problem here.

How do you offer a safe school to your teachers and students if you have no new money for barriers, cleaning supplies, PPE, and spacing?

Hell, in a normal year, the school doesn't provide Clorox wipes, and they made no promise to provide them before asking teachers if they were willing to teach in person.

My wife also made a great point about Kindergarten. 85% of the parents at her school signed their kids up for a hybrid model, where they will drop off their kids all day with a faceless teacher they've never met who can't smile, can't help them tie their shoes, and can't hug them when they're scared. Oh, and stay 6 feet away from all these strange kids you've never met too or you might die.

"Why are you crying little 5-year-old?"

I was thinking about this the other day -- I pity all the moms, and dads that are sending their first kid off to kindergarten this year. Holy . That's harrowing enough without the Covid. I would probably be seriously considering holding them back a year and hoping that in a year, this situation will improve.

Our youngest of 3 kids is set to start Kindergarten this fall. She's already a nervous, socially awkward kid. Missing the last 3 months of pre-school was really bad for her (spending all her time with mommy and being the baby of the house all day has set her back even more). Our district is planning on resuming in person school full time in mid-Sept, but we all know it'll be a shit-show. Not sure what we're supposed to do, and it's not like this has been much easier on the older kids (have a son going into 3rd and daughter going into 5th, been really hard on her too). We really need school to be open, but no one seems to know how it'll work.

imo everything should be virtual only

or skip a year

that way

people don't die or get organ damage

the approach should just be accept that we have to eat shit for the next 6-12 months

so people don't die

(not a personal comment to you Rob, a lot of this going around these days)

"just eat the shit, and stay alive"

Pretty much.

Distance learning can actually be really effective, but under very specific conditions. Unfortunately, those conditions are that someone close to the child (typically a parent) both has time to work with them and receives some training in how to best support the learning process.

In addition to all of the other reasons Americans won’t or can’t do that, we also instinctively bristle at the idea that we (who taught our kids how to function and wipe themselves and read) need training in order to support their learning of things that we already know. But in a lot of ways, the behaviors that best support learning run directly contrary to the behaviors that we assume and exhibit.

My kids have thrived since we went remote, which has so far involved 1/3 of a school year, challenging summer enrichment camps, and summer school for the littlest one...but education is my most and best developed skill set.

I’m basically useless to my kids once they hit 25.

96583UP wrote:imo everything should be virtual only

or skip a year

that way

people don't die or get organ damage

the approach should just be accept that we have to eat shit for the next 6-12 months

so people don't die

(not a personal comment to you Rob, a lot of this going around these days)

"just eat the shit, and stay alive"

I also thought that "everyone skip a year," ..is a good idea. This way, no body is behind, right?

Edit: I mean like Mcparadigm said, enrichment and keeping up skills is important too,

Worst Gap Year experience ever.

Oh, God, the college admissions essays are going to be awful...

i'll fill your gap

with education

I feel for parents with kids in kindy/primary through this. I too think the just skip a year option is not a terrible one, but I get that's not particularly viable, and doesn't alleviate the issue of kids at home. And no social contact and playground battles has to be the worst of it. Kids need to be socialising. It's vital.

I hate everything about this. Due to treatment that I undergo, I fall in the CDC's "may be at greater risk" category since I'm immunocompromised. I can appeal to my district for accommodations, which would probably be taking my classes fully remote instead of the hybrid model my school will be going with (at least in theory).

I feel like I should suck it up and provide the in-class experience for as long as possible. As it is, I expect it all to shut down relatively quickly anyway. But is this stupid on my part?

I go back and forth on what to do on a daily basis. I have no clue what I'm doing.

Stardog Champion wrote:I hate everything about this. Due to treatment that I undergo, I fall in the CDC's "may be at greater risk" category since I'm immunocompromised. I can appeal to my district for accommodations, which would probably be taking my classes fully remote instead of the hybrid model my school will be going with (at least in theory).

I feel like I should suck it up and provide the in-class experience for as long as possible. As it is, I expect it all to shut down relatively quickly anyway. But is this stupid on my part?

I go back and forth on what to do on a daily basis. I have no clue what I'm doing.

I'm terrible at advice but I can remind you of one important thing: you cannot un-die

In about 2 weeks Georgia is going to provide the answer to...

How bad an idea is it to send a bunch of kids and staff back to school with little or no masks, social distancing?

Bi_3 wrote:

Stardog Champion wrote:I hate everything about this. Due to treatment that I undergo, I fall in the CDC's "may be at greater risk" category since I'm immunocompromised. I can appeal to my district for accommodations, which would probably be taking my classes fully remote instead of the hybrid model my school will be going with (at least in theory).

I feel like I should suck it up and provide the in-class experience for as long as possible. As it is, I expect it all to shut down relatively quickly anyway. But is this stupid on my part?

I go back and forth on what to do on a daily basis. I have no clue what I'm doing.

I'm terrible at advice but I can remind you of one important thing: you cannot un-die

this is good advice.

Bi_3 wrote:

Stardog Champion wrote:I hate everything about this. Due to treatment that I undergo, I fall in the CDC's "may be at greater risk" category since I'm immunocompromised. I can appeal to my district for accommodations, which would probably be taking my classes fully remote instead of the hybrid model my school will be going with (at least in theory).

I feel like I should suck it up and provide the in-class experience for as long as possible. As it is, I expect it all to shut down relatively quickly anyway. But is this stupid on my part?

I go back and forth on what to do on a daily basis. I have no clue what I'm doing.

I'm terrible at advice but I can remind you of one important thing: you cannot un-die

Other than to Nikki Sixx this is fairly sound advice.

I see Argentina is spiking. Be careful, Jorge

Bi_3 wrote:

Stardog Champion wrote:I hate everything about this. Due to treatment that I undergo, I fall in the CDC's "may be at greater risk" category since I'm immunocompromised. I can appeal to my district for accommodations, which would probably be taking my classes fully remote instead of the hybrid model my school will be going with (at least in theory).

I feel like I should suck it up and provide the in-class experience for as long as possible. As it is, I expect it all to shut down relatively quickly anyway. But is this stupid on my part?

I go back and forth on what to do on a daily basis. I have no clue what I'm doing.

I'm terrible at advice but I can remind you of one important thing: you cannot un-die

Thanks for that reminder. It seems obvious, but I've definitely been losing sight of that idea lately. I'll keep this in mind the next morning I wake up and think it's a good idea again to get ready to go play hero ball.

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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I see Argentina is spiking. Be careful, Jorge

We may just move to Canada

In a scathing obituary, the widow of a Texas man who died of COVID-19 wasted no words: she solemnly acknowledged how her husband died of the virus in late July, then directed blame at elected officials who have failed to effectively respond to the pandemic