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Covid or not, respiratory viruses are infectious, and they are all over the place. Maybe office and school over zoom unless 100% physically required to be onsi

Covid or not, respiratory viruses are infectious, and they are all over the place. Maybe office and school over zoom unless 100% physically required to be onsite and all participants strictly asymptomatic and not exposed to any symptomatic people recently ?

thehappypm 4y ago
School???
yucky 4y ago
Every single study has shown kids learning ability was decimated by distance learning. At this point, anybody advocating for distance learning for young children should be assumed to have nefarious intentions since the science on that is settled.
- halfmatthalfcat 4y ago
  Being thrusted into something with no warning and little refinement is not a good predictor of future success. I think we need to accept that remote learning, just like remote work, may work better for some.
  - yucky 4y ago
    >I think we need to accept that remote learning, just like remote work, may work better for some. I'm sure you think that, just not sure why. The evidence is in. Children learn better with in-person instruction.
    - halfmatthalfcat 4y ago
      And to all those home schooled who turned out completely fine? What are we to think of them? The difference between remote schooling and home schooling doesn't seem so far, imo.
      - yucky 4y ago
        >And to all those home schooled who turned out completely fine? What are we to think of them? We think it's more evidence that in-person learning is better than Zoom.
      - chii 4y ago
        the big difference in home schooling is that you are prepared for such, and usually have a home tutor (which might be your parents, but sometimes it's a professional). I think remote learning only works for tertiary education, not early to mid childhood education (like primary to high school).
- smileysteve 4y ago
  Pod learning, on the other hand; allowed teachers to teach and non profits to provide the benefits of a 6 person classroom.
_heimdall 4y ago
As you said, viruses are all over the place. Imagine this concept before Covid - living in a bubble and only coming into the same room as people if you absolutely have to, and even then with strict rules regarding physical distancing and medical assumptions based on a layperson's understanding of symptoms. That sounds like a terrible way to live just because we were reminded that viruses exist.

thehappypm 4y ago

School???

yucky 4y ago

Every single study has shown kids learning ability was decimated by distance learning. At this point, anybody advocating for distance learning for young children should be assumed to have nefarious intentions since the science on that is settled.

halfmatthalfcat 4y ago
Being thrusted into something with no warning and little refinement is not a good predictor of future success. I think we need to accept that remote learning, just like remote work, may work better for some.
- yucky 4y ago
  >I think we need to accept that remote learning, just like remote work, may work better for some. I'm sure you think that, just not sure why. The evidence is in. Children learn better with in-person instruction.
  - halfmatthalfcat 4y ago
    And to all those home schooled who turned out completely fine? What are we to think of them? The difference between remote schooling and home schooling doesn't seem so far, imo.
    - yucky 4y ago
      >And to all those home schooled who turned out completely fine? What are we to think of them? We think it's more evidence that in-person learning is better than Zoom.
    - chii 4y ago
      the big difference in home schooling is that you are prepared for such, and usually have a home tutor (which might be your parents, but sometimes it's a professional). I think remote learning only works for tertiary education, not early to mid childhood education (like primary to high school).
smileysteve 4y ago
Pod learning, on the other hand; allowed teachers to teach and non profits to provide the benefits of a 6 person classroom.

_heimdall 4y ago

As you said, viruses are all over the place. Imagine this concept before Covid - living in a bubble and only coming into the same room as people if you absolutely have to, and even then with strict rules regarding physical distancing and medical assumptions based on a layperson's understanding of symptoms. That sounds like a terrible way to live just because we were reminded that viruses exist.