@vincent Yes. We fortunately live in a school district that never ceased in-person learning (though some parents filed lawsuits). Thing is no adverse events occurred. And the kids are educationally, socially and emotionally better off. We’re very thankful to the district and teachers.
@vincent If only we were all willing to pay at least 10% of what we pay on a new phone for our educational institutions... I mean, I don't know what it's like in Poland but here in the UK people aren't willing to pay for shit and then take it out on the teachers, which is just fucking moronic and guess what that does? ... scares away the good teachers! Congratulations everyone!
... seriously. The stupid tech, the stupid superstar athletes, actors, awful executives... all of these people get more money and power than those in public service? Now that is fucking stupid.
@issimonwoods It's almost like the people in power in the UK are almost all privately educated, send their children to private schools, and are content to let the state schools be so starved of funding that they turn out sub-standard education, isn't it?
@vincent I’m so sorry for you, and especially your daughter. It’s unknown what the long-term consequences will be, but on the short term it must be awful and impossible to explain to a young person.
@renevanbelzen thank you Rene. Appreciate it. She’ll be fine because she has us as parents. Organising play dates, walks and horse riding to keep her socially engaged. She knows adults make weird decisions 😋
@issimonwoods don’t want to get into politics but Poland doesn’t care about its citizens. They only take from you and give nothing back. Most people can’t afford things… so they can’t spend the money and put it back into education. The “rich” are so far up a different reality, it’s not even funny. But I guess this is not just a problem here. Depressing really.
I went to a public school in the north of England… kinda depressing also… it’s like they forgot schools exist up there.
Urghhh.
@JMaxB it’s funny, our daughter goes to private school because we looked at the “public” sector, especially these days… and it wasn’t pretty. So it’s worth it for us - plus I don’t care about owning fancy stuff to show off to someone - rather have my daughter looked after and give her the best opportunity we can. Still, sadly, doesn’t solve the closure 😞
We’re making sure though that she’s engaged and has social contact the best we can… plus some other activities are planned.
@vincent Here in the US, after the hard lockdown, school closures seem to be up to individual school districts, which has some weird outcomes. some big-city school systems have been especially resistant to full opening (teachers' unions). Our more rural community worked hard to re-open as soon as possible and (so far!) has stayed open.
@vincent This is one of the reasons I'm focusing my energy on tech-related things. It can help a lot, especially as it gets better at poking holes in our flawed socio-economic systems. In the meantime, yep, I agree we're dealing with shit and often feel exactly as you.
Hopefully we can keep supporting each other and prepare for embracing tough decisions in the short term. Although I suppose that's easier to say when you're lucky to be born in the wealthier part of the species -- even dirt poor and massively neglected by society -- and grow up in a bubble.
(seriously... a new community podcast that is mostly giving people a space to yell about things 😇)