Covid-19
- Thread starter curious2garden
- Start date
greg nr
Well-Known Member
It will be interesting to see what a generation of kids end up like after being home schooled by day drunks and denied the socializing effect of other adult role models.
Oh wait, we already have the incels and tea party trumpists who were raised via homeschooling. Never mind.
JohnGlennsGarden
Well-Known Member
I actually enjoyed grocery shopping before covid. It was always a daddy/daughter event. Now, we order most things online and I pick up. 2 yr old is having a really hard time not being able to go shopping with Dad.
Krogering, now.
Had to go in a couple places this week. Glad I did!
Also found hand sanitizer, I think. You were allowed two of the tiniest bottles.
Krogering, now.
Had to go in a couple places this week. Glad I did!
Also found hand sanitizer, I think. You were allowed two of the tiniest bottles.
DarkWeb
Well-Known Member
Wow what a narrow mind......I like you but that's a little fucked up way to think. I actually like the idea of me having more of a handle on the molding of my kids..........not some dip shit with a political opinion they want to push. I never had much of a problem with how they taught but it's nice to know it's all on me now.....the one familey I know that where homeschooling before all this are far from trump supporters and have some pretty wellmannered kids.
The socializing I can see is a issue. I pay someone to give all day attention to my youngest so I can go to work and do what I need to do for my family. Now I have to do the usual dad shit and also be a teacher, tech department, pencil sharpener and then day care for the younger one. I now some parrents can't handle this I know some and I can see why "it's tough" Our older one gets on the computer and talks to her friends everyday. I've been working 7 days a week for years up until about 1.5 years ago. Saw my kids at dropoff and dinner........its awesome I'm getting some of that time back. My daughter thinks it's great to have all this family time.
Last edited:
My partner is being recalled to work on May 26th and they'll be fully open on June 8th. Looks like the reopening here is going to happen a lot faster than I thought.
Finally had to walk into a bank to get cash. Everyone was dressed like that. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
All we had to do was lay in a massive supply of PPE, add a few public health service commercials about how to wear it and care for it, roll out effective testing, add some support staff to the local public health departments and our society and economy didn't have to miss a beat.
No matter how they try to deny reality, they do not realize the scientists and pathologists are saving samples, and one day history will paint the awful truth via statistics of morbidity and mortality. I imagine economists will do something similar.
srh88
Well-Known Member
Did you really expect our government to handle this with logic and calm?
DarkWeb
Well-Known Member
I agree, but people don't listen. Even when it was to late.
JohnGlennsGarden
Well-Known Member
Our kids' teachers are awesome people that are really good at what they do. I truly hope we aren't in the minority.
We are loving the family time, but everyone misses real school.
MAR 27, 2020
www.toronto.com
MAY 8, 2020
www.toronto.com
Do as I say not as I do... I was gonna give him a pass on all hist previous bullshit, but I'd like an opportunity to kick him in the nuts now.
Premier Doug Ford to Ontario residents: 'Don’t come up to the cottage'
Supermarkets, hospitals can't handle influx of people, Ford says
MAY 8, 2020
Premier Doug Ford made quick visit to Muskoka cottage over Easter despite vow he wouldn’t due to COVID-19
Days after urging Ontarians not to go to their cottages, Premier Doug Ford made a quick Easter visit to his Muskoka seasonal residence.
Do as I say not as I do... I was gonna give him a pass on all hist previous bullshit, but I'd like an opportunity to kick him in the nuts now.
tangerinegreen555
Well-Known Member
Fapping is now added to the 'non-essential' list, sorry.
No microbe shooting until further notice.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
greg nr
Well-Known Member
Well, that may have been a bit too broad. I certainly wasn't including any of the recent families that are being forced to home school due to current circumstances, and yes, there are a lot of pusses to it.
But there is a certain element that despises public education, and does everything they can to defund it, destroy it, and ridicule it every chance they get. They are beyond reactionary and are very militant in their positions. Those are the people I was pointing to. Not one penny for schools they say.
Public schools are one of this nations treasures. The people who teach and work in those systems are saints, and they deserve a lot more credit and resources (and pay) than we can muster currently.
So apologies if I cast you up in a net you didn't deserve. But no apologies to the militants who would destroy public education.
DarkWeb
Well-Known Member
It's been a long 8 weeks.....
As for the people that despise public schools, well that's on them and hopefully their kids don't suffer from the parents decisions. And there has been a few times I said to myself "I can do better" but I know that's not always true.
I think teachers have it even harder now.......this isn't what they where trained to do. Video conferencing with a bunch of kids I'm sure is trying. And coming up with ideas to keep all those kids on the same page at home is all new. It's gotta be tough.
My daughter teaches 7-8th grade Science - says she has to work twice as much & longer than before.
Worst part is she misses those kids almost as much as her own.
Worst part is she misses those kids almost as much as her own.
Hydrotech364
Well-Known Member
Yes, I did. I was frontline as HIV and subsequent viral challenges emerged. We handled them efficiently. We coordinated with CDC's lead. We know how to do this. There was no reason to even bother the vector in chief. He was irrelevant to our response. I am disappointed by the 'improvements' to a functional system.
This didn't require all people to listen. We didn't get full compliance on any other emergent health crisis. We simply needed an unfettered CDC.
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
-Stalin
kmog33
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I’m down in the South Bay. Looking at grabbing a spot out in arrowhead though being stuck in the house all the tome, I’d rather be in the woods.
jerryb73
Well-Known Member
My daughter has been to her school 1st-3rd. I have older kids who are out of school now. The teachers she’s had these 3yrs have been the best teachers I have encountered in all my kids years. These are top notch for sure. We love her school. Her teacher last year really got her out of her shell. Didn’t play with or talk much with classmates. That’s all changed. Hope she goes back for 4th grade.