kayc
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Post by kayc on Aug 31, 2020 16:11:57 GMT -6
There are kids down the block from me having a lemonade stand. They aren’t wearing masks...nor are their adults...nor are the people buying from them! Our schools are all remote. Our county just closed indoor dining again because our numbers are rising...sounds like a great time for a lemonade stand.
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kayc
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Post by kayc on Aug 31, 2020 16:12:37 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. Not ok. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Ugh.
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STP
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Post by STP on Aug 31, 2020 16:14:28 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. ETA. I don’t know if it’s about distractions, but their bedrooms are the least distracting places in the house. No toys or fun stuff, just a bed, a desk and books. That’s fucking ridiculous.
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gussie
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Post by gussie on Aug 31, 2020 16:14:55 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. Not ok. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Ugh. She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Aug 31, 2020 16:15:42 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. ETA. I don’t know if it’s about distractions, but their bedrooms are the least distracting places in the house. No toys or fun stuff, just a bed, a desk and books. You should be like "cool bitch. Come build an addition on my house".
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STP
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Post by STP on Aug 31, 2020 16:15:46 GMT -6
Not ok. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Ugh. She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. What is wrong with this woman?
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Post by GhoatMonket on Aug 31, 2020 16:17:04 GMT -6
Not ok. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Ugh. She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. LOL. She needs to pick her damn battles better.
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Aug 31, 2020 16:19:10 GMT -6
I keep thinking about how I was in HS in the 1990s during the height of the AIDS epidemic and the whole "you are having sex with every person your partner has had sex with" message was drilled into us. That's been my covid mindset. This has always been my mindset.
But no one else I know, LOL. To this day people still jumping on naked dick like it's not a thing.
I was always the friend buying condoms and pregnancy tests. Girl wrap that shit up, no untested dick is worth it. Only now the untested dick is going to parties and laughing into the air.
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Aug 31, 2020 16:22:44 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. ETA. I don’t know if it’s about distractions, but their bedrooms are the least distracting places in the house. No toys or fun stuff, just a bed, a desk and books. My working space is in my bedroom. She can eat a dick.
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kayc
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Post by kayc on Aug 31, 2020 16:25:01 GMT -6
Not ok. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Ugh. She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. Are you kidding me?? In our classrooms when we’re in school we encourage the kids to bring water bottles. They should absolutely be able to drink during zoom classes at home!
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Aug 31, 2020 16:32:55 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. ETA. I don’t know if it’s about distractions, but their bedrooms are the least distracting places in the house. No toys or fun stuff, just a bed, a desk and books. This is information I would ignore. I get that in general it might be good advice but every house is different and that’s not their business what you determine is the best place for your children to learn. We don’t have DS’s in his bedroom but honestly in our house it would be the second best place. We don’t have toys in the bedroom either so it’s the least distracting room. But, unfortunately in our case, his room is too small to add a desk.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Aug 31, 2020 16:34:45 GMT -6
Not ok. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Ugh. She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. Our class rule is no eating on camera (I mean, so gross for kids, so I get it) but they made a point to say have your water bottle nearby.
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addymac
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Post by addymac on Aug 31, 2020 16:37:11 GMT -6
I do think things will change this winter, as patio dining goes away. I'm not yet willing to dine indoors with anyone remotely near me, so I assume my dining habits of this summer will shift back to staying at home all the time, which bums me out a bit. Maybe I can build a plastic bubble that I can set up on the sidewalks outside restaurants and eat in there. ETA: I wrote "they already do this in Chicago," but the words didn't show up. This looks like a Covid hotspot. I just got the shudders. And I’ve been doing outside dining, indoor dining a few times, mani/pedis, etc. But I guess I’d it’s just with my friends that I do dinner with anyway, it should be the same.
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rvasc
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Post by rvasc on Aug 31, 2020 16:38:46 GMT -6
gussie this is a child protection policy thing. As long as your kid isn’t lying in bed, I wouldn’t worry about it. If you can set it so the background is a wall or something, that would be better, but I think this is a district CYA thing. We also had some problems with high schoolers lying in bed on zoom not fully dressed.
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gussie
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Post by gussie on Aug 31, 2020 16:39:30 GMT -6
She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. What is wrong with this woman? DS didn’t have her last year but he told me she was mean, I assumed he was exaggerating, but I guess not...
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addymac
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Post by addymac on Aug 31, 2020 16:40:55 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. ETA. I don’t know if it’s about distractions, but their bedrooms are the least distracting places in the house. No toys or fun stuff, just a bed, a desk and books. That’s obnoxious AF. like on its own, it’s annoying, but if it’s that, added in with a bunch of other little things, I’d be SO irritated. DS’s teacher sent out a list of things we need to send in to keep in his cubby the whole year and I’m so annoyed. She also strongly recommended Bogs rain/snow boots. Like, bitch I don’t spend $80 on a pair of shoes my 3yo will outgrow in less than a year. Come the fuck on.
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cp3
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Post by cp3 on Aug 31, 2020 16:50:52 GMT -6
Not ok. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Ugh. She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. DD1 got in trouble today for drinking water during their live math class because she had asked them to stand up for something. I could tell she was having a bad day so I just let it go but if it becomes a thing I'll step in. It's unrealistic to not let kids have water during class. She also went on a big thing today about not just unmuting themselves and calling her name. Instead they must raise their hand and wait for her to see them. But they are also 5 yo and figuring this out and sometimes she doesn't see them raising their hands because there are 15-20 of them.
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Post by wildflower on Aug 31, 2020 16:52:42 GMT -6
My BIL is a teacher and had a kid in his class test positive today. Second week of school.
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addymac
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Post by addymac on Aug 31, 2020 16:53:24 GMT -6
My BIL is a teacher and had a kid in his class test positive today. Second week of school. Well fudge.
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Aug 31, 2020 16:55:09 GMT -6
She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. DD1 got in trouble today for drinking water during their live math class because she had asked them to stand up for something. I could tell she was having a bad day so I just let it go but if it becomes a thing I'll step in. It's unrealistic to not let kids have water during class. She also went on a big thing today about not just unmuting themselves and calling her name. Instead they must raise their hand and wait for her to see them. But they are also 5 yo and figuring this out and sometimes she doesn't see them raising their hands because there are 15-20 of them. There are 35 year olds who don't know Zoom etiquette. She needs to unclench.
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STP
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Post by STP on Aug 31, 2020 17:20:06 GMT -6
It takes a level of privileged obtuseness to not think that a lot of students may not live in homes with excess space, or have parents working from home, or younger siblings, or elderly relatives, or any MadLib combo of those situations.
I’m kind of at my wits end with the entitled blindness of wealthy people as it is right now. This shit is adding fuel to the fire.
Eta I’m sure she’s not wealthy. But it’s all part of the same bullshit mindset.
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Post by STP on Aug 31, 2020 17:20:33 GMT -6
My BIL is a teacher and had a kid in his class test positive today. Second week of school. I hope he is ok.
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Post by piratecat on Aug 31, 2020 17:25:21 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. ETA. I don’t know if it’s about distractions, but their bedrooms are the least distracting places in the house. No toys or fun stuff, just a bed, a desk and books. That’s obnoxious AF. like on its own, it’s annoying, but if it’s that, added in with a bunch of other little things, I’d be SO irritated. DS’s teacher sent out a list of things we need to send in to keep in his cubby the whole year and I’m so annoyed. She also strongly recommended Bogs rain/snow boots. Like, bitch I don’t spend $80 on a pair of shoes my 3yo will outgrow in less than a year. Come the fuck on. WTF who strongly recommends any specific and expensive name brand anything? Does she own stock in Bogs or something?
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gussie
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Post by gussie on Aug 31, 2020 17:29:07 GMT -6
DD1s teacher sent a note that said their “learning space” shouldn’t be in their bedrooms. Like what do you want from me? I have a husband that works in our office, a three year old running around and two remote school kids that need separate spaces. The basement has all their toys, and I can’t set up my dining room or kitchen with all the supplies they need. I’m already annoyed. There were a lot of other things she said that rubbed me the wrong way, so this should be fun. ETA. I don’t know if it’s about distractions, but their bedrooms are the least distracting places in the house. No toys or fun stuff, just a bed, a desk and books. That’s obnoxious AF. like on its own, it’s annoying, but if it’s that, added in with a bunch of other little things, I’d be SO irritated. DS’s teacher sent out a list of things we need to send in to keep in his cubby the whole year and I’m so annoyed. She also strongly recommended Bogs rain/snow boots. Like, bitch I don’t spend $80 on a pair of shoes my 3yo will outgrow in less than a year. Come the fuck on. Omg to recommending designer rain boots wtf
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gussie
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Post by gussie on Aug 31, 2020 17:29:40 GMT -6
She also said no drinking or eating during zoom calls. Eating I get but my kid can’t have a water? In her own house? This is first grade lets lighten up a bit. Is she 75? She sounds 75. . No she looks like she’s in her 30s! Hopefully I’m just reading her tone wrong.
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Tlex
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Post by Tlex on Aug 31, 2020 17:32:32 GMT -6
PSA do not buy Bogs for skinny children they will fly right off. Thank you and no I never got my $80 back.
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claudia
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Post by claudia on Aug 31, 2020 17:35:11 GMT -6
What is wrong with this woman? DS didn’t have her last year but he told me she was mean, I assumed he was exaggerating, but I guess not... I have stories that are probably better for a message than this message board. But.... yeah. DS1 had DS2 so scared he would get her by telling stories of the yelling he heard.
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STP
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Post by STP on Aug 31, 2020 17:36:52 GMT -6
Look, I make my kids get dressed, brush hair, make beds before school. I believe in that. For us.
But FFS at these mandates. They can have some gddamn water.
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McBenny
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Post by McBenny on Aug 31, 2020 17:39:16 GMT -6
For us, my kids have more than enough breaks where they don't need to eat or drink on camera.
My rules.
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gussie
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Post by gussie on Aug 31, 2020 17:56:50 GMT -6
Look, I make my kids get dressed, brush hair, make beds before school. I believe in that. For us. But FFS at these mandates. They can have some gddamn water. This is what we are doing too. Clean the space, get ourselves ready, fed and logged in on time. Hopefully the rest falls into place.
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