I want to add. Just drove by a 24 hour fitness gym and there was a line wrapped around the building! All ages. Waiting in line to work out! I would think the gum would be super risky!
I want to add. Just drove by a 24 hour fitness gym and there was a line wrapped around the building! All ages. Waiting in line to work out! I would think the gum would be super risky!
I want to add. Just drove by a 24 hour fitness gym and there was a line wrapped around the building! All ages. Waiting in line to work out! I would think the gum would be super risky!
The kids went back once we went down to level 2 - maybe in june ? Ive lost track, but i don't think you have to send them back yet if you don't want to
while we were in lockdown was partically the school holidays, which gave teachers some time to get prepaired, then they had a channel on tv to keep young brains ticking over,
they did not seem to put a lot of pressure on kids or parents during lock down
The PM said it was more important to have happy families than arguments about school work
The bigger kids have had the amount of credits they need to earn for the year including for university entrance reduced and i think you can get a couple of credits for home 'learning' (not actual school work as such) from the whole lockdown thing
i do feel sorry for the kids who have learning problems, to be honest i hadn't thought of them till you mentioned it, because some kids don't get the help at home they need
for the record my parents spent lots of money on my spelling lessons and it did jack s#*t
In the best of times so many gym members are inconsiderate. Not wiping down machines after sweating all over them. Blech! Wouldn't go near one now if they paid me and we know that's not going to happen
Biting my tongue...
It's not selfish at all .
Many low income districts don't have computers/internet/etc for the kids to learn properly at home.
Many highly religious groups don't use internet either, and have been having an hour or two of calling lessons for months.
What about rural areas with poor internet for online learning?
How many parents are truly qualified to teach their kids new material & keep them on grade level?
So all of these kids should just not learn for another year? Which means they will fall further behind.
Seems like many underprivileged children will suffer the most.
As mentioned before, I have 6 kids. A number of whom have special and education needs and have fallen severely behind . I have no idea how they will catch up without the in person educational services they need but have not gotten since March.
They cannot focus on endless zoom classes either.
Nor can I provide the OT/PT they need.
Kids go to school for many many reasons and no it's not selfish to need them there.
Oh and both dh & I are extremely high risk, however he will be back in the office (he has no choice) and that brings risk too.
Exactly. It is not a selfish choice to send kids back to school.
The judgement around here is mind blowing.
This was from one rally in Tulsa, it only lasted several hours with non compliant people.Tulsa sees nearly 500 new infections after Trump's rally; Houston nixes in-person GOP convention
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Now compound this with millions of schoolchildren in confined spaces for 6-8hrs, 5 days a week...also full of noncompliance hazards.
How many new cases were confirmed from the G. Floyd protest?This was from one rally in Tulsa, it only lasted several hours with non compliant people.
Now compound this with millions of schoolchildren in confined spaces for 6-8hrs, 5 days a week...also full of noncompliance hazards.
@lissyflo I’ve never seen a study that showed an association, let alone a causal relationship, between homeschooling and rickets or osteoporosis.
I think you need to look at kids returning to school within the context of a country (or state wide) covid response. Our first minister (FM) said from day one (march) that schools were closing and would remain so until August. (The UK gov. dillyed and dallyed and tried to send kids back then changed their mind. I'm not sure what the current situation is in England). (Note Scotland has a devolved gov with responsibility for education so we can do some things differently from England). As I said we are moving very slowly, until last week we were not allowed to travel more than 5 miles from home, hospitality is still closed until the middle of next week, churches are not open, gyms are definitely not open. But restrictions on children have been relaxed. The under 12 no longer have to social distance (the parents do), older kids are allowed to meet together (up to groups of 8, socially distanced). Wearing masks in school was never an option. Only time will tell what works best.
I want to add. Just drove by a 24 hour fitness gym and there was a line wrapped around the building! All ages. Waiting in line to work out! I would think the gym would be super risky!
How many new cases were confirmed from the G. Floyd protest?
It's not selfish at all .
Many low income districts don't have computers/internet/etc for the kids to learn properly at home.
Many highly religious groups don't use internet either, and have been having an hour or two of calling lessons for months.
What about rural areas with poor internet for online learning?
How many parents are truly qualified to teach their kids new material & keep them on grade level?
So all of these kids should just not learn for another year? Which means they will fall further behind.
Seems like many underprivileged children will suffer the most.
As mentioned before, I have 6 kids. A number of whom have special and education needs and have fallen severely behind . I have no idea how they will catch up without the in person educational services they need but have not gotten since March.
They cannot focus on endless zoom classes either.
Nor can I provide the OT/PT they need.
Kids go to school for many many reasons and no it's not selfish to need them there.
Oh and both dh & I are extremely high risk, however he will be back in the office (he has no choice) and that brings risk too.
This is not shown to be happening in countries where schools are open. Of course they are taking reasonable precautions but they are not just keeping all kids home.
Life, health, and safety are above everything. Economics, education, and etc. can wait. We can always make money and catch up learning later, but we cannot undo death or permanent health damage.
We do our best home-schooling our grandchildren and keeping them physically fit, even though we know we are not professional educators. We are also postponing all of their annual physical checkups and immunization shots, after weighing the risks.
Life, health, and safety are above everything. Economics, education, and etc. can wait. We can always make money and catch up learning later, but we cannot undo death or permanent health damage.
We do our best home-schooling our grandchildren and keeping them physically fit, even though we know we are not professional educators. We are also postponing all of their annual physical checkups and immunization shots, after weighing the risks.