I teach at a Midwestern University and we were told today that the first two weeks of class will be taught online. Expectation is that it might go longer than that.
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Son2 went to the office last week for a meeting (second time since the start) and got the call this am a team member has the 19 FFS
When daughter’s school sent everyone home for a Christmas break they included their iPads and other things needed for remote schooling. Hoping we are only taking a week or two though…
Sick teachers, sick cafeteria staff, sick bus drivers leads to remote instruction. Not real complicated.
Good. Gives the support crew extra time to clean and fix the classrooms and buildings. They should take advantage of it.
surprisingly here in Montgomery county md the super came out and said we are staying in school as long as we can. we are the most vaccinated county in the country with the most vaccinated staff and kids, we cant close when kids get the sniffles which is what is happening for 99.99% of the people testing +
My 7 year olds class has 10 kids out with it and the rest quarantined. I just got his positive result today. They switched his class to remote instruction. I will not be surprised if we see schools close for a few weeks after winter break. Everyone have a safe and healthy Christmas and New Years!
Hi. High school teacher here.
Kids belong in the classroom. Virtual learning has not only been disastrous from an academics point of view (the learning loss is an issue I'm dealing with now), but has had negative repercussions in many other ways for kids and families. Even the CDC has moved in the direction of acknowledging that this week.
Kids belong in the classroom. Virtual learning has not only been disastrous from an academics point of view (the learning loss is an issue I'm dealing with now), but has had negative repercussions in many other ways for kids and families. Even the CDC has moved in the direction of acknowledging that this week.
Not sure about every other location, but at Penn State, all faculty, staff, etc are mandated to be vaccinated. So, there's that.
Of which: the salmon or the bear?This will not work on me. I'm from this generation...
I had an Saturday 8am Psychology 101 lab my first term at PSU, Fall ‘74. Attendance was required, of course, seeing that it was a lab. I missed one class and it cost me an A.
We don’t have a vaccine mandate, but they make it difficult for the unvaccinated (weekly tests). We do have an indoor mask mandate (usually about 95% effective in the building but 100% effective in my classes).
As a freshman living in East Halls, I had a Meterology class at 8 a.m., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, in Walker Building in the spring semester. I really liked the class, so I went to every lecture. Still, it was tough, especially in January and February.
This variant is serious business. Did I read it’s the second most contagious virus on the planet after measles? That’s nuts and I can understand the concern when ICUs continue to fill up.
Sadly, this isn’t the common cold and people are still dying. Low risk or not, young people are a big part of the population and seem to be good at spreading this thing.
Sadly, this isn’t the common cold and people are still dying. Low risk or not, young people are a big part of the population and seem to be good at spreading this thing.
I was in that same class - over the Winter as well and I lived in Nittany Halls - about as far away as you could possible be from Walker - that really sucked but it was an easy class though.
It does seem very contagious but it is much less of a health risk than Delta was - if vaccinated in most cases you should fair pretty well with it. We are getting to the point that living with COVID is going to be the only option - we won't be able to keep shutting things down every time a new variant comes out - it seems like it will be like the seasonal flu.
I’m in the “do your best to limit risk and live life camp.” Firmly. But as long as we are seeing ICU spikes that risk overwhelming our healthcare system, authorities are going to freak out and mandate restrictions.
I can understand the logic there, even if it’s frustrating.
The mandate is for employees, not students. Student employees do fall under the mandate. I work in Pattee/Paterno library and masking compliance from the students is nowhere near 95%. I’d say perhaps 50% on a good day. We could have all of our staff police masking and it probably still wouldn’t help. Of course, we do not have the leverage that professors & instructors have.
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