Coronavirus Hypocrisy Timeline (part 1)

[Ortizer]

The danger of that perception is there is valid reporting on situations that require immediate attention. Instead, members of the population are ignorant of absolute true facts and engage in harmful behavior because of distrust.

It's been around awhile though. Hell, I remember when I was in college, Jon Stewart was voted the most trusted man in news.

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[Ortizer]

(For anyone that doesn't know, Imperial County California is the county with the longest and most porous border with Mexico.)


Walls are bad Mmmkay....

According to the hospitals quoted in the article it is us citizens crossing the border legally they're picking up tough.

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[Ortizer]

...when in fact it was Mexicans figuring out how to get free US treatment that is responsible.

That assertion is not supported by the article you shared though, which says it is us ex-pats.

Which is admittedly a tougher call. If you have opted to live abroad, should you be allowed to come back while infected with a pandemic virus?

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[Ortizer]

I am getting the feeling that this coming school year is going to look A LOT different than anyone is accustomed to.

Here in Frederick, they are looking at several options...none of which are awesome.

1. Last names A-L go to school Monday and Wednesday, M-Z go to school Tues and Thurs. Remote on Friday while the schools get thoroughly cleaned.

2. Half days in school, come home after lunch.

3. 2 weeks in school, 1 week off (no school), 2 weeks remote. Repeat.

4. Fully remote learning.



Anyway...I think most states are going to have situations where kids are going to be remote learning at least some of the time...if not all of the time.


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In Lee County FL they announced parents would have the following options
-full time in school
-hybrid, a couple days in school a couple remote
-full remote
-homeschool

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[owknows]

That assertion is not supported by the article you shared though, which says it is us ex-pats.

Which is admittedly a tougher call. If you have opted to live abroad, should you be allowed to come back while infected with a pandemic virus?

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LOL

[LittleG]

Call me optimistic, but I think the worst of this is already behind us.

Don't know if you're right, or I am.

I'm sure we both hope it's me.

I really hope you are right and I am wrong.

[2bynight]

I am getting the feeling that this coming school year is going to look A LOT different than anyone is accustomed to.

Here in Frederick, they are looking at several options...none of which are awesome.

1. Last names A-L go to school Monday and Wednesday, M-Z go to school Tues and Thurs. Remote on Friday while the schools get thoroughly cleaned.

2. Half days in school, come home after lunch.

3. 2 weeks in school, 1 week off (no school), 2 weeks remote. Repeat.

4. Fully remote learning.



Anyway...I think most states are going to have situations where kids are going to be remote learning at least some of the time...if not all of the time.


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Not only will the school year be different but I question how many older teachers show up. I believe they want max 12 students in with a teacher. A survey was recently done asking business professionals and military commanders would they allow 12 people in an indoor room for a few hours. The answers were ...my management won't let us in the office and the military typically responded with no and hell no statements. Now we say lets let teachers in with 12 kids who have unknown bubble status - could have been anywhere. Teachers are getting the short end of the stick.

[darb72]

We're doing full campus in August, but at least half of the English department has said they won't be teaching in person. How that's gonna work I don't know.

[2bynight]

We're doing full campus in August, but at least half of the English department has said they won't be teaching in person. How that's gonna work I don't know.

This upcoming school year is clearly going to be a mangled nightmare. My bets ( and sure hope I am wrong as I have children going back to school) are cases are going to skyrocket by mid-late September...a few teachers at a school test positive and then it is online learning until 2021.

[LittleG]

This upcoming school year is clearly going to be a mangled nightmare. My bets ( and sure hope I am wrong as I have children going back to school) are cases are going to skyrocket by mid-late September...a few teachers at a school test positive and then it is online learning until 2021.

Other countries have moved to fully remote learning. Some students do really well when they have been poor previously. Less distractions from other students has meant some kids who weren’t engaged are paying attention. This only applies if the parents/guardians are keeping an active eye on the kids.
Again, the role of parents/guardians are key.

I think it will take days until a teacher catches the virus from a child and then it’s all remote.

It’s going to be a poor outcome for the children. Less socialising can have unintended consequences on mental health.

[owknows]

Other countries have moved to fully remote learning. Some students do really well when they have been poor previously. Less distractions from other students has meant some kids who weren’t engaged are paying attention. This only applies if the parents/guardians are keeping an active eye on the kids.
Again, the role of parents/guardians are key.

I think it will take days until a teacher catches the virus from a child and then it’s all remote.

It’s going to be a poor outcome for the children. Less socialising can have unintended consequences on mental health.

I would predict that one of the unintended consequences of a long term shift toward virtual learning is a significant shift of the population away from the hard political left.

Teachers will no longer be able to indoctrinate students without oversight.

[darb72]

I would predict that one of the unintended consequences of a long term shift toward virtual learning is a significant shift of the population away from the hard political left.

Teachers will no longer be able to indoctrinate students without oversight.

I got into a rather terse conversation about that recently. They want us to teach "anti-racism" in our courses. There have been indications in the past that I hold that idea in somewhat less than high regard, so the department is aware of my feelings about a professor's politics in a classroom.

- First, not my job. I teach young adults how to read and write, and hopefully to think for themselves. I never allow politics into the classroom unless we're discussing Thomas Becket and Henry II. Then most assuredly I am on team Becket.

- Second, our diversity coordinator doesn't come to my office anymore after I described in exacting detail exactly how little I thought of her as an academic since her job title contains the phrase "diversity coordinator".

We're on a teleconference last week and the idiocy is brought up again. I finally snapped and explained I would not be spewing propaganda at my students, period. I am in a position of power so it is incumbent upon me as an educator not force my views on to them. It defeats the entire purpose of education; I want students to learn, not parrot.