Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[titansvolsfaninga]

If it’s the same “education” my daughter received during the initial shutdown then it’s worthless. 2 hours a day of school work. Many days with accessibility issues because the work wasn’t loaded properly. Once a week checking in with the students on a video call. It was hot garbage. So we did what we had to do to keep her up to speed. Hired a tutor. Bought her supplemental materials that we worked with her on.
It’s amazing to me all these private schools in GA are going forward with on premise classes but the public schools aren’t. You could even do half the class 2 days a week and the other 3 to keep class sizes down. Flip it the next week. At least then they are getting half of what they should be getting.

Why are you crying about being engaged with your daughters education?

 

[volbeast33]

Is that what you would tell inner city kids that don’t have a computer? Don’t have access to to food so they can concentrate ? Don’t have parents around to help guide them through the process and requirements? Damn I sound like a liberal this is a crazy ass year .

He doesn’t care.... he gets to work from home while hanging out with his kids.... I am usually at work before 6 AM and once worked with a covid patient(before we knew) wearing a island of the misfit toys mask since homemade were the new safety protocol at the time..... They are no longer considered safe and we will all die from it.

 

[volfanhill]

So now you care about inner city kids? Wow....

So now you don’t? Because you can take care of yours? Some might call you out for celebrating your privilege. Don’t know your race but it could be the worst kind. Careful.

 

[volfanhill]

Why are you crying about being engaged with your daughters education?

I am not. Quite the opposite in fact. I simply know her education suffered. I noted the problems we experienced and what we had to do to overcome them. I doubt that many can afford to do what we did. I am also blessed that mom works from home. I can not. Whole lot of families can’t do what you or I did. You just choose to pretend that it’s not a major issue for many.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

I did teach my first grader from home. It was a chore, but I was able to get the hang of it. You know they have this device called a computer. And some of those computers have cameras AND microphones built into them. We were able to meet with his teacher everyday, and I was able to go over his work with him. Amazing what being an engaged parent consists of.

So you're a stay at home dad

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Of course I care about how kids are treated , that’s why I’m always harping on urban cities liberal leadership . Seems logical to me where the responsibility lies . I know , I know ..that’s not how the blame game / taking responsibility / deflection works

In Atlanta, they are providing devices to kids as well as hot spots. Some companies are donating materials as well.
I stay in the suburbs, so in MY community, if parents have to work, I have invited a few kids over to study and do school work. My neighbor who is an educator has also offered the same. If people stayed engaged in their community instead of complaining, we could get through this.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

No everyone does not, but teachers can. So they can do all they need to do from their home.

Very few people truly work as effectively at home as they do in an office/their general work environment. It would be dismissive/demeaning to consider K-12 teachers to be glorified babysitters, but you can't deny that there is a heavy element of childcare involved with the public school system.

I believe that K-12 students could certainly carry out their studies virtually for an extended period of time, perhaps indefinitely, but you simply don't need the same number of teachers if they're merely proctoring online courses or assigning virtual classwork. If you start down the path of K-12 virtual learning, you're going to completely gut the public education system in America by exposing just how much of a teacher's worth was their watchful eye on children.

 

[0nelilreb]

He doesn’t care.... he gets to work from home while hanging out with his kids.... I am usually at work before 6 AM and once worked with a covid patient(before we knew) wearing a island of the misfit toys mask since homemade were the new safety protocol at the time..... They are no longer considered safe and we will all die from it.

You sir get a like not just for content , but specifically referencing the “ Island of misfit toys “ I haven’t thought of Charlie in the box and Yukon Cornelius in years . Lol

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

I am not. Quite the opposite in fact. I simply know her education suffered.

Well you need to look in the mirror then.

 

[utvolpj]

I did teach my first grader from home. It was a chore, but I was able to get the hang of it. You know they have this device called a computer. And some of those computers have cameras AND microphones built into them. We were able to meet with his teacher everyday, and I was able to go over his work with him. Amazing what being an engaged parent consists of.

Not everyone has a computer for every kid. That's a privilege

 

[Stew Cook]

Of course I care about how kids are treated , that’s why I’m always harping on urban cities liberal leadership . Seems logical to me where the responsibility lies . I know , I know ..that’s not how the blame game / taking responsibility / deflection works

I wonder if the WH will release the data from the migrant kids in the detention camps, on how close quarters affects virus spread.. Surely Trump and his agents wouldn't miss an opportunity to use them in experimentation.

I suppose that data might not be made available, as officially these kids are no longer being abducted.

 

[volfanhill]

Well you need to look in the mirror then.

See my edit.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

So you're a stay at home dad

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Not everyone has a computer for every kid. That's a privilege

Not all communities have internet, especially rural communities

 

[allvol123]

I take it you don't know what is involved in teaching then. So no one working from home is working....

My wife has a master's in education, so we do.

And that virtual kind is half a$$.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

 

[Volsfaninva917]

If learning goes virtual 75% of the academic work force needs to be laid off and taxes should be cut

 

[0nelilreb]

I wonder if the WH will release the data from the immigrant kids in the detention camps, on how close quarters affects virus spread.. Surely Trump and his agents wouldn't miss an opportunity to use them in experimentation.

I suppose that data might not be made available, as officially these kids are no longer being abducted.

I have no idea since AOC and the gang stopped doing their photo ops at the border , we haven’t gotten much info .

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

My wife has a master's in education, so we do.

And that virtual kind is half a$$.

I question her decision making if she married you. Did you hypnotize her? Drug her? Blackmail her?

 

[USMC-TNVOL]

Work is pretty much a condition of having a job (unless it's the .gov) so if the teachers don't want to work for whatever reason they don't have to.

****, were you concerned about the grocery store, hardware store or convenience store workers that had to work or lose their jobs? My guess is no.

Lazy POSs love you because you justify their sloth and hurt the productive.

UFCW: Over 11,500 grocery workers affected in first 100 days of pandemic

A major Union already spoke about workers needing better protections. Many stores I’ve been to have placed plastic shields now and require masks for all that enter. As far as those that lost jobs, the whole extra $600 for unemployment was passed to help those people and will expire this month.

The whole point of my argument stems from the study on teachers that a good portion (around 20% of regular public schools) of them are higher risk and will definitely hurt the teachers and our schools in the long term if they get hospitalized or die.

As far as lazy POS, you’re saying the teachers that need to work from home are lazy POS or workers in general that want safer working conditions?

 

[volfanjustin]

In Atlanta, they are providing devices to kids as well as hot spots. Some companies are donating materials as well.
I stay in the suburbs, so in MY community, if parents have to work, I have invited a few kids over to study and do school work. My neighbor who is an educator has also offered the same. If people stayed engaged in their community instead of complaining, we could get through this.

That doesn't sound safe

 

[USMC-TNVOL]

Are they only qualified to do a single job?

Where have you been with this attitude for all essential workers? They're still in warehouses slinging cases and pallets for you. Still sticking shelves, checking and bagging your groceries, driving trucks, etc. Why are teachers the only ones in danger?

If you and hog88 are going to use each others talking points, just combine them into one post. If they’re an older teacher, they should quit their career and possibly lose out on benefits because the school won’t allow them to teach from home?

 

[allvol123]

I question her decision making if she married you. Did you hypnotize her? Drug her? Blackmail her?

Sounds like techniques you've had to become an expert on.

 

[utvolpj]

If you and hog88 are going to use each others talking points, just combine them into one post. If they’re an older teacher, they should quit their career and possibly lose out on benefits because the school won’t allow them to teach from home?

Why do you limit it to teachers? We must protect everyone right?

 

[0nelilreb]

In Atlanta, they are providing devices to kids as well as hot spots. Some companies are donating materials as well.
I stay in the suburbs, so in MY community, if parents have to work, I have invited a few kids over to study and do school work. My neighbor who is an educator has also offered the same. If people stayed engaged in their community instead of complaining, we could get through this.

Very admirable and I agree with you , when communities stick together they can make it through anything . I also have no doubts about the tight knit suburbs doing well , that’s not really where the problems are though . I feel like we are going to pay for not having schools open in the years to come .