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GreenPartyVoter

(72,378 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:53 PM Mar 2020

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If all schools close for the year, then I won't see my kids again. I didn't say goodbye last week

because we thought we would have them for at least part of this week.

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If all schools close for the year, then I won't see my kids again. I didn't say goodbye last week (Original Post) GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 OP

Skype! Lars39 Mar 2020 #1

My sister is grieving for her students MaryMagdaline Mar 2020 #2

Send them all an email or Skype with them. They probably feel the same way as you do too! SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #3

on edit - you are a teacher? getagrip_already Mar 2020 #4

They aren't having on line classes????? jimfields33 Mar 2020 #5

What about kids who don't have computers and high-speed? dawg day Mar 2020 #7

Good point. That's a necessity nowadays, especially now. Gonna have to provide it Hoyt Mar 2020 #8

Some rural areas don't have real high-speed internet Spider Jerusalem Mar 2020 #10

Yes true but at least get the kids who do have those items having classes. jimfields33 Mar 2020 #9

I teach online -college- and even some of our students dawg day Mar 2020 #11

Those are great ideas jimfields33 Mar 2020 #12

17 percent of students lack home internet LanternWaste Mar 2020 #13

Holy crap. That's a head turner. jimfields33 Mar 2020 #14

I agree, you should skype them! MuseRider Mar 2020 #6

Lars39

(26,109 posts)

1. Skype!

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:55 PM

Mar 2020

MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)

2. My sister is grieving for her students

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:55 PM

Mar 2020

But she’ll get to FaceTime with them

SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)

3. Send them all an email or Skype with them. They probably feel the same way as you do too!

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:55 PM

Mar 2020

getagrip_already

(14,766 posts)

4. on edit - you are a teacher?

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:56 PM

Mar 2020

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you will get to see them before summer hits........

This has to be as hard on them as you..... Condolences.

jimfields33

(15,832 posts)

5. They aren't having on line classes?????

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:59 PM

Mar 2020

Wouldn’t you see them everyday?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

7. What about kids who don't have computers and high-speed?

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:08 PM

Mar 2020

I worry about them.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

8. Good point. That's a necessity nowadays, especially now. Gonna have to provide it

Reply to dawg day (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:18 PM

Mar 2020

for folks who can’t afford it.

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

10. Some rural areas don't have real high-speed internet

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 06:00 AM

Mar 2020

in a lot of places the best option is satellite, which is significantly slower than most high-speed broadband.

jimfields33

(15,832 posts)

9. Yes true but at least get the kids who do have those items having classes.

Reply to dawg day (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 05:58 AM

Mar 2020

The 5-10 percent that don’t can be dealt with individually.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

11. I teach online -college- and even some of our students

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:59 AM

Mar 2020

Have to use the library computers and internet. And libraries are closed. I can't imagine how it can work... internet is installed in their homes?

In Europe, there are modem sticks like flash drives, but I haven't seen that here.
The danger is that this will set low income kids and schools even farther back, because poverty will interfere even more with their education.
I hope they can reopen schools soon.

This could be a great job for some tech billionaire... Getting every kid s computer with wifi... and making that a gift, not a loan.

A bit of despair here... the department of education could coordinate that, except it's run by Davos, who doesn't really believe kids deserve a free education.

jimfields33

(15,832 posts)

12. Those are great ideas

Reply to dawg day (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 11:27 AM

Mar 2020

It would benefit everyone in the long run. I wish people (repugs) would understand that.

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

13. 17 percent of students lack home internet

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 11:31 AM

Mar 2020

Which is 3,000,000 students.

What mechanism is in place to deal with three million students individually?

jimfields33

(15,832 posts)

14. Holy crap. That's a head turner.

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 11:33 AM

Mar 2020

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)

6. I agree, you should skype them!

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:03 PM

Mar 2020

I would have been over the moon talking to one of my teachers like that. Back then it was rare to even know they cared, except for a special few who could not contain the fact that they LOVED what they did.

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