starbaby2003 wrote: » I’m not responding anymore but your use of a straw man argument shows you are not able to articulate the reasoning behind the argument you are peddling. Finally if you think that poorer kids only benefit academically from attending school, you have a lot of reading to do. You could start with the article and sources listed in the last article I shared.
starbaby2003 wrote: » I’m not sure what you are implying here - is it that Donald Trump has paid the school off to not reopen ? Either way sharing a post to back up your opinion without actually reading it, is a poor contribution to an argument.
bloopy wrote: » Because it was a Twitter headline. You think people have time to actually read stuff in between the shouting on that cesspool of a platform?
lulublue22 wrote: » I took the gov’s repeated use of schools will return full time , want to open full time as an indicator that SD was gone and all children would be in school. The Forsa release part for primary indicates smaller pods which suggests staff in full time and children staggered. Mon will be interesting.
caveat emptor wrote: » I fvcking read it. Who would be so coarse as to not read what they share. It’s almost as bad as those who don’t practice what they preach.
starbaby2003 wrote: » I genuinely don’t follow your argument here. A private school is not opening and is running online classes. It is accompanied by thousands of schools and universities doing the same thing. Every single document produced says that NOT opening schools negatively effects poorer people.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/reopening-schools.html This has a list of peer reviewed documents backing up this. What exactly is your argument, why do you think schools are being reopened?
Murple wrote: » I suspect the 'smaller pods' will be within a class, as in 4-6 children sitting together at a table with no effort to distance them and the rest of the class in a similar arrangement. The 6 children can play together and sit together but their table will be a metre away from other groups. It's a nod to SD but not actually a proper practice of it.
lulublue22 wrote: » Interesting I wouldn’t class that as SD as you could still have up to 30 children in a small space.
caveat emptor wrote: » It’s not my job to teach you My argument. Rich school not opening. Why is that? Would that be because their HEALTH may be affected negatively. Poor children need to go to school because they’ll be negatively affected ACADEMICALLY. Subsequently economically. Doesn’t seem like an apples and oranges argument. So your argument could be phrased as "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos
grind gremlin wrote: » When the cold weather hits our classes will be freezing as windows will have you be kept open.
glack wrote: » And even as a nod to social distancing it won’t work in most cases. Some classrooms simply aren’t big enough for this. Barely room to walk between desks in places, definitely not a meter gap between all groups if I have close to 30 or even over 30 (looking like I won’t this year which will make it easier in my classroom thankfully but lots of my colleagues will)
lulublue22 wrote: » Trying to create mini pods of 6/7 out of a class of 30 with 1m social distance between pods is bordering on farcical tbf. Some schools may manage it but it will seriously put other schools under huge pressure trying to implement it. Pure codology really.
Hubertj wrote: » This is mad stuff altogether. How do teachers associate themselves with these type of people? The lad is now a QS, cost accountant and public health expert? LAst i checked he is a teacher and nothing else. The negative confrontational attitude is disgusting. Last paragraph says it all.... its just about pay increases.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/asti-warns-that-funding-to-reopen-schools-is-insufficient-1.4312813
lulublue22 wrote: » Our school heating system can not adequately heat our school building. Last winter there were days when I taught in thermal vest, coat and hat. This winter will be chronic with windows open for ventilation
iamwhoiam wrote: » My understanding was that the class would be a pod .The class arrive together and play together and leave together .Staggered arrival and home times I presume to facilitate that
lulublue22 wrote: » A statement issued by Forsa indicated that to facilitate SD in the younger age group smaller pods would be created. This is open to interpretation - I took it to mean staff in full time children reduced timetable others took it to mean ( or they have heard else where) the creation of smaller pods within a pod. Still a class of 30 but within that smaller groups of 6/7 children spaced 1m away from other pods in the same room. I was making the point that I don’t see this as SD nor do I think it will be realistic to implement in a lot of schools due to classroom size. At the end of the day it’s all speculation based on bits and pieces that is in the press etc. Nothing definite until Mon.
downthemiddle wrote: » Perhaps you can point out specifically where pay increases are mentioned.
Hubertj wrote: » Read the last paragraph. It doesn’t take a genius to work out what is being implied.
History Queen wrote: » It's behind a paywall. I can't read it and am unwilling to pay for the level of journalism an Irish Times subscription provides. Is there any chance you are mistakenly equating looking for more funding for schools with pay claims?
Newbie20 wrote: » One of the ASTI committee members when praising teachers for remote learning said that “this had lead to increased workload and hours” That one line has meant this genius thinks the whole thing is about pay increases. Some amount of either WUMs or uneducated ranting lunatics on here!
History Queen wrote: » No significant leaks so far, that's something anyway! And good to see that the unions seem to be on the same page. The Department seem willing to fund what is necessary, I'm cautiously optimistic at this stage...https://www.rte.ie/amp/1155453/?__twitter_impression=true
