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Post by laylag on Apr 26, 2020 18:25:41 GMT -5
He is the biggest moron on the planet...Completely embarrassing that he's in charge of our country.😖 Ironically he got it from people equally stupid, the Genesis II has something called MMS which is essentially industrial bleach. ABC7 article on the 'church': abc7.com/church-of-bleach-genesis-ii-2-health-and-healing/1578279/I don't like Scott Morrison much but he is on the ball with ignoring them. My God.... Scary to think anyone could actually buy into something like that.
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Post by globe on May 3, 2020 2:42:36 GMT -5
Just been watching some of the footage of these protests going on in the States against the lockdown measure.
Honestly, words fail me with these morons. You know every one of them voted for the kunt in the White House.
Saw one of them with a sign - Arbeit Macht Frei. Fucking rasict nazi kunt. Of course she was wearing a face mask...
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Post by mimmihopps on May 3, 2020 8:02:25 GMT -5
My friend in Manchester lost his beloved aunt after losing his dad 3 weeks ago. This is terrible. I can’t find a word to describe how sorry I am for my friend and his family.
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Post by igotflair on May 14, 2020 10:26:09 GMT -5
London. Nice one Boris, get the working class and soon children playing Russian Roulette with their lives while your lot enjoy your reopened garden centres and golf courses.
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Post by dampcottage on May 14, 2020 14:26:25 GMT -5
London. Nice one Boris, get the working class and soon children playing Russian Roulette with their lives while your lot enjoy your reopened garden centres and golf courses. politics is something I try really hard to stay away from, but I swear give me 5 minutes with that utter piece of shit Boris and that other scumbag trump..... anyway good luck to all you good people forced to do things like this for these pieces of shit and their precious economy
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Post by globe on May 14, 2020 15:59:04 GMT -5
So glad we are doing our own thing up here. London and all the other big English cities are surely gonna be hit be a big second wave?
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Post by welshylad on May 15, 2020 2:04:59 GMT -5
Yup I'm glad the Welsh have done the big fuck off too. We're doing our own thing
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Post by The Invisible Sun on May 16, 2020 18:38:06 GMT -5
Folks are here in America are talking about Covid as if it's over. We're still at over 20k new infections per day. People are congratulating the reopening of the country so that we can get "back on track" towards economic recovery.
These people are blithering idiots. And trying to convince them otherwise is like talking to a brick wall.
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Post by World71R on May 17, 2020 0:10:55 GMT -5
Folks are here in America are talking about Covid as if it's over. We're still at over 20k new infections per day. People are congratulating the reopening of the country so that we can get "back on track" towards economic recovery. These people are blithering idiots. And trying to convince them otherwise is like talking to a brick wall. Reopening the country is a good move to ensure that businesses get at least some revenue coming in so that way the government doesn't have to shell out so much money to prop these businesses up, and businesses can get going on their own two feet so that the economy doesn't collapse and people don't lost their jobs and well-being. I do agree that the rationale of everything opening = COVID being over is stupid. Things are opening again because we have the capacity in our hospitals to take care of people and we should still take precautions so that way we don't end up in the hospital. it's just hard to work through all of this. I just turned 21 (legal age to drink in the U.S.!) and so I have a deep desire to go out, have some drinks with my mates, meet people and mingle, and live life, but if my life and well-being is at stake, then it's not worth it. But damn... :/
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Post by The Invisible Sun on May 17, 2020 1:21:58 GMT -5
Folks are here in America are talking about Covid as if it's over. We're still at over 20k new infections per day. People are congratulating the reopening of the country so that we can get "back on track" towards economic recovery. These people are blithering idiots. And trying to convince them otherwise is like talking to a brick wall. Reopening the country is a good move to ensure that businesses get at least some revenue coming in so that way the government doesn't have to shell out so much money to prop these businesses up, and businesses can get going on their own two feet so that the economy doesn't collapse and people don't lost their jobs and well-being. I believe this to be a terrible mistake. You just can't always social distance at work assuming everybody follows the rules as best they can (which they won't). We needed to stay locked down for a few months minimum and preferably longer until the number of new infections dwindled. Reopening now completely negates the entire point of shutting down in the first place. It takes less than a month for the numbers to explode again (and they haven't come down yet to begin with). But rather than starting from less than 10000 known infections in the entire country, we'd be starting with over 1 million.
We will see a surge once more and it will force another shutdown or cost hundreds of thousands of lives and likely more if we don't. Either of which will have profoundly negative inescapable impacts on the economy. There's no getting out of that reality anymore. All we had to do was stay the course.
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Post by janedoe on May 18, 2020 4:14:20 GMT -5
London. Nice one Boris, get the working class and soon children playing Russian Roulette with their lives while your lot enjoy your reopened garden centres and golf courses. politics is something I try really hard to stay away from, but I swear give me 5 minutes with that utter piece of shit Boris and that other scumbag trump..... anyway good luck to all you good people forced to do things like this for these pieces of shit and their precious economy Apparently return to work will require staggered hours, and more public transport. The employers have to work it out. Laffing about management backtracking about the no-longer-in-vogue close-packed open plan offices. They spread colds and flu like nothing else.
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Post by janedoe on May 18, 2020 4:19:19 GMT -5
Lockdown rules are relaxed and the fam visited after more than 2 months. Same arguing. We'd argue in a nuclear holocaust.
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Post by mimmihopps on May 18, 2020 4:33:01 GMT -5
I went to a shop for the first time since 2 months last week. It felt weird. Walking along side on a "route" inside a shop. Although it was only one another customer in a shop, I don't think I will go to a shop sometime soon again.
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Post by igotflair on May 18, 2020 5:42:10 GMT -5
“Teachers know there are children from difficult or very unhappy homes for whom school is the happiest moment in their week, and it's also the safest place for them to be.”
The first sensible thing this government has said.
Let’s get back to it, trust us teachers to help your children be as safe as we possibly can. We can put distancing and hygiene measures in place. Lots of us have been in school throughout this pandemic, through the Easter and bank holiday breaks too, taking care of very vulnerable children. Yes it’s a risk, but so is the mental health of the children, we lost another one to suicide this weekend. That’s 2 teenagers who deserved more from us. It’s time to push forward, with caution, maybe on a voluntary/targeted basis.
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Post by The Invisible Sun on May 18, 2020 11:39:15 GMT -5
“Teachers know there are children from difficult or very unhappy homes for whom school is the happiest moment in their week, and it's also the safest place for them to be.” The first sensible thing this government has said. Let’s get back to it, trust us teachers to help your children be as safe as we possibly can. We can put distancing and hygiene measures in place. Lots of us have been in school throughout this pandemic, through the Easter and bank holiday breaks too, taking care of very vulnerable children. Yes it’s a risk, but so is the mental health of the children, we lost another one to suicide this weekend. That’s 2 teenagers who deserved more from us. It’s time to push forward, with caution, maybe on a voluntary/targeted basis. Just curious, but what are your thoughts for the children who are extremely unhappy in school and for whom school is the worst part of their week and isn't the mentally safest place for them to be? And of course now physically unsafe as well. What's to be done for them? Is distance learning still an option?
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Post by igotflair on May 18, 2020 11:52:53 GMT -5
“Teachers know there are children from difficult or very unhappy homes for whom school is the happiest moment in their week, and it's also the safest place for them to be.” The first sensible thing this government has said. Let’s get back to it, trust us teachers to help your children be as safe as we possibly can. We can put distancing and hygiene measures in place. Lots of us have been in school throughout this pandemic, through the Easter and bank holiday breaks too, taking care of very vulnerable children. Yes it’s a risk, but so is the mental health of the children, we lost another one to suicide this weekend. That’s 2 teenagers who deserved more from us. It’s time to push forward, with caution, maybe on a voluntary/targeted basis. Just curious, but what are your thoughts for the children who are extremely unhappy in school and for whom school is the worst part of their week and isn't the mentally safest place for them to be? And of course now physically unsafe as well. What's to be done for them? Is distance learning still an option? I absolutely get that school isn’t for everyone, it’s definitely not one size fits all. I’d like to think that their tutor/head of year would have already made arrangements for these children in any case, with or without this current COVID situation. I have 2 students in my tutor group, and more in my maths groups, who (before COVID) either come in for just a couple of hours a day, or study at home with daily phone contact and weekly meetings. I have 2 students who I don’t teach, for who I am their “safe place” they can leave lessons at any time and come to me because they feel safe from their obsessive thoughts or self-harm etc. Other teachers have others. Currently I’d say around 27% of my students have one type of need or another and even though I’ve only been in this a few short years I’ve seen those needs and therefore individual teaching plans grow exponentially. It’s impossible to plan for the class as a whole. No child is forced to come to school if the child and parents engage. There is always a way for them to have a valuable education in or out of the school environment, some of my most lovely students have never set foot in school and have achieved well, I’m very proud of them.
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Post by The Invisible Sun on May 18, 2020 12:00:55 GMT -5
Just curious, but what are your thoughts for the children who are extremely unhappy in school and for whom school is the worst part of their week and isn't the mentally safest place for them to be? And of course now physically unsafe as well. What's to be done for them? Is distance learning still an option? I absolutely get that school isn’t for everyone, it’s definitely not one size fits all. I’d like to think that their tutor/head of year would have already made arrangements for these children in any case, with or without this current COVID situation. I have 2 students in my tutor group, and more in my maths groups, who (before COVID) either come in for just a couple of hours a day, or study at home with daily phone contact and weekly meetings. Currently I’d say around 27% of my students have one type of need or another and even though I’ve only been in this a few short years I’ve seen those needs and therefore individual teaching plans grow exponentially. It’s impossible to plan for the class as a whole. No child is forced to come to school if the child and parents engage. There is always a way for them to have a valuable education in or out of the school environment, some of my most lovely students have never set foot in school and have achieved well, I’m very proud of them. I'm glad your system is able to accomplish this. That's one great use of technology, allowing the education that fits the students individualized needs best.
I fear America is still lacking in that area even now.
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Post by igotflair on May 18, 2020 12:10:55 GMT -5
I absolutely get that school isn’t for everyone, it’s definitely not one size fits all. I’d like to think that their tutor/head of year would have already made arrangements for these children in any case, with or without this current COVID situation. I have 2 students in my tutor group, and more in my maths groups, who (before COVID) either come in for just a couple of hours a day, or study at home with daily phone contact and weekly meetings. Currently I’d say around 27% of my students have one type of need or another and even though I’ve only been in this a few short years I’ve seen those needs and therefore individual teaching plans grow exponentially. It’s impossible to plan for the class as a whole. No child is forced to come to school if the child and parents engage. There is always a way for them to have a valuable education in or out of the school environment, some of my most lovely students have never set foot in school and have achieved well, I’m very proud of them. I'm glad your system is able to accomplish this. That's one great use of technology, allowing the education that fits the students individualized needs best.
I fear America is still lacking in that area even now.
I’m not sure technology is the answer, it’s the personal and individual contact which I feel is the most important; you’ve really got to invest in them. I’m interested how America does things, as I said I’m in my first few years, I’m still learning too.
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Post by The Invisible Sun on May 18, 2020 12:53:18 GMT -5
I'm glad your system is able to accomplish this. That's one great use of technology, allowing the education that fits the students individualized needs best.
I fear America is still lacking in that area even now.
I’m not sure technology is the answer, it’s the personal and individual contact which I feel is the most important; you’ve really got to invest in them. I’m interested how America does things. My experience up until 2011 was basically a class size of 30+ on a block hour schedule where the teacher desperately tried to be attentive to each student per day, usually failing to make it to everyone (if they bothered to try at all). The budget was quite poor, the teachers pay was pitiful and they were almost always on strike somewhere in the country because of it. They tended to just throw in students of different aptitudes together and the honors courses were reserved for only those with very high GPA's which was more reflective of a students consistency to turn in homework than true comprehension of the material.
The material itself I always felt was underwhelming and largely an unnecessary time waster. Very little critical/analytical thinking skills taught. No philosophy. Poor science. I don't really consider my education to have begun until after graduating. We spent most of the time in those seats merely for the school board to justify a higher budget from the state; a budget which was never adequate enough. Politics, I guess. I did have a single teacher in high school whose teaching style heavily involved class discussion, true discourse, interaction and sort of side-stepped the curriculum, but obviously, couldn't push that too far without encountering trouble from the school board. I think I benefited most from that class.
Edit- I briefly described the best class, but failed to describe the worst of my experience. The worst class, which was unfortunately a common "teaching" style, was to have the teacher read out of a textbook, then tell the students to copy out of the textbook what was just read aloud while the teacher sat down doing absolutely nothing else. Every single day until end of semester. With of course a weekly quiz. Later, I discovered this style is common in public education in America and not just local to my state or county.
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Post by igotflair on May 18, 2020 13:48:01 GMT -5
I’m not sure technology is the answer, it’s the personal and individual contact which I feel is the most important; you’ve really got to invest in them. I’m interested how America does things. My experience up until 2011 was basically a class size of 30+ on a block hour schedule where the teacher desperately tried to be attentive to each student per day, usually failing to make it to everyone (if they bothered to try at all). The budget was quite poor, the teachers pay was pitiful and they were almost always on strike somewhere in the country because of it. They tended to just throw in students of different aptitudes together and the honors courses were reserved for only those with very high GPA's which was more reflective of a students consistency to turn in homework than true comprehension of the material.
The material itself I always felt was underwhelming and largely an unnecessary time waster. Very little critical/analytical thinking skills taught. No philosophy. Poor science. I don't really consider my education to have begun until after graduating. We spent most of the time in those seats merely for the school board to justify a higher budget from the state; a budget which was never adequate enough. Politics, I guess. I did have a single teacher in high school whose teaching style heavily involved class discussion, true discourse, interaction and sort of side-stepped the curriculum, but obviously, couldn't push that too far without encountering trouble from the school board. I think I benefited most from that class.
Edit- I briefly described the best class, but failed to describe the worst of my experience. The worst class, which was unfortunately a common "teaching" style, was to have the teacher read out of a textbook, then tell the students to copy out of the textbook what was just read aloud while the teacher sat down doing absolutely nothing else. Every single day until end of semester. With of course a weekly quiz. Later, I discovered this style is common in public education in America and not just local to my state or county.
Sounds pretty shit. Not one of those lessons would pass any inspections, and more importantly it’s pure laziness on the teachers’ part. As long as you follow the specification, in my school at least, you’re pretty much your own entity. I know of teachers who regurgitate power points and the most they do is click the next slide. There are plenty doing the same as you describe. As I said, I’m still learning but a typical lesson for me (I have between 3 and 5 a day) starts with all the planning, which I do in the evening at home. Kids come in to a fist bump (I DID NOT start this, they seem to like it) one of them chooses a Spotify track and I take the register by sight on my laptop. Then it’s 15 minutes of silence while I’m at the board and do my quick recap of last lesson, explanation of the day’s topic with examples and the starter question which we work through together. Then for 30 minutes they carry on with more questions, with low level chatting and ONE earphone in. They appreciate the freedom. During this time I’m never at the front, I’m mingling and chatting and answering questions and admiring pencil cases. I don’t have text books. Last 15 minutes is topic recap in silence, then a discussion on anything and another tune on Spotify. I don’t set homework for the sake of it, only if there’s something left over that we didn’t get to in class. I don’t sweat the small stuff, if they’re sneaking food or want toilet breaks unless they break the trust it’s not an issue. My door is always open before school, break and lunch and after school for guidance, encouragement and questions. I can’t imagine it’s a job I’ll do forever, it takes a lot of energy and uses up most of my evenings, but right now I love it. Every teacher has their own ideas so you can share best practice. (COVID school days not included, they’re really tough). Some of the teachers regularly complain about pay here too, as a mathematician I’m pretty ok with mine; we are appreciated and looked after as there’s a bit of a shortage, especially girls.
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Post by The Invisible Sun on May 18, 2020 14:10:29 GMT -5
My experience up until 2011 was basically a class size of 30+ on a block hour schedule where the teacher desperately tried to be attentive to each student per day, usually failing to make it to everyone (if they bothered to try at all). The budget was quite poor, the teachers pay was pitiful and they were almost always on strike somewhere in the country because of it. They tended to just throw in students of different aptitudes together and the honors courses were reserved for only those with very high GPA's which was more reflective of a students consistency to turn in homework than true comprehension of the material.
The material itself I always felt was underwhelming and largely an unnecessary time waster. Very little critical/analytical thinking skills taught. No philosophy. Poor science. I don't really consider my education to have begun until after graduating. We spent most of the time in those seats merely for the school board to justify a higher budget from the state; a budget which was never adequate enough. Politics, I guess. I did have a single teacher in high school whose teaching style heavily involved class discussion, true discourse, interaction and sort of side-stepped the curriculum, but obviously, couldn't push that too far without encountering trouble from the school board. I think I benefited most from that class.
Edit- I briefly described the best class, but failed to describe the worst of my experience. The worst class, which was unfortunately a common "teaching" style, was to have the teacher read out of a textbook, then tell the students to copy out of the textbook what was just read aloud while the teacher sat down doing absolutely nothing else. Every single day until end of semester. With of course a weekly quiz. Later, I discovered this style is common in public education in America and not just local to my state or county.
Sounds pretty shit. Not one of those lessons would pass any inspections, and more importantly it’s pure laziness on the teachers’ part. As long as you follow the specification, in my school at least, you’re pretty much your own entity. I know of teachers who regurgitate power points and the most they do is click the next slide. There are plenty doing the same as you describe. As I said, I’m still learning but a typical lesson for me (I have between 3 and 5 a day) starts with all the planning, which I do in the evening at home. Kids come in to a fist bump (I DID NOT start this, they seem to like it) one of them chooses a Spotify track and I take the register by sight on my laptop. Then it’s 15 minutes of silence while I’m at the board and do my quick recap of last lesson, explanation of the day’s topic with examples and the starter question which we work through together. Then for 30 minutes they carry on with more questions, with low level chatting and ONE earphone in. They appreciate the freedom. During this time I’m never at the front, I’m mingling and chatting and answering questions and admiring pencil cases. I don’t have text books. Last 15 minutes is topic recap in silence, then a discussion on anything and another tune on Spotify. I don’t set homework for the sake of it, only if there’s something left over that we didn’t get to in class. I don’t sweat the small stuff, if they’re sneaking food or want toilet breaks unless they break the trust it’s not an issue. My door is always open before school, break and lunch and after school for guidance, encouragement and questions. I can’t imagine it’s a job I’ll do forever, it takes a lot of energy and uses up most of my evenings, but right now I love it. Every teacher has their own ideas so you can share best practice. (COVID school days not included, they’re really tough). Some of the teachers regularly complain about pay here too, as a mathematician I’m pretty ok with mine; we are appreciated and looked after as there’s a bit of a shortage, especially girls. That sounds really good. And yeah, I think they'll appreciate the freedom you allow as much as you probably expect them too. It really matters a great deal and it's fantastic that they don't have to rely on a textbook.
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Post by globe on May 18, 2020 17:56:23 GMT -5
Probably different for England as the summer holidays start later, but I don’t see the point in the schools going back now until August as they are due to finish in about 4 weeks anyway for the summer. Keep them closed.
Wouldn’t blame any teacher who doesn’t want to go back yet or for that matter a parent who doesn’t want to send their child back yet either.
Can see the Tory press already starting to gang up on teachers. Kunts.
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Post by Marissa on May 18, 2020 23:13:30 GMT -5
americans can't be alone with themselves and their thoughts and fears for too long or they lose it. and the amount of people i know who have just numbed with substances during this time to avoid any possibility of taking the time to go within is seriously disheartening.
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Post by Marissa on May 18, 2020 23:20:02 GMT -5
but i lost my grandmother in april. it wasn't covid, it was just her time to go, but i wasn't able to be there. we were extremely close and she was my biggest cheerleader in my life. we've spoken about things and had conversations i have never had with anybody else. she was my best friend. we spoke all the time. i don't have very many people in my life and i don't have a relationship with my mother, so that's really what she was to me. i was 2,000 miles away when she went into the hospital and i couldn't be there.
i feel for everyone who's dealing with grief right now. it's really hard to process when the world isn't even allowing you the ability for closure.
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Post by mimmihopps on May 19, 2020 11:44:26 GMT -5
Marissa, I'm terrible sorry to hear losing your grandmother. Stay strong and stay safe.
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