Coronavirus (Covid-19) Discussion
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This issue has raised some uncomfortable questions in the education sector in Norway. At my level (16-19 yo) the Norwegian government has pushed through a very unpopular policy regarding attendance. If you miss more the 10% of scheduled teaching in a class you lose your grade completely. The students hated it, but it was extremely effective. It has helped massively in lowering the drop-out rate and improving the attainment of the bottom 50% of students.
When corona hit all that went out the window. While teachers were able to use net based tech to teach effectively the students who needed it the most vanished and we had no recourse to track absentee-ism, or routines for getting them assessed. The ability to audit the participation and engagement of weak or unmotivated students that you get from seeing them three times a week was suddenly gone.
Any move towards devolving schooling at this level to digital platforms and away from physical places of work is going to need a small revolution.
We’re encountering the same problem in the govt training sector. We have limited mechanisms to measure engagement, the few we do have are questionable in effectiveness, and exam security is out the window.
On the flip side of that my productivity has gone through the roof (I work on the administrative side of our training organization). The fact I don’t have to deal with people wandering into my office complaining about random shit has opened up a lot of time in my day.
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Wish I had the power to decide who gets it and who doesn't….
were some of them wearing Confederate underwear? ::)
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This is old news. I don't know if I should laugh or cry ::)
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:D@Omega:This is old news. I don't know if I should laugh or cry ::)
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1276503730184224768 Floridaaah-too much sun has made their brains soft and runny. That's my theory. -
The professional social worker in me understands that just as wealth and the trappings of wealth are inherited, that poverty and the trappings of poverty are equally inherited. The 'Stuart' in me, however, sometimes thinks 'feed em to the lions'. It is a perpetual dichotomy I'm trapped in
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A slight dusting of "Thinning the herd" ?
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Horseshoe Crab blood as an ingredient in a future Coronavirus vaccine.
- topic:timeago-later,3 months
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Has to be some formaldehyde in the ol Mickey D’s, thus would explain his generally preserved chicken skin aesthetic. Can’t imagine anything is helping the hair.
