I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days.
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My understanding is that the state has a minimum number of days per year, the teacher's union has limits for when the school year can start and end and the NYC board of education has a number of holidays to cover every major religion/culture in the city which means there is no slack for snow days.
I don't know which one of those factors will budge or if there is a clever way around that deadlock but I sure hope so, I have not heard anyone say they're happy with remote learning
And of course it's very hard to talk about this without stumbling into right wing talking points
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Former teacher here. Remote learning on snow days is a way to boost the kids who have everything going their way (non-chaotic home, good internet, attentive parents, etc.) and to leave further behind the kids who don’t. It’s BS.
I could see maybe MAYBE making it a day where kids who need extra help can set up small meetings to get extra help.
Something like "office hours all day"
But you are correct that the kids who need that most? They don't have wifi at home that's working right now. They don't have a laptop.
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My understanding is that the state has a minimum number of days per year, the teacher's union has limits for when the school year can start and end and the NYC board of education has a number of holidays to cover every major religion/culture in the city which means there is no slack for snow days.
I don't know which one of those factors will budge or if there is a clever way around that deadlock but I sure hope so, I have not heard anyone say they're happy with remote learning
They just add another day at the end of the year. It's not that bad.
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I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
@futurebird endorse
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My understanding is that the state has a minimum number of days per year, the teacher's union has limits for when the school year can start and end and the NYC board of education has a number of holidays to cover every major religion/culture in the city which means there is no slack for snow days.
I don't know which one of those factors will budge or if there is a clever way around that deadlock but I sure hope so, I have not heard anyone say they're happy with remote learning
In a sane world, they simply wouldn't worry about it. Here, we have a mandated number of days kids need to be in school. I think it's 180. They play games with what counts as a 'day in school' to make up the minimum, where there's days fuckall is being done, but it counts on the checklist, so the games can continue.
The sun will still come up tomorrow if the kids are in school for a 178 days. Just deal with it, and get on with life.
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I did remote teaching for a year and I did not like it very much. It's so much harder to teach, to hear the students, to even learn their names. I just wasn't a big fan.
I'm glad we did it I suppose, but the words "remote learning" give me battle flashbacks.
@futurebird
But all the tech companies promised us their products enabled anytime, anywhere learning for everyone!Are you telling me that they were not telling the truth?!?
I'm shocked! Shocked, I say!
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I did remote teaching for a year and I did not like it very much. It's so much harder to teach, to hear the students, to even learn their names. I just wasn't a big fan.
I'm glad we did it I suppose, but the words "remote learning" give me battle flashbacks.
@futurebird remote teaching was the absolute pits - I get an involuntary shudder when I think about it. Bleurgh. The only good thing about online school was being able to wear my pyjama bottoms all day!
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I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
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@hallvors @futurebird norway sounds fun
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What do ya'll have? "Not Snow Days" when you can't cross country ski to school or whatever happens up there?
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I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
@futurebird they're getting it done in Philly
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I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
@futurebird are they still doing that shit!
started during covid.
schools are run by monsters.
i coudn't hack it.
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I did remote teaching for a year and I did not like it very much. It's so much harder to teach, to hear the students, to even learn their names. I just wasn't a big fan.
I'm glad we did it I suppose, but the words "remote learning" give me battle flashbacks.
@futurebird remote during covid was a frikkin LOST opportunity to TOTLY RETHINK school.
sigh...
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What do ya'll have? "Not Snow Days" when you can't cross country ski to school or whatever happens up there?
@futurebird me on my way to school two weeks ago: https://oslo.town/@hallvors/115892647413381249
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I did remote teaching for a year and I did not like it very much. It's so much harder to teach, to hear the students, to even learn their names. I just wasn't a big fan.
I'm glad we did it I suppose, but the words "remote learning" give me battle flashbacks.
@futurebird
As someone whose girls were aberrations and excelled during shutdown, I maintain the cost was much too high.Especially in the current environment when basement grades and social promotions are the norm, remote learning fails far more students and teachers than it possibly benefits.
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@futurebird are they still doing that shit!
started during covid.
schools are run by monsters.
i coudn't hack it.
If they don't have a "remote learning day" then they need to tack an extra day on at the end of the year to make up for time.
I think that admins and posh parents who want to buy plane tickets early are behind all of this.
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@futurebird me on my way to school two weeks ago: https://oslo.town/@hallvors/115892647413381249
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If they don't have a "remote learning day" then they need to tack an extra day on at the end of the year to make up for time.
I think that admins and posh parents who want to buy plane tickets early are behind all of this.
@futurebird dunno wut u talking about. when i was a kid... we had snow days. jeez.
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What do ya'll have? "Not Snow Days" when you can't cross country ski to school or whatever happens up there?
@futurebird But yes, in Norway a "snow day" is a day many bring their sledges and skis to school and all breaks (plus many PE lessons) are spent playing in the white stuff.
The school has dozens of sledge mats available for everyone, and the pupils' council just voted to buy even more of them. Most kids agree that school is more fun on snow days, morale goes up and antisocial behaviour goes down. Good times! -
I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days. Snow days are magical and young people should play video games and have snowball fights.
Or go sledding.
And pester their parents who are doing remote office work to make hot chocolate.
Hmph.
@futurebird 100% agree! These sudden, hoped-for but unexpected reprieves are great fun. I remember snow days before I became a workaholic grouch. (I’ve since recovered.)
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