OT: Depends Who You Ask Apocalypse - Off Topic Thread of Summer

[The Real JT]

Like I said he’s not a clinician who actually has contact with patients, gotcha.

Right. He's not. But, I feel like you're conflating two separate issues. I understand it's not easy for some folks right now. That's not what I was commenting on. Best of luck to your friends and family, friend.

No offense to your Dad but there’s an enormous difference between being a clinician and a microbiologist or researcher.

In the course of 2 weeks, my hospital has gone from COVID cases in the low single digits to now over 100. There are many patients on ventilators which are now in short supply. These numbers dwarf anything we’ve seen related to influenza by many multiples.

The entire hospital is planning on becoming a COVID only hospital and transferring other patients to a nearby institution.

We will get over this but it’s bad, getting worse and not at all comparable to influenza.

 

[Bones45]

How are your districts handling students who don't have internet access at home or limited amount of PC's?

My district was loaning out Chromebooks to those who need.

 

[YearlyLottery]

We are using Microsoft Teams as our means of communication with our students at the school where I work. It works really well and you can actually do a fair bit of real teaching through the meeting function. The screenshare option is gold, as it allows you to share your screen with the students and you can use a Word document alomsot like a blackboard. Today was the last day before Easter holidays so we finished off with a kahoot with all the kids using their ipads and me sharing the screen from my house. OneNote is also great because it allows you to see the homework the students do without ever asking their permission, or calling them up


An older colleague of mine still comes into work every day despite the school being closed, as he is alone and with no family nearby. For ones like him this is really tough.

It should be interesting to see if all these technological changes teachers are having to make will change the way in person classes are held. Kahoot is great I love it. You cannot use Plickers with online teaching, but since I student teach at a low socioeconomic school I would typically use that instead of Kahoot and the kids loved it.

That sucks for you colleague. It feels kind of weird going from student teaching all day and then working at the aftercare I work at to just doing college work all online now.

How are your districts handling students who don't have internet access at home or limited amount of PC's?

The district I work at is planning on sending technology home to the kids who need it. I feel like with all the extra work and training going in for these teachers the school closures will be lasting longer than the middle of April or however long it will be.

Hopefully the state tests will be cancelled. I am not sure if that call has been made yet but it would be crazy for that to happen.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

No offense to your Dad but there’s an enormous difference between being a clinician and a microbiologist or researcher.

I realize that. I never said there was.

 

[eoin92]

My daughters school district is supposed to be doing some form of live distance learning, but they’re not. Each teacher assigns the students work everyday that they must complete. My daughter finishes all this by 10 am, at the latest, then spends the rest of the day on Tik Tok, FaceTime and god knows what Else.

 

[The Real JT]

I realize that. I never said there was.

All good. My point, inarticulately made, was that clinicians and microbiologists have different perspectives and skill sets.

It's truly eye opening how times like this reveal people's character, mostly in the positive sense. The responses I've seen from most docs/RNs/PAs/APRNs have been inspiring.

There's also a small minority who unfortunately aren't the type of people you want in the foxhole with you. I was going to suggest they might have a hockey rooting interest in a local rival but.....too soon?

 

[islesfan186]

How are your districts handling students who don't have internet access at home or limited amount of PC's?

RVC has pretty much given out the districts iPads. Since there isn’t enough for ever kid, each family gets one so that multiple kids can use it. I had to go in last week and hand out iPads for students in grades K-2 since grades 3-5 in my building were already issued iPads. Not sure about the limited/no internet thing though. I dunno if maybe they were setting them up with like a hotspot or something

 

[IslesNorway]

How are your districts handling students who don't have internet access at home or limited amount of PC's?

Most people will hve access to some sort of digital means, be it an Ipad, computer, smartphone or similar. If the rare cases they do not I think schools will have some for loan but a crisies such as this really widens the gap between the haves and have-nots. Here in Norway we are rather well off and lucky in that regard but of course that does not apply everywhere

 

[Riseonfire]

Are long island schools just now handing out laptops?

I live on the island but I'm a NYC teacher. The week schools closed our staff was driving into neighborhoods in all 5 boroughs literally hand delivering sanitized chromebooks.

If there wasn't already a big enough of an educational advantage for the 'Haves' vs the 'Have Nots' it's getting a whole lot bigger right now with tech and internet access, so lets be thankful our kids can do the work and still be safe and fed all day.

 

[YearlyLottery]

Are long island schools just now handing out laptops?

I live on the island but I'm a NYC teacher. The week schools closed our staff was driving into neighborhoods in all 5 boroughs literally hand delivering sanitized chromebooks.

If there wasn't already a big enough of an educational advantage for the 'Haves' vs the 'Have Nots' it's getting a whole lot bigger right now with tech and internet access, so lets be thankful our kids can do the work and still be safe and fed all day.

The school district I work at (not student teach) had the last two weeks off as their spring break and used all of their snow days so they spent that time handing out laptops and such.

 

[benedictTavares]

My mother has been battling pancreatic cancer since September 2019. She just passed from complications from a surgery after a failed attempt at intubation she died from a heart attack. We were unable to visit her the last couple of weeks at the hospital because of COVID. This whole mess bleeds into every other facet of society and healthcare. When I was facetiming her the night before her passing a monitoring wire came loose and it was a good 2-3 minutes till a nurse came to investigate the alarm. This is in Scottsdale which is not even yet a hot spot.

 

[YearlyLottery]

My mother has been battling pancreatic cancer since September 2019. She just passed from complications from a surgery after a failed attempt at intubation she died from a heart attack. We were unable to visit her the last couple of weeks at the hospital because of COVID. This whole mess bleeds into every other facet of society and healthcare. When I was facetiming her the night before her passing a monitoring wire came loose and it was a good 2-3 minutes till a nurse came to investigate the alarm. This is in Scottsdale which is not even yet a hot spot.

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[PK Cronin]

Most people will hve access to some sort of digital means, be it an Ipad, computer, smartphone or similar. If the rare cases they do not I think schools will have some for loan but a crisies such as this really widens the gap between the haves and have-nots. Here in Norway we are rather well off and lucky in that regard but of course that does not apply everywhere

My wife's district has about 20-25% of their students without reliable internet access so it's creating problems. There's about a 15% participation rate for their online classes right now.

 

[scottywiper]

My mother has been battling pancreatic cancer since September 2019. She just passed from complications from a surgery after a failed attempt at intubation she died from a heart attack. We were unable to visit her the last couple of weeks at the hospital because of COVID. This whole mess bleeds into every other facet of society and healthcare. When I was facetiming her the night before her passing a monitoring wire came loose and it was a good 2-3 minutes till a nurse came to investigate the alarm. This is in Scottsdale which is not even yet a hot spot.

Such a sad story. Condolences mate.

 

[BossyMVP]

My wife's district has about 20-25% of their students without reliable internet access so it's creating problems. There's about a 15% participation rate for their online classes right now.

I teach in nyc. Remote teaching math to 90 7th graders. Every single one of them is on. I hate remote teaching. I miss the kids. No matter what anyone says, we are not opening schools up again this year.

 

[PK Cronin]

I teach in nyc. Remote teaching math to 90 7th graders. Every single one of them is on. I hate remote teaching. I miss the kids. No matter what anyone says, we are not opening schools up again this year.

We're not in NY so I'm not sure what's gonna happen. Right now they're saying the target date is the middle of May. The whole remote teaching is bizarre for my wife because they're not allowing them to teach anything new, they can't count anything towards their students' grades, so they're just reviewing older material for 5 students in every class who want to participate. It was a lot of work to set up and doesn't seem to be worth the effort. She teaches high school and a lot of her students are working (gas stations, super markets, etc.) or watching their siblings during this. It's just nuts.

 

[13th Floor]

My mother has been battling pancreatic cancer since September 2019. She just passed from complications from a surgery after a failed attempt at intubation she died from a heart attack. We were unable to visit her the last couple of weeks at the hospital because of COVID. This whole mess bleeds into every other facet of society and healthcare. When I was facetiming her the night before her passing a monitoring wire came loose and it was a good 2-3 minutes till a nurse came to investigate the alarm. This is in Scottsdale which is not even yet a hot spot.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Sparksrus3]

It's great to see the INFOLINKS virus that took over my computer about a year ago every time I visit HFBoards is alive and well . This used to be a fun place . Stay safe all.

 

[Riseonfire]

NY Regents exams are canceled. Guidance to come tomorrow.

 

[MJF]

New York State now closed until April 29th, as per Governor Cuomo.

 

[PK Cronin]

New York State now closed until April 29th, as per Governor Cuomo.

And I just went back to work today.

They'll tell me to stay home again shortly I'm sure.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

I miss you guys

 

[Bones45]

My kingdom to watch Bailey dump the puck in again this year...

 

[FourRings]

My mother has been battling pancreatic cancer since September 2019. She just passed from complications from a surgery after a failed attempt at intubation she died from a heart attack. We were unable to visit her the last couple of weeks at the hospital because of COVID. This whole mess bleeds into every other facet of society and healthcare. When I was facetiming her the night before her passing a monitoring wire came loose and it was a good 2-3 minutes till a nurse came to investigate the alarm. This is in Scottsdale which is not even yet a hot spot.

Really sorry to hear about your loss, man. My best to you and your family.

 

[Costigan77]

My daughters school district is supposed to be doing some form of live distance learning, but they’re not. Each teacher assigns the students work everyday that they must complete. My daughter finishes all this by 10 am, at the latest, then spends the rest of the day on Tik Tok, FaceTime and god knows what Else.

Same exact boat.