I'm VERY anti "Remote Learning" on snow days.
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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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@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.)
I remember when I was working two jobs and in grad school. I got home from teaching my night course at the community college and stayed up studying Galois theory till three am convinced I'd do poorly on the comp the next day.
I woke up and the whole city was silent, covered in soft sparkling white snow.
I went right back to bed after reading the email... then studied in a more healthy way that weekend.
Those snow flakes were the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
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I remember when I was working two jobs and in grad school. I got home from teaching my night course at the community college and stayed up studying Galois theory till three am convinced I'd do poorly on the comp the next day.
I woke up and the whole city was silent, covered in soft sparkling white snow.
I went right back to bed after reading the email... then studied in a more healthy way that weekend.
Those snow flakes were the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
@futurebird @meltedcheese I love how even in the deepest night, the snow is reflecting the smallest fraction of light, enabling me to see a bit more.
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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?
Here in Minnesota, the snow days are when it gets below -35 F or when the snow is too thick for the buses to run.
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Here in Minnesota, the snow days are when it gets below -35 F or when the snow is too thick for the buses to run.
@michael_w_busch @futurebird @hallvors In Saskatchewan, the school busses will run unless the air temp is below -40C, or the windchill is below -45C, or the road is listed as "travel not recommended" (which doesn't happen very often, pretty much blizzards only). But they never ever cancel school!
But I agree, in places with reasonable snow day rules, kids should go play in it, not do online school.
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@michael_w_busch @futurebird @hallvors In Saskatchewan, the school busses will run unless the air temp is below -40C, or the windchill is below -45C, or the road is listed as "travel not recommended" (which doesn't happen very often, pretty much blizzards only). But they never ever cancel school!
But I agree, in places with reasonable snow day rules, kids should go play in it, not do online school.
@sundogplanets @futurebird @hallvors
You have the real cold-weather gear.
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@michael_w_busch @futurebird @hallvors In Saskatchewan, the school busses will run unless the air temp is below -40C, or the windchill is below -45C, or the road is listed as "travel not recommended" (which doesn't happen very often, pretty much blizzards only). But they never ever cancel school!
But I agree, in places with reasonable snow day rules, kids should go play in it, not do online school.
@sundogplanets @michael_w_busch @futurebird @hallvors Kids deserve snow days.
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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.
I love that our local school district still does real snow days, especially since most of the surrounding districts do not. They also build in extra days and in the 20+ years my kids attended they never had to add on days when surrounding districts did. The district has some other issues, but they get those two things.
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I remember when I was working two jobs and in grad school. I got home from teaching my night course at the community college and stayed up studying Galois theory till three am convinced I'd do poorly on the comp the next day.
I woke up and the whole city was silent, covered in soft sparkling white snow.
I went right back to bed after reading the email... then studied in a more healthy way that weekend.
Those snow flakes were the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
Lovely story!
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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 I’m reminded of my kids school having a short winter holiday. Which has lead to kids missing school days because of covid, or other infections because they traveled back from visiting family just before school starts again. But it could allow parents to start summer sooner.
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