Mask or No Mask

[theguru]

11 minutes ago, rjs4470 said:

You don’t have to go all the way to Fairfax, VA to see this. I know for a fact that it’s happening in at least a few schools locally. And there are college students struggling as well. 

I agree, I watched/read about a litany of reports all with similar negative outcomes.

From memory, I think I saw one report from Alabama where 5000 students have not logged on at all to online learning. 

Kids not being in class and educated properly is an absolute disaster.

[DanvilleFan]

This pandemic should forever destroy the idea that the future of education is online.

Also, where is the accountability in all of this?  Teachers are doing what they can in light of the circumstances but if students and their parents don't get them to engage then its all for naught.  This idea that education only happens in schools needs to stop and accountability needs to return back to all stakeholders, not just schools or teachers which has sadly been ignored since NCLB and the "accountability" movement began in the 1990s.

Lots of systematic issues have been exposed by this pandemic and I hope policymakers don't forget about them when it's all over.

[snakesnot_2000]

I wear my mask and it's probably not 100% effective but I believe it helps with the rona and it could keep me from getting the regular flu even though I've had a flu shot.

[Kentucky Windage]

1 hour ago, snakesnot_2000 said:

I wear my mask and it's probably not 100% effective but I believe it helps with the rona and it could keep me from getting the regular flu even though I've had a flu shot.

Is wearing a mask something you will do for every flu/covid season from now on? 

[snakesnot_2000]

56 minutes ago, Kentucky Windage said:

Is wearing a mask something you will do for every flu/covid season from now on? 

I will definitely think about it.

[John Anthony]

22 hours ago, Kentucky Windage said:

Is wearing a mask something you will do for every flu/covid season from now on? 

If we have vaccines, it won’t be as necessary.

[snakesnot_2000]

12 minutes ago, John Anthony said:

If we have vaccines, it won’t be as necessary.

Think of it as extra protection.

[theguru]

[sportsfan41]

6 hours ago, theguru said:

What signal, like the bat signal does, does a Karen use to narc on Batman?

[Voice of Reason]

On 12/10/2020 at 5:34 PM, sportsfan41 said:

What signal, like the bat signal does, does a Karen use to narc on Batman?

Her mother's grave stone?

[sportsfan41]

8 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Her mother's grave stone?

That doesn't seem very efficient to me.

[Voice of Reason]

2 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

That doesn't seem very efficient to me.

A projection of the gravestone into the sky of course, like the bat signal.

[sportsfan41]

6 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

A projection of the gravestone into the sky of course, like the bat signal.

A little dark but that's better.

[Voice of Reason]

11 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

A little dark but that's better.

Perfect. Batman is battling the dark. Karen's battle is against the dark.

[theguru]

On 11/25/2020 at 2:34 PM, theguru said:

In Fairfax County Virginia they found that since remote learning began in March, the number of F’s earned by middle and high school students has jumped 83 percent.

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BVJV847F7247/$file/Q1 Marks Rpt - v6 lzh.pdf

I watched some other reports that were equally disturbing.

 

On 11/28/2020 at 4:37 PM, rjs4470 said:

You don’t have to go all the way to Fairfax, VA to see this. I know for a fact that it’s happening in at least a few schools locally. And there are college students struggling as well. 

 

On 11/28/2020 at 4:50 PM, theguru said:

I agree, I watched/read about a litany of reports all with similar negative outcomes.

From memory, I think I saw one report from Alabama where 5000 students have not logged on at all to online learning. 

Kids not being in class and educated properly is an absolute disaster.

From the it is hitting close to home files WDRB filed an open records request and found the following:

Through open records requests, WDRB learned Jefferson County Public Schools has seen a staggering rise in failing grades with school closed since March. The district of roughly 100,000 students recorded more than 64,000 Fs or failing grades in the first six weeks of this school year.

https://www.wdrb.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom-jcps-students-on-nti-record-more-than-60-000-failing-grades/article_028ee980-4384-11eb-b580-d7e904e39f27.html

Our children need to be back in school immediately!