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My step sons kicked ass on their school work as soon as it went to virtual classrooms. The Mrs. and I have been wondering if maybe some kids just learn better when they can do their math homework at 2:00am after a few hours of xboxing. Because both of them went from low C students who "hated" getting up and physically going to class to 4.0 kids the final semester.
Anyway, my point in that - other than boasting about their improvement of which I'm quite proud - is that I think schools will at least have some virtual option, and I don't think that will be confined to this fall, but will exist going forward. There are down sides, to be sure. Socialization with classmates in an important part of the development of young people. Maybe they do a thing where it's x amount of days a week/month/year in class, and some other amount virtual. I don't know, really. But I don't think it's going away and I don't think it should.
What do you think? If memory serves you are in education, so I figure you've got some insight beyond what I could have.
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Taosman
Your Cousin In New Mexxico
What if just 20% of the US population just gets "sick" from Covid?
If 20 percent of the US population were to get infected, there could be a median of 11.2 million hospitalizations, 2.7 million ICU admissions, 1.6 million patients requiring a ventilator, 62.3 million hospital bed days, and $163.4 billion in direct medical costs over the course of the pandemic.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00426
And a typical Flu season economic cost?
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/the-flu-costs-the-us-economy-10-point-4-billion.html
That's Covid cost to economy $160 billion compared to $10 billion average Flu season!
If 20 percent of the US population were to get infected, there could be a median of 11.2 million hospitalizations, 2.7 million ICU admissions, 1.6 million patients requiring a ventilator, 62.3 million hospital bed days, and $163.4 billion in direct medical costs over the course of the pandemic.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00426
And a typical Flu season economic cost?
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/the-flu-costs-the-us-economy-10-point-4-billion.html
That's Covid cost to economy $160 billion compared to $10 billion average Flu season!
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Onebuckfan
classof76
Can’t have behavior modification with online classes., I am sure Libs will figure this out before fall. Colleges will reopen for sure and public schools too in the usual suspect cities.
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My opinion is we should be 100% “in” or 100% “out.”
No hybrid nonsense. The logistics of that are insane.
We have no AC in half of of our building and expecting staff and students to wear masks when their rooms are 96 degrees or higher is asking for trouble. Especially with pregnant staff members.
Also, many of my students live with grandparents.
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The problem is for families that have 2 parents that have to work, or single parents who have to work, what the hell can they/we do? There’s no ability to sit at home with kids who don’t go to school, and even if you can work from home, there’s no 3-4 hours available to teach the kids (mine is small, with older kids it could be different). Plus, bosses are already getting COVID fatigue, so the flexible schedules aren’t going to last forever either. It looks like most Ohio schools are going hybrid...which is going to fuck a lot of people.
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I like this one. ( just as legit by the way)
And the phone number? It's a Rick Astley rickroll hotline.
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Crump's brother
Moxahala Park Carnie/ Rehoboth Strangler
I'm with you, Thump. I'm on the reopening committee in my district and we are pushing hard to continue online until we can go back at 100%. The amount of money spent on safety measures like plexiglass and thermometer stations would be better spent on other things.
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Great points!
With educational funding being cut drastically by states like Ohio, it is tough to justify all of the extra cost incurred to go back to school to only possibly be sent back home anyways after a local outbreak.
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20% of the population would not be sick at the same time, not to mention the article is over two months old. Hell, the article even postulates the US having 80% of the population having the virus simultaneously...no virus in the history of mankind has infected 80% of a massive, dispersed population at the same time.
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Crump's brother
Moxahala Park Carnie/ Rehoboth Strangler
Exactly. I would rather see that money go to something that would improve online learning- training and curriculum development for example. At least the value remains long after a vaccine would be available.
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