Lol. Nope just looking out for future generations.
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Lol. Nope just looking out for future generations.
Opportunities lost forever? Cmon snowflake.
Personally, I generally supported states taking reasonable measures to protect the general population, so I was certainly never completely anti-lockout. I watched all of this from a few different perspectives, some of which contradict. For context, we’re in Charlotte, NC, which is pretty blue, but is also in a largely red state government that is often purple for national elections. Our schools closed like so many in March 2020 and were out for the rest of that year. In the first half of the next year, the kids were mostly out, but there were periods of going back between infection rate spikes. We were largely back by probably Feb. 2021 and the 2021-2022 school year was 95% normal - dances and sports with crowds and all the things.Aren’t schools back on normal schedules now? What is behind us, is behind us. If there was “slippage” schools have to get back to work. Arguing about shit that happened 2-3 years ago....what does that accomplish?
Are you insinuating that schools were kept closed to create this “slippage” intentionally? I prefer to believe the best interests of students, staff and parents were considered at the local levels. Some guessed right abd some guessed wrong. Move on.
Doesn’t fit your narrative. Got it.One school that’s all you got?
Evidence that Iowa or Florida did “better” than Texas?Are you a fan of Texas during Covid when they opened up very quickly(not as good as Iowa or Florida but better than all the blue states)?
We had the worst possible federal leadership during a 100 year pandemic. It is as ****ing simple as that.Yeah, not surprising to see some posters want to ‘move on’ and try to minimize the negative impacts of the school closures and Covid response.
Because these same people were telling us it wasn’t a big deal and the kids would be fine
Now, the evidence, data and studies continue to come out detailing the damage that was done, and they have been shown that they were wrong.
So, now they’ll ignore and attack this ‘science’ and ‘do their own research’ because they can’t handle having been on the wrong side of history.
It was bad. Trump and Biden.We had the worst possible federal leadership during a 100 year pandemic. It is as ****ing simple as that.
Nope. You are 100% wrong on the latter. Be better.It was bad. Trump and Biden.
Time to let this one go buddy. The hole is too deep to crawl out of.Nah. Read again and think it over.
This is the most Lucas response ever.Doesn’t fit your narrative. Got it.
Covid sure gives you a boner.
What schools were not open by the Fal? Many larger urban schools were offering in school/ on-line or hybrid programs but that was in most every state…Again until there was a vaccine available, there were legit risks for teachers and staff as well as students. Sone of you guys gave “convenient” memories.
You made the claim we should have followed most of Europe’s lead. Figured you would have some data that said we didn’t “mostly” do that. Texas surely did (summer camps were running that summer). A few states “ordered” their schools to open for the 2020-2021 school, but believe most/many left it up to the districts themselves. Haven’t seen definitive data from a state or district level mapping out closures/openings for the Fall semester.
Decent graphic, but doesn’t identify Fall vs. Spring (unless I am missing something from the article it is pulled from). Also just shows attendance, which can be based on parent’s decision to keep their kid(s) home in conjunction with whether the state or districts opened/closed schools.
Here is a state-by-state breakdown of students who were in-school during the 2020/21 school year.
Bingo!Hindsight is 20/20. We'll learn from it and apply it next time. That's what rational societies do.
Funny how some people pay attention to facts only when it go
Address the point I was making. Why are you banging the drum on school scores here but don’t seem to care about school scores the rest of the time? Could it be because you’re a partisan hack? I think so.Time to let this one go buddy. The hole is too deep to crawl out of.
Should have sacrificed the old's and vulnerable people. They're a drain on our resources anyway.So we should have kept everything open.
My god you people are insane. For the most part, the members of one party were trying to follow the science as presented by the scientists, with the qualifier at the time that this was a novel coronavirus and so there was lots of uncertainty.Unfortunately red state governors probably would have if it were a Dem President in office. That’s how our modern day politics work. Blue state governors didn’t really believe schools should be closed they were just going against what the Trump administration was requesting. Unfortunately millions of blue state kids suffered as a result of their politicians anti Team Red approach.
Look at my original post stating that both can be (and are) issues. I then went on to state that people like you are the problem. You blast cons for having hypocritical opinions about situations in which you hold the polar opposite views. I can’t believe you still continue to not understand the the mirror image of a hypocrite………is a hypocrite.Address the point I was making. Why are you banging the drum on school scores here but don’t seem to care about school scores the rest of the time? Could it be because you’re a partisan hack? I think so.
Both can be issues but people like you only draw attention to the issue that fits your political agenda. Therefore, I am the issue? Hahaha.Look at my original post stating that both can be (and are) issues. I then went on to state that people like you are the problem. You blast cons for having hypocritical opinions about situations in which you hold the polar opposite views. I can’t believe you still continue to not understand the the mirror image of a hypocrite………is a hypocrite.
But but but show me some cons that aren’t hypocrites. OK. The people you are referring to in your “point” are idiots and examples of the same problem I pointed out in the original post. They are hypocritical idealogues, just like you. As I stated before and you have so eloquently, albeit unintentionally proven, you aren’t smart enough to see that you are the exact same as they are.
Both can be issues but people like you only draw attention to the issue that fits your political agenda. Therefore, I am the issue? Hahaha.
Like you understand why people think it’s strange you guys would be so passionate about how COVID affected test results when you don’t seem to care otherwise, right?
You are just trying to repackage it all into a both sides argument by saying if I care about test scores 99% of the time then I should feel the same as you on the COVID issue.
You are trying to equate the COVID response of blue states to years and years and continued efforts of defunding the public school system by red states. They are not the close to the same and you seem overly focused on an event that is an outlier from what we have seen for decades. Show you actually care about public schools then I’d be willing to hear you out on this once in 100 year event.
Cons on this board.Ok. I will play. Who are “you guys”?
This is how you know Team Covid knows they were wrong. This post right here.Bingo!
You will never convince me that schooldistricts were not acting out of best intentions based on best information at the time.
Could it have been handled better...in retrospect, probably. But as Orlando states..we learn from the past and apply this knowledge next time. We don’t fight the same battles 3 years after the fact.
Honestly, I think schools where I live did pretty well. The flaw in some district’s thinking was the availability and access to “on-line” learning....coupled with ability of parents to oversee their children and their “day to day” discipline in pursuit of education. Of course, by removing the norm (closing schools) some degree of this was to be expected. Hey, Covid was tough times for America. History would show that Americans are not as willing (or as adaptable) to significant society chNges as Europeans or Asians are.
There were many scientists who disagreed with the approach of the federal government and they were censored so you are wrong on “following the science” once again.My god you people are insane. For the most part, the members of one party were trying to follow the science as presented by the scientists, with the qualifier at the time that this was a novel coronavirus and so there was lots of uncertainty.
The other party was following the whims of whatever their insane leader was spewing on whatever particular day, and the dictates of convenience/annoyance (people who hated masks, etc) and capitalists.
Oh yeah, also the "owning the libs" people.
People no longer take a stance on things based on beliefs or their own logic. It’s all about being counter to your political enemies now.This is another good example of how America ****s everything up because of their stupid tribal political condition. The trans issue will be another example.
This isn’t worth doing with someone who can’t see past the two team system. Oh well.Cons on this board.
I’m sure you fall back on that a lot when your “both sides are the same” argument doesn’t land. Have a good one!This isn’t worth doing with someone who can’t see past the two team system. Oh well.
The only side that was pushing the closure of schools long term were Democrats so there really is no need to both sides it but you definitely are trying.I’m sure you fall back on that a lot when your “both sides are the same” argument doesn’t land. Have a good one!
… but I ACTUALLY care about test scores. I’m stoked you guys care all of a sudden. You gonna start supporting the funding of public schools too now?The only side that was pushing the closure of schools long term were Democrats so there really is no need to both sides it but you definitely are trying.
Test scores have gone dramatically as a result of the policies during Covid pushed forth by blue state governors. That is a fact and everything else you are talking about is just diverting from the topic at hand because it makes Team Blue look bad.
I always have. Check out the thread about school choice in iowa back when it was being debated.… but I ACTUALLY care about test scores. I’m stoked you guys care all of a sudden. You gonna start supporting the funding of public schools too now?
The results are in from Sweden where they performed the best and largest experiment possible. Lower grade teachers were in person while upper grade teachers were remote. The in-person cohort was twice as likely to get severe Covid that required hospitalization. Their spouses were about a third more likely to get severe Covid. There were fewer than 100,000 public school teachers in all of Sweden at the time. There were about 7 million public school teachers in this country. I know math is hard for you but that's a few more. Many wouldn't have gone back to school given the risk. A lot didn't.This is how you know Team Covid knows they were wrong. This post right here.
Following which science? There was plenty of "science" contradicting what was being spewed by the mainstream media. However, it was all dismissed as conspiracy theory. Many, including many on the left, are waking up to the fact that many of those "conspiracy theories" have been proven correct. Not the die-hard "follow the science" crowd. Keep wearing that little blue mask! A little research will set you free!My god you people are insane. For the most part, the members of one party were trying to follow the science as presented by the scientists, with the qualifier at the time that this was a novel coronavirus and so there was lots of uncertainty.
The other party was following the whims of whatever their insane leader was spewing on whatever particular day, and the dictates of convenience/annoyance (people who hated masks, etc) and capitalists.
Oh yeah, also the "owning the libs" people.
Decent graphic, but doesn’t identify Fall vs. Spring (unless I am missing something from the article it is pulled from). Also just shows attendance, which can be based on parent’s decision to keep their kid(s) home in conjunction with whether the state or districts opened/closed schools.
Notice Iowa behind Texas…just saying.
Also, percent change in test scores between CA and WY is negligible (using other linked study/story).
My god you people are insane. For the most part, the members of one party were trying to follow the science as presented by the scientists, with the qualifier at the time that this was a novel coronavirus and so there was lots of uncertainty.
The other party was following the whims of whatever their insane leader was spewing on whatever particular day, and the dictates of convenience/annoyance (people who hated masks, etc) and capitalists.
Oh yeah, also the "owning the libs" people.