Soxbadger

You havent seen any restaurants that are only allowing 1-2 tables inside and the rest outside? Because they exist. Which goes back to the original point. Im not sure why protecting the people at Montrose Harbor is the hill you want to die on about outside safety. The people that went there literally had to walk past plenty of open space. From Montrose to Wilson on the East side of LSD is empty every day. I guess I dont see why we are defending their right to be 50 feet closer to the water and put everyone in danger.

Can I ask what your science background is that you can definitively state that eating in a restaurant with 5 other people spread out over 100 feet is more dangerous than being at a beach when 20-50 people are within 2 feet?

Its more regulated than a beach. And when you go to a restaurant you can decide for yourself whether their practices seem safe or not. At a beach there is nothing that anyone can do. That is the problem. Ive been to beaches and restaurants, by the afternoon the beach was so uncomfortable that we had to leave.

That is the problem. Go to any beach and even if 90% of people are respectful, its the other 10% who ruin it for everyone. We went to a beach earlier in the summer. We got there early and it was pretty crowded, but you could still set up a spot and keep distance. At around 12-1 a ton of people started showing up. Groups were setting up within 1 foot of our area, none of them wore masks at all. The difference at a restaurant is that if I feel uncomfortable about the actions of someone else, I can request a change. At the beach we just had to pack up and leave. As I said before the people who did this, did not care at all about social distancing. I am familiar with the area. There is a ton of open space from Foster beach down to Montrose. The parks there are empty every day. But these people were specifically going to the area where it was crowded.

Bars are closed in Chicago unless they serve food. I guess she could have obliterated the entire restaurant industry and closed that too. Beach is closed, it sucks. I cant even take my kids there because Im worried that other people cant be bothered to show the slightest respect and not be all up on top of us. Ironically there is parks worth of space around the cricket hill area and down Lake Shore Drive. If people were responsible we could have all had an enjoyable summer.

? I remember being told months ago US deaths would top out at like 60k. Were now at 150k, how is that less dead people? https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/830664814/fauci-says-u-s-coronavirus-deaths-may-be-more-like-60-000-antibody-tests-on-way

A lot of high expectations for young players entering into the most fucked up year ever. Enjoy getting to watch young talented players play. This season is just too messed up to stress over and it may never finish.

Trading for anything that is "win now" in a season that may be cancelled in a week is silly.

Its happening.

There may be some real estate opportunities in the low/mid price range in a bit. A lot of payments were kicked down the road, but those bills are going to come due soon. This last month I have seen 3 deals where the appraisal came back under the purchase price. All deals between 150-200k. Prior to this, no deal I had ever worked on did not appraise for the exact purchase price. Reading between the lines id say appraisers are spooked about the future and dont want lenders coming after them.

Back in my day we spent thousands of dollars a semester to skip class because we stayed out too late drinking and prioritized Madden franchises. That would have been my biggest gripe, that Id have missed out on a year of fun because there would be no football games, no Halloween parties, etc.

If youre doing more work sure you should be able to ask for better pay. But the example I was using is where the teacher is providing 1 20 minute group reading session per week. Other than that they are providing links to websites and asking children to do assignments on ESpark and IXL. They are not grading any work as they explicitly asked that none of the work be turned. They are not responding to emails for days/weeks. Every situation is different, but the only one Im talking about is CPS. I posted the CPS plan and compared it to what CPS was providing last year. As I mentioned, my child goes to a magnate school which has much more funding than a regular CPS school. They have an ipad for every student and the students were able to take them home.

The biggest problem is when teachers/ administrators / school boards / govt fight children lose out. Not every kid is fortunate enough to have a parent who can stay home, have a computer/internet etc. And usually those children are the ones who have the least voice in society. So who fights for them? Id be glad to let everyone stay home for the next year, but I also have to be realistic.

Id prefer virtual learning for everyone. I just dont have a good way to make that workable. So I am trying to find some sort of workable balance. Unfortunately that will involve everyone taking unnecessary risks.

Isnt that the argument for in person learning? The school my child attends has an ipad for every student, but its a magnate school with much larger funding than a normal CPS school. All Im saying is that teachers need to try. Im not asking for the same level. But youd expect 1 hour of interaction per week isnt too hard to ask. Does that seem fair? I mean 1 20 minute session per week, and no other real responsibility besides for putting up links on a website weekly, that seems like a vacation.

I already disagree with Trump. I already do as much in my power to try and figure out a way to change that. But at a federal level my influence is none. At a local level, my influence is a little bit more. I have no problem with virtual learning. I know some districts who after spring break were having virtual classes almost immediately. The problem is CPS teachers didnt seem to take any initiative. And you can blame the administration, or whoever, but that is the reality. And at some point there has to be some accountability. Id love nothing more than to be arguing for kids not going back to school. I dont need school for daycare, someone can be with my child 100% of the time, I can teach my child and do my job. But what about less fortunate kids. What about kids who dont have that type of access. Is it okay that they just completely get left behind because its too much to ask teachers to have 1 hour of virtual instruction a day? Is that really too much?

I disagree with the Trump. Im pretty sure youve been on this board long enough to know that I have spent innumerable hours arguing against Trump. I am commenting on the specific plan presented by CPS and I am providing examples of what CPS teachers did last year. I know there are plenty of districts where teachers did really well last year.

You keep acting like its super difficult to set up online meetings. Its the exact same job, just not being in a classroom. Then how did different teachers do different things? 1 teacher was having daily group meetings, another teacher was having 1 meeting per week. Was that the teachers or the administrators decision? Because it seems like the teachers.

I never said it was safe. I said that at some point you have to make bad decisions. You are acting like its okay to just let teachers take a year long vacation and not take any responsibility for trying to do what is best for kids. How is that okay at any level? The kids are suffering the worst. They have to choose between 1) going to an unsafe school or 2) 0 education. In that situation shouldnt we be leaning on the teachers to do better?

If there is a real risk of transmission from children, then yes I think there should be consideration for this. But I think it also needs to be offset by the fact that they were paid fully last year and did not work the entire year.

Its not vindictive, its life. If teachers want to prove that they can handle virtual learning, then prove it. But last year they showed they were incapable.

And if that is the plan CTU wants to present, Im fine with it. But right now they have shown 0 initiative to pitch how they are going to improve. This was what happened last year. Website is uploaded with links to material from outside sources. 1 20 minute google meeting. Repeat every week.

They did fail miserably. The teachers in my district received a 3 month vacation and I did all the work.

If they are at home why do they need hazard pay? Im talking about grade school, k-3, where you can have 1 class of 15 students. Older students obviously can stay home and learn much easier. Why hazard pay if they stay at home every day?

1. Im not sure what you are talking about. Im talking about the school instituting policies so that the teachers exposure in minimized. 2. The district I am talking about is CPS, the one who is instituting the policy. I gave specific examples of how the school year went for the last few months. I would think its the teachers job to present a plan of how they are going to improve and not take 3 months off. I would think that its completely unacceptable that a child only has 1 full class meeting for 20 minutes week. That all of the other work is on a tablet from IXL/Espark (which is not created by the teacher.) So what exactly were they doing?