Covid: Your Town

[GhostOf301]

School boards are generally full of people who get off on power. But, it’s obvious we are very different people, so it’s no surprise we don’t agree.

I know that you have talked about how some of your students really depend on being at school. Or maybe just eluded to the notion. I listened to Dr Atlas talk about a large demographic of students having more negative impacts by being out of school than the risks of contracting the virus. I am curious of your opinion both as a teacher and a parent. Do you think that the risks for kids is higher not being in school with all of the negative impacts that we know about, or the risks of them getting sicm with the virus. Of course, knowing what we know about the virus. And do you think it is worth YOU being there taking the risk for the students?

 

[829305]

I know that you have talked about how some of your students really depend on being at school. Or maybe just eluded to the notion. I listened to Dr Atlas talk about a large demographic of students having more negative impacts by being out of school than the risks of contracting the virus. I am curious of your opinion both as a teacher and a parent. Do you think that the risks for kids is higher not being in school with all of the negative impacts that we know about, or the risks of them getting sicm with the virus. Of course, knowing what we know about the virus. And do you think it is worth YOU being there taking the risk for the students?

I think the livelihoods of my population of students are MUCH more at risk not going to school. This isn’t some high achieving school (news flash, most urban public schools aren’t) where my job is to get them a better SAT score or help them get into the college of their choice by constructing the perfect college admission essay. My school, and most that are in cities, are dealing w kids who need help from us on a daily basis. Our kids have so much more on their plates than where to put a fvcking comma. Missing another school year will continue to destroy an already fledgling portion of students. Is this true to ALL urban schools? No. But most of em, hell yes. It’s so rare for them to have real success that they make gotdamn movies when they do. So, again, to answer your question, not all kids need school as much as others, but nearly all city kids will be hurt much more by it than the suburbanites (of which I am one), for lack of a better word. Again, most. Just like most board members are egotistical blowhards.

As for my own kids, they’re spoiled to the core, and they should go back full-time, too. However, I won’t decide for all, so if you don’t want to go back to a school that feels normal (no masks), get your e-learning on. You have options. But, don’t deny the kids who want to go back full time and get back to some normalcy. We all have choices to make, and that’s one of the many things that makes this country great, choices.


And fwiw, here’s a link of a story Peoria made national news for recently. Saying that, we had some white trash bash on the river also make national headlines. White or black, it doesn’t matter. We got it all in the P. Winking

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/us/kids-selling-lemonade-gunpoint-illinois-trnd/index.html

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

That's a ridiculous generalization.

I've butted heads with school boards more than 99 percent of teachers, including probably you... I've lead our contract negotiations for going on 13 years... and we've had some terrible, terrible fights that have lasted years and resulted in everything short of a strike.

But school board members are members of the community who take on a volunteer role that requires hours and hours and hours and HOURS of time... usually at night, after their regular work, taking time away from their families... unpaid... that often gets them nothing but anger and hate from the rest of the world; see your post, for example.

I look at my own board... the mother of an eighth grader, a grandmother to two in our district, a former student of mine, and so on... and while we may disagree an awful lot (some more than others), I've sat through endless hours of reopening planning with them so I know how they are approaching this, and I watched the Board meeting where they began discussions about whether or not we should be starting virtual, and the sheer venom they received in that meeting, and that immediately began on social media afterwards, was and is completely ridiculous.

After that meeting I was in touch with several of them, and they were overwhelmed by the anger, sometimes from their own neighbors, as they struggle to figure out a situation without definitive guidance on a state or national level, without solid science to back them up, and knowing that they are choosing between potentially costing neighbors their jobs and livelihoods, and potentially costing neighbors their lives.

Sometimes people need to take a step back and take a breath, and realize that the people around them are just that... people... and are rarely a one-dimensional villain, like a know-nothing, power-hungry blowhard. Are some? Sure; there are assholes in the world, and there is certainly a particular type that joins things like school boards who do nothing but damage. But not most.

Do you teach history curriculum that is different from what actually occurred? Do you show communist country propaganda film that paints a rosey picture of all prospering? Were you educated at a College that forbade conservative opinion and pushed liberal thought? Did you even know that the communist agenda to take over or neutralize the US was/is to infiltrate Colleges and future educators as well as the national media? It is, and they have.
Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[TheDude1]

Do you teach history curriculum that is different from what actually occurred? Do you show communist country propaganda film that paints a rosey picture of all prospering? Were you educated at a College that forbade conservative opinion and pushed liberal thought? Did you even know that the communist agenda to take over or neutralize the US was/is to infiltrate Colleges and future educators as well as the national media? It is, and they have.
Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[UL_1986]

Do you teach history curriculum that is different from what actually occurred? Do you show communist country propaganda film that paints a rosey picture of all prospering? Were you educated at a College that forbade conservative opinion and pushed liberal thought? Did you even know that the communist agenda to take over or neutralize the US was/is to infiltrate Colleges and future educators as well as the national media? It is, and they have.
Inquiring minds want to know.

How long has your head been in the microwave?

 

[IUfanBorden]

Do you teach history curriculum that is different from what actually occurred? Do you show communist country propaganda film that paints a rosey picture of all prospering? Were you educated at a College that forbade conservative opinion and pushed liberal thought? Did you even know that the communist agenda to take over or neutralize the US was/is to infiltrate Colleges and future educators as well as the national media? It is, and they have.
Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[IUBtown]

Do you teach history curriculum that is different from what actually occurred? Do you show communist country propaganda film that paints a rosey picture of all prospering? Were you educated at a College that forbade conservative opinion and pushed liberal thought? Did you even know that the communist agenda to take over or neutralize the US was/is to infiltrate Colleges and future educators as well as the national media? It is, and they have.
Inquiring minds want to know.

you super conservatives are almost worse than the far left.

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

you super conservatives are almost worse than the far left.

Never said I was conservative. Some of you really need to become informed. Your country is a fvcking mess and yes Russia had a big hand in it. They think long term. Just listen to the ridiculous shit coming out of College “professors” mouths.

Guess you missed the news about the teacher, use that term loosely, who ran the communist propaganda film in their classroom.

When was the last time a conservative speaker was welcomed on major College campus to speak...or debate?

The comms or the PC term, socialists have done good work. NYT’s tried to rewrite the history of slavery.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

I think the livelihoods of my population of students are MUCH more at risk not going to school. This isn’t some high achieving school (news flash, most urban public schools aren’t) where my job is to get them a better SAT score or help them get into the college of their choice by constructing the perfect college admission essay. My school, and most that are in cities, are dealing w kids who need help from us on a daily basis. Our kids have so much more on their plates than where to put a fvcking comma. Missing another school year will continue to destroy an already fledgling portion of students. Is this true to ALL urban schools? No. But most of em, hell yes. It’s so rare for them to have real success that they make gotdamn movies when they do. So, again, to answer your question, not all kids need school as much as others, but nearly all city kids will be hurt much more by it than the suburbanites (of which I am one), for lack of a better word. Again, most. Just like most board members are egotistical blowhards.

As for my own kids, they’re spoiled to the core, and they should go back full-time, too. However, I won’t decide for all, so if you don’t want to go back to a school that feels normal (no masks), get your e-learning on. You have options. But, don’t deny the kids who want to go back full time and get back to some normalcy. We all have choices to make, and that’s one of the many things that makes this country great, choices.


And fwiw, here’s a link of a story Peoria made national news for recently. Saying that, we had some white trash bash on the river also make national headlines. White or black, it doesn’t matter. We got it all in the P. Winking

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/us/kids-selling-lemonade-gunpoint-illinois-trnd/index.html

Would you apply that same train of thought to athletes who have found a away to get out of shitty situations through sports and are having that opportunity taken away? I would have to think there are a lot of kids who would be on the streets if it wasn't for the motivation of football / basketball.

 

[TheDude1]

Never said I was conservative. Some of you really need to become informed. Your country is a fvcking mess and yes Russia had a big hand in it. They think long term. Just listen to the ridiculous shit coming out of College “professors” mouths.

Guess you missed the news about the teacher, use that term loosely, who ran the communist propaganda film in their classroom.

When was the last time a conservative speaker was welcomed on major College campus to speak...or debate?

The comms or the PC term, socialists have done good work. NYT’s tried to rewrite the history of slavery.

You are the guy throwing a fit because you can't go to the gym, right?

 

[Big ol arms]

You are the guy throwing a fit because you can't go to the gym, right?

I don't know about him but I sure have been. It's some BS they haven't opened yet in NC.

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

You are the guy throwing a fit because you can't go to the gym, right?

Are you a teacher? Do you read?

 

[TheDude1]

Are you a teacher? Do you read?

Yes, but to be honest, a lot of this place is just meaningless noise. So that’s you, right? Sorry, so busy figuring out how to make Lenin palatable to 11-year-olds that I may forget stuff at times.

Btw, that post:like ratio is something else.

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

I don't know about him but I sure have been. It's some BS they haven't opened yet in NC.

The little Demi-god Cooper thinks flexing his almighty power and control. Most gyms are just opening on their own. Except for the big box gyms. Their is no covid outbreak.

 

[I am stupid]

A school district in EKY gave out Chromebooks to students, but only ONE per household so far. The reason is they can't get them. There just isn't enough available to buy at the moment.

Facebook is hot right now with people crying it isn't fair and they can't spread it enough between there kids to do all the work. One issue, is some are saying they have 1 chromebook and 6 or 7 kids to use it.

 

[treyforuk]

Everything ok?

Sorry. Haven't been around in a couple weeks. Thank you for concern. Test came back negative for virus, but she had a serious condition that is treatable. Getting better.
New grandson is doing great. All of family is well. My wife works daycare at local hospital. So threat is always there. A couple of cases at my work last week. But we wear our masks and social distance. Again, thanks for asking.

 

[GhostOf301]

Btw, that post:like ratio is something else.

This is a teacher who has said he feels uncomfortable knowing that he would be on camera teaching. And judges people online based on posts to likes ratios. This is why our future is fvcked.

 

[IUBtown]

The little Demi-god Cooper thinks flexing his almighty power and control. Most gyms are just opening on their own. Except for the big box gyms. Their is no covid outbreak.

There, their, they’re. Before you try and talk down to people learn some fvcking grammar.

 

[TheDude1]

There, their, they’re. Before you try and talk down to be people learn some fvcking grammar.

The dumb ones always struggle with homophones. It's like their kryptonite. How to appropriately use an apostrophe is another one that gets them... lots of things like "Merry Christmas from the Smith's!" I swear, if they just made those two things an IQ test, I suspect the test would be REALLY accurate.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

The dumb ones always struggle with homophones. It's like their kryptonite. How to appropriately use an apostrophe is another one that gets them... lots of things like "Merry Christmas from the Smith's!" I swear, if they just made those two things an IQ test, I suspect the test would be REALLY accurate.

How about those people that CAPS LOCK words in half of their posts?

 

[UL_1986]

Sorry. Haven't been around in a couple weeks. Thank you for concern. Test came back negative for virus, but she had a serious condition that is treatable. Getting better.
New grandson is doing great. All of family is well. My wife works daycare at local hospital. So threat is always there. A couple of cases at my work last week. But we wear our masks and social distance. Again, thanks for asking.

Glad to hear everything is okay. Haven’t heard from ya in a while. Miss the in game threads a bunch, our back and forth’s were always fun.

 

[SNU0821]

This is a teacher who has said he feels uncomfortable knowing that he would be on camera teaching. And judges people online based on posts to likes ratios. This is why our future is fvcked.

Hahahahah. Yup. 100%.

 

[GhostOf301]

In North Carolina, we continue to be on the mend across the board. Hospitalizations peaked in mid July and had remained steady up until last week when it began to fall significantly. Down 200 this week. Cases are dropping from an average of 1,700+/- a day to a little over 1,100 a day. Right now there are around 23,000 current cases which should be even lower tomorrow when they drop cases that have been considered active since July 11th.

North Carolina currently has the 9th most cases and the 18th most deaths.

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

There, their, they’re. Before you try and talk down to people learn some fvcking grammar.

First of all, your words not mine. I am speaking down to no one. Second of all, I am frustrated with people who take the word of the national media w/o digging deeper. Ah, and my grammar is likely better than yours. This is freaking BB board. I’ll cut corners when I choose to.

Lastly, to dude, you have no clue who you are talking to. Just like someone in the education profession to think they are superior to those who are not and call them “dumb”. Several in my family. They know better. You said in an earlier post that most of the education boards you have dealt with are more interested in power than education. How is that different from what I’m saying about our government? Congress’s #1 priority is self-preservation and their own personal enrichment. They don’t care about you or I. Their loyalty is to their political party and its perpetuation and power.

BTW, I’m registered independent. Prior to that I was a registered Democrat. I am probably borderline anarchist at this point in some ways.

 

[SNU0821]

First of all, your words not mine. I am speaking down to no one. Second of all, I am frustrated with people who take the word of the national media w/o digging deeper. Ah, and my grammar is likely better than yours. This is freaking BB board. I’ll cut corners when I choose to.

Lastly, to dude, you have no clue who you are talking to. Just like someone in the education profession to think they are superior to those who are not and call them “dumb”. Several in my family. They know better. You said in an earlier post that most of the education boards you have dealt with are more interested in power than education. How is that different from what I’m saying about our government? Congress’s #1 priority is self-preservation and their own personal enrichment. They don’t care about you or I. Their loyalty is to their political party and its perpetuation and power.

BTW, I’m registered independent. Prior to that I was a registered Democrat. I am probably borderline anarchist at this point in some ways.

Just an FYI man, @TheDude1 is a hard-core extreme liberal. He literally takes the New York Times, WaPo, CNN and MSNBC at face value and the true north all while discounting any other news outlet as "far right" including Fox. He's an f'ing joke who tries to present himself as some "moderate". Best if you discount any of his comments as nothing more than an idiot who can't think critically for himself.

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

In North Carolina, we continue to be on the mend across the board. Hospitalizations peaked in mid July and had remained steady up until last week when it began to fall significantly. Down 200 this week. Cases are dropping from an average of 1,700+/- a day to a little over 1,100 a day. Right now there are around 23,000 current cases which should be even lower tomorrow when they drop cases that have been considered active since July 11th.

North Carolina currently has the 9th most cases and the 18th most deaths.

Is that subtracting the over 200,000 false positives that were reported by the governor? Blamed a testing facility didn’t he?

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

Just an FYI man, @TheDude1 is a hard-core extreme liberal. He literally takes the New York Times, WaPo, CNN and MSNBC at face value and the true north all while discounting any other news outlet as "far right" including Fox. He's an f'ing joke who tries to present himself as some "moderate". Best if you discount any of his comments as nothing more than an idiot who can't think critically for himself.

Got it. Kind of figured such. John Kennedy would be republican in today’s world lol. Truth. The Democratic Party is off the rails, had to get out. My god, they have a blatant anti-Semite, pro-jihadist in Congress. WTH???

 

[TheDude1]

First of all, your words not mine. I am speaking down to no one. Second of all, I am frustrated with people who take the word of the national media w/o digging deeper. Ah, and my grammar is likely better than yours. This is freaking BB board. I’ll cut corners when I choose to.

Lastly, to dude, you have no clue who you are talking to. Just like someone in the education profession to think they are superior to those who are not and call them “dumb”. Several in my family. They know better. You said in an earlier post that most of the education boards you have dealt with are more interested in power than education. How is that different from what I’m saying about our government? Congress’s #1 priority is self-preservation and their own personal enrichment. They don’t care about you or I. Their loyalty is to their political party and its perpetuation and power.

BTW, I’m registered independent. Prior to that I was a registered Democrat. I am probably borderline anarchist at this point in some ways.

Oh FFS, you are exactly what is wrong with this world.

I posted something about feeling badly for Board members, for having to make such epic decisions. That's it. A touch of empathy for people I normally clash with, but who are in a tough position.

Your response?

Some rambling nonsense about me showing communist movies in class and how colleges forbid conservative thought and how our government and media have been infiltrated by communists.

Because... you know... I feel badly for community members put in tough positions.

Dude, if you don't want to appear dumb, don't say painfully stupid shit.

I cannot stand people like you, who say stupid ass thing after stupid ass thing... like, just incoherent bullshit... but when they get called it they get all whiny and defensive and bitchy and "Oh, STOP, you are being so snobby by pointing out that I say dumb shit!"

Step up. Take a MODICUM of responsibility for the stupid shit you say. And if you don't want to appear stupid, don't say stupid shit.

This sort of "everyone gets a trophy, everyone is equally smart, everyones point should be valued" bullshit is a huge part of what is wrong with our country. Total lack of personal responsibility.

Oh, and I said the OPPOSITE of what you said I did about Boards. Literally the opposite. Yay, reading comp.

And no, Kennedy, a New England liberal who was all about civil rights and womens rights and workers rights, wouldn't be a ****ing Republican, you jackass... the guy was a traditional liberal in just about every way. But California actor/union President Ronald Reagan? He might be a Democrat... after all, the Reagan Foundation literally told Trump to stop using his image in his campaigning. And an anti-semite/pro-jihadist in government? I'm Jewish and I don't even believe that bullshit.

 

[SNU0821]

Oh FFS, you are exactly what is wrong with this world.

I posted something about feeling badly for Board members, for having to make such epic decisions. That's it. A touch of empathy for people I normally clash with, but who are in a tough position.

Your response?

Some rambling nonsense about me showing communist movies in class and how colleges forbid conservative thought and how our government and media have been infiltrated by communists.

Because... you know... I feel badly for community members put in tough positions.

Dude, if you don't want to appear dumb, don't say painfully stupid shit.

I cannot stand people like you, who say stupid ass thing after stupid ass thing... like, just incoherent bullshit... but when they get called it they get all whiny and defensive and bitchy and "Oh, STOP, you are being so snobby by pointing out that I say dumb shit!"

Step up. Take a MODICUM of responsibility for the stupid shit you say. And if you don't want to appear stupid, don't say stupid shit.

This sort of "everyone gets a trophy, everyone is equally smart, everyones point should be valued" bullshit is a huge part of what is wrong with our country. Total lack of personal responsibility.

Oh, and I said the OPPOSITE of what you said I did about Boards. Literally the opposite. Yay, reading comp.

And no, Kennedy wouldn't be a ****ing Republican, you jackass... the guy was a traditional liberal in every way. But California actor/union President Ronald Reagan? He might be a Democrat. And an anti-semite/pro-jihadist in government? I'm Jewish and I don't even believe that bullshit.

^^^^^^SUPER Triggered^^^^^^

HAHAHA! The irony of his post is just too much.

 

[IUBtown]

First of all, your words not mine. I am speaking down to no one. Second of all, I am frustrated with people who take the word of the national media w/o digging deeper. Ah, and my grammar is likely better than yours. This is freaking BB board. I’ll cut corners when I choose to.

Lastly, to dude, you have no clue who you are talking to. Just like someone in the education profession to think they are superior to those who are not and call them “dumb”. Several in my family. They know better. You said in an earlier post that most of the education boards you have dealt with are more interested in power than education. How is that different from what I’m saying about our government? Congress’s #1 priority is self-preservation and their own personal enrichment. They don’t care about you or I. Their loyalty is to their political party and its perpetuation and power.

BTW, I’m registered independent. Prior to that I was a registered Democrat. I am probably borderline anarchist at this point in some ways.

Short cuts? Their is so much quicker to type than there.

 

[TheDude1]

Short cuts? Their is so much quicker to type than there.

They always try to pass it of as an INTENTIONAL thing to save time. "It's a message board, I wasn't going to put that much time into it!"

But we know it wasn't. It takes exactly the same amount of time to use the proper word. It is just a lack of understanding of his native tongue.

 

[GhostOf301]

Let's STFU with the grammer policing. Jesus Christ.

 

[GhostOf301]

Is that subtracting the over 200,000 false positives that were reported by the governor? Blamed a testing facility didn’t he?

It wasn't 200,000 false positives. It was 200,000 tests. But of course they are going to calim that only negative tests were over counted.

On another note. Don't bother with @TheDude1. He is an insufferable **** who thinks that he knows everything and that he is intellectually superior than everyone else. He will eventually put you on ignore anyways because that is the kind of chicken shit loser he is.

 

[SNU0821]

It wasn't 200,000 false positives. It was 200,000 tests. But of course they are going to calim that only negative tests were over counted.

On another note. Don't bother with @TheDude1. He is an insufferable **** who thinks that he knows everything and that he is intellectually superior than everyone else. He will eventually put you on ignore anyways because that is the kind of chicken shit loser he is.

@TheDude1 still hasn’t responded to @toonces11 from like two weeks ago. He truly is a little pussy.

 

[GhostOf301]

@TheDude1 still hasn’t responded to @toonces11 from like two weeks ago. He truly is a little pussy.

I agree fully. But this thread, up untill recently has been on topic. So I am done commenting on that northeastern trash.

 

[GhostOf301]

So looking at NCHHS website. North Carolina is at 932 hospitalizations. Which is over 100 fewer than yesterday's report. Looking at the cases from July 11th, which appears to be the peak in cases, I would expect the current cases to be closer to 15,000 after they revise the perceived recovered number. Which would mean that 1 out of 687 people in the state of North Carolina is sick with covid.

 

[Crappy Davenpot]

Oh FFS, you are exactly what is wrong with this world.

I posted something about feeling badly for Board members, for having to make such epic decisions. That's it. A touch of empathy for people I normally clash with, but who are in a tough position.

Your response?

Some rambling nonsense about me showing communist movies in class and how colleges forbid conservative thought and how our government and media have been infiltrated by communists.

Because... you know... I feel badly for community members put in tough positions.

Dude, if you don't want to appear dumb, don't say painfully stupid shit.

I cannot stand people like you, who say stupid ass thing after stupid ass thing... like, just incoherent bullshit... but when they get called it they get all whiny and defensive and bitchy and "Oh, STOP, you are being so snobby by pointing out that I say dumb shit!"

Step up. Take a MODICUM of responsibility for the stupid shit you say. And if you don't want to appear stupid, don't say stupid shit.

This sort of "everyone gets a trophy, everyone is equally smart, everyones point should be valued" bullshit is a huge part of what is wrong with our country. Total lack of personal responsibility.

Oh, and I said the OPPOSITE of what you said I did about Boards. Literally the opposite. Yay, reading comp.

And no, Kennedy, a New England liberal who was all about civil rights and womens rights and workers rights, wouldn't be a ****ing Republican, you jackass... the guy was a traditional liberal in just about every way. But California actor/union President Ronald Reagan? He might be a Democrat... after all, the Reagan Foundation literally told Trump to stop using his image in his campaigning. And an anti-semite/pro-jihadist in government? I'm Jewish and I don't even believe that bullshit.

I got u and I got ur azz good lol. Your true colors are out just like others here said. Yeah I’m part Jew, The little jihadist in Congress is pathetic. So are you, hypocrit. Kennedy the republican, has a ring to it.

 

[TheDude1]

I got u and I got ur azz good lol. Your true colors are out just like others here said. Yeah I’m part Jew, The little jihadist in Congress is pathetic. So are you, hypocrit. Kennedy the republican, has a ring to it.

But congrats, those couple of guys who are positively eaten up with me, they will up that post/like ratio for you

 

[GhostOf301]

But congrats, those couple of guys who are positively eaten up with me, they will up that post/like ratio for you

Nobody is eaten up with you, weirdo. You are just a pitiful excuse for a teacher, let alone a person. You are the problem with the world. A sacared, sad soul who would rather see thousands of students suffer and fall behind than risk getting mildly sick yourself.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

How about those people that CAPS LOCK words in half of their posts?

They always try to pass it of as an INTENTIONAL thing to save time. "It's a message board, I wasn't going to put that much time into it!"

But we know it wasn't. It takes exactly the same amount of time to use the proper word. It is just a lack of understanding of his native tongue.

Case in point. Was putting "intentional" in all caps really necessary?