Coronavirus outbreak

[Julia9054]

If medical advice means you CANNOT get most kids back in before the summer break, is there any appetite for starting the "September" turn early? (most kids will have had far more than 6 weeks off anyway)

Tricky from a logistics - and possibly a legal - perspective.
Assuming some sort of freedom of travel has returned, families and staff may have holidays booked. I have a holiday booked in August. Could my workplace compel me to cancel it? Who reimburses me financially?

 

[tom73]

Most of the talk i'm hearing is blind panic less time for training the parrots less time in sausage factory also means god forbid kids actually start learning things in ways that they find interesting and enjoy. Much of what passers for learning in our current education set up is way off the mark. The current shutdown is a big chance to totally rethink our school set up.

 

[Julia9054]

kids actually start learning things in ways that they find interesting and enjoy.

Some are doing this. Particularly those who live in supportive families, have access to resources and who are not stressed by lack of space, food or money.
Many are floundering without the safe structure of school providing routine in their lives.
My academic students who are resilient, independent learners are doing well. As they do under any system.
Others are really struggling.

 

[Edwardoka]

Some are doing this. Particularly those who live in supportive families, have access to resources and who are not stressed by lack of space, food or money.
Many are floundering without the safe structure of school providing routine in their lives.
My academic students who are resilient, independent learners are doing well. As they do under any system.
Others are really struggling.

Old teacher of mine (I couldn't tell you which subject. Social studies?) used to say "the smart people are working, the lunatic fringe are struggling"
I was never quite sure which group I was meant to be in (until I got my exam results)

 

[tom73]

Some are doing this. Particularly those who live in supportive families, have access to resources and who are not stressed by lack of space, food or money.
Many are floundering without the safe structure of school providing routine in their lives.
My academic students who are resilient, independent learners are doing well. As they do under any system.
Others are really struggling.

Ones with money will be just fine as they always are and will still come out on top, the ones in the middle will just plod along and bulk out the league tables. As for the rest I know they are struggling I'm really worried about mine at the moment many of the most in need have just been lost in all this. So much of my time is spent trying to keep them in a system that as soon as I get them in front door they can't wait to boot them out the back one. After this is over so much of what we thought before together with social attitudes look set to be questioned.
I can't see why we can't add education to the mix.

 

[PK99]

The day before yesterday I saw someone someone from the WHO say that social distancing would be with us for the foreseeable future. Then yesterday Whitty parrots the exact same phrase at the briefing. Am I the only one who thinks Whitty seems a waste of space.

I think you need to watch this:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=rn55z95L1h8&feature=emb_logo

 

[mjr]

What a thoroughly annoying woman. I thought exercise was limited to 1 hour anyway, but the rules seem to have changed.

No, the rules have not changed, despite all the morons who keep bleating about 1 hour in the hope that they can vigilante-talk it into being a rule and ignoring that Gove prefaced it by saying it depends on how much exercise someone usually does!

And yes, she was rather annoying and talked herself into trouble. Daffodil.

She’s so confident that she is correct that she has posted the video herself.

The one linked by @ozboz was not posted by her, unless she's called Adam. I guess she uploaded it somewhere, but maybe wasn't expecting it to become public.

 

[mjr]

Whitty is the CMO he's not the government he and the rest can only give advice they don't make things happen governments do.

I think management of the pandemic should have been handed over to a Royal Commission and the politicians basically shut the fark up and get on with enabling stuff instead of preening their feathers at lecterns in wood-panelled rooms.

On that note, here's a couple of snippets from today's Belgian rtbf news: a chart showing a draft plan for relaxing lockdown while still managing the outbreak (from a 10-expert commission including no politicians, which is the note) and production has started of a T-shirt featuring a quote and portrait of Marius Gilbert (no relation to Phillip AFAIK), one of their rock star virus experts: "we'll have to invent a new way of life"

 

[mjr]

I was talking to someone working in a school yesterday. Once the next 3 week lockdown was announced they had an increase in people sending children into the school because they were going back to work and were classed as key workers.

Perhaps they've stayed away as long as they felt they could, trying to spare their children and the schools, but now feel they must return to work?

I thought the traffic levels graph was still fairly flat this week, about 40% of pre-lockdown motor traffic? It's 6pm and in the last minute, the motor traffic on the A10 has comprised one food delivery van, two other vans, a pick-up and an unbranded lorry. It's really really quiet here. ETA: It's been posted to https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/d...topped-cycling-completely.258916/post-5967846 and discussed.

 

[tom73]

Next door just had a friendly visit from the police about infringement of the current rules.

 

[kingrollo]

Must say it's very noble of self employed bro continue working throughout this. Tree surgeons, bricklayers, painters - to think they could sit at home and 80% funded , for doing nowt very noble indeed...

 

[kingrollo]

Next door just had a friendly visit from the police about infringement of the current rules.

Should have shot the bstrd !

 

[vickster]

Must say it's very noble of self employed bro continue working throughout this. Tree surgeons, bricklayers, painters - to think they could sit at home and 80% funded , for doing nowt very noble indeed...

Only get 2.5k a month though and assuming not making 50K profit

 

[lane]

Perhaps they've stayed away as long as they felt they could, trying to spare their children and the schools, but now feel they must return to work?

I thought the traffic levels graph was still fairly flat this week, about 40% of pre-lockdown motor traffic? It's 6pm and in the last minute, the motor traffic on the A10 has comprised one food delivery van, two other vans, a pick-up and an unbranded lorry. It's really really quiet here. ETA: It's been posted to https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/d...topped-cycling-completely.258916/post-5967846 and discussed.

Yes that is exactly what the person I spoke to thought stayed away as long as they could.

 

[kingrollo]

Only get 2.5k a month though and assuming not making 50K profit

Only £2.5k - how the other half lives !!!