The 40+ hours of homework is Mal sitting down and (mostly) diligently working through it. It's just a lot. Virginia is an SOL/teach-to-the-test state and they have to get through a set amount of curriculum in the year...but of course you can't cover as much in an hour online as you can in an hour in person, so the teachers moved the rest to homework (not having any real choice, because [see previous rant about lack of system support]).
Around the end of the first quarter every teacher, prinicpal, school board member, and the superintendent was getting flooded with complaints, so they have ratcheted it down, for the most part, but it's still a lot.
On a related topic, I continue to conduct ethnographic interviews with everyone involved in public education to try and figure out where the biggest-impact changes are. I've learned that 75% of the teachers at our local high school do not live in the area, because they can't afford it. 50% of them don't live in Northern VA, but in rural VA, West Virginia, or Maryland. One of them lives in Delaware.
This is part of why they want online school to continue, and I totally get it. It's also another sign of how the system is broken.
Oh, Teppy! Sending lots of ~ma for minimal symptoms, quick recovery for Tim, and negative results for you.
My sister can get into my phone but beyond that I need to do better on this. My dad has a sheet with dozens of passwords recorded, and he had me added directly to his checking and savings accounts last year.
I definitely need to get my passwords written down somewhere my mother can find them in case of emergency.. Luckily, I know all of hers already.
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, Steph. Hope Tim's case is mild.
Did not sleep well last night. Woke up several times for no reason(either that, or I dreamed I woke up a lot and looked at the clock, in which case-what the hell, brain?). Also Mr. S has been whiny a lot today, and has had a few meltdowns. sigh...
Can I just note how crazy viruses are? My uncle ended up in the hospital last week with Influenza B, and I don't know how the hell he caught it, not doing anything, and I really don't know how his wife and son didn't also get it!
Speaking from experience, make sure that you're STILL on your parent's accounts. My mom moved her accounts to a different branch of her bank and in the process I was dropped from her accounts. Had to get the lawyer involved to get access to her safe deposit box to get at an official copy of her will. Which took more time and yet another trip home at a time I was already stressed out.
Lots of health~ma to Tim and Steph and Hil's aunt and uncle and frankly, everyone.
My husband and kids all know my usual passwords and how to get into my computer which has all my lists. They can all get into my phone too, although they usually hold it out for me to fingerprint open it because they are lazy.
Vaccines here are mostly being distributed by Publix, most likely because of corruption and favoritism from DeSantis. I go nowhere, except to the grocery pickup spots and my SIL's to get my nails done. Not an essential worker by any stretch of imagination. I'll just wait until I make it to the top of the county queue that I signed up for weeks ago. Who knows, maybe it will be after the one dose variety is available.
There have been a lot more cases at his work, where those assholes don't wear masks regularly (although Tim always does).
That is infuriating. I hope Tim recovers easily and that you managed to escape infection, Tep.
I mean, that's how I got Covid (with bonus hyponatremia and seizures) too. So I've already got the furious on tap. Thanks, non-Soldier coworker! I hope your unmaskedness was worth it.
