Yes Thats for sure. And its not just he district but the income level of the family too. Especially so for younger kids
A few weeks into it, the Spokane their newspaper showed the % kids at each elementary school who had ever logged into the learning portal for the Spokane district. In the more affluent areas it was 90% attending. In the poorer neighborhoods it was down as low as 40%. Very clear pattern, poorer kids weren’t learning at the same rate as well off ones.
Yes I’d agree again.
Our elementary school boys had a very hard time of it.
Younger kids need a lot more help with the classwork and technology. They really work better focusing on learning in a class with the teacher attention and in a group with the peer pressure/role modeling of the other kids.
Teens are more independent and generally pretty technology adept and were probably showing their parents how to use Zoom more than the other way around.
On the topic of who’s getting the virus these days, this thread had lots of different places’ age distributions - scan down the posts for the nice charts. The groups are much younger than earlier in the pandemic.
A small celebration, and lots of smiles, here this morning as it appears I hit a home run with my second order for pandemic oranges. It was a combination of WX savvy and just plain luck that did it:
Yesterday morning I took notice of the cold front crossing Indiana, which is shipping point for the Staples pandemic oranges, and I was inspired to place my second order on that basis. Did so early and Staples came through! They shipped right into that cold front, my oranges have already left Columbus, and they will be here tomorrow . . . all under the auspices of that wonderful cold. I want to thank Staples for their quick shipment. . . . . and Canada for the cold.
It is so difficult in summer to have this kind of good fortune. It’s also difficult in a pandemic to walk into a grocery store to buy oranges while feeling safe. Sure hope this second order is of the same high quality as was my first. With produce you never know.
Now if only I could find some carrots and radishes.
As an immigrant borne in a poor, developing country, I completely agree with this statement. If you believe you were dealt a losing hand and decide to make no effort, then that will indeed be your lot in life. The USA affords all sorts of opportunities for its hard working citizens (and immigrants) to improve their situation.
That’s the whole basis of “white privilege”. I’ve watched the “educational videos” and “lessons”, and concluded that there really is no privilege (at least not like they think), but there clearly are advantages - advantages my parent chose to provide me with, and any parent today can choose to provide their children regardless of race. If you feel disadvantaged because you are from a single parent household, there’s exactly 2 people you can point a finger at for that - and it’s not “white people”.
Each individual does not set macroeconomic factors and events. It’s absurd to say each of the people affected are personally responsible for the great recession (nevermind that there is actually a directly responsible contingent for that) or for covid-19.
Yes, everyone has (some) personal control of their own situation. And they usually have at least some control of their own outcomes.
Some of your wins over fruit & vegs delivered through mail is fantastic… As a Californian that has lived in the land of fruits & vegetables all my life, find this very funny. These items grow in my own back yard.
I failed in the above to mention the Staples apples come highly recommended. Apparently they provide a separate shipping compartment for each individual apple. I have not bought the Staples apples; have no need yet as I have my own. But in future I might try 'em.
And of course the Staples bananas worked out for me, as well, even though there was a bit of damage. Still have a good supply of bananas from initial shipment so not buying more at this time.
I just don’t understand the mail ordering of produce. Don’t you lose on freshness and price?
Every grocery store around has tons of all these items ready for curbside pickup. Plus for seasonal stuff, you can just go to a local farm and pick your own for even cheaper than in stores. Why mail order it? Or is there regional shortages in some parts of the country?
Of course they aren’t personally responsible. But there are lessons to be learned and passed down to the next generation, rather than just crying about being screwed by the past and expecting others to help make up the difference.
Plus on the positive side for Millenials, COVID is doing a number on boomers and some older Gen X so that means more job openings and less entitlements to pay. So there may be a silver lining after all.
That seems to ignore or deny the impact of racism.
And no we can’t trace all the problems of people back to broken homes or ‘fatherlessness’ as some would like.
Also I think people make too much of the word ‘privilege’ (I did when I first heard it) It is basically just an ‘advantage’. Its no ‘golden ticket’ to success or automatic first class seat.
Just wanted to add that I also do agree with that too.
He knows he has other options, but chooses to partake in this experiment. More power to him; I wouldn’t choose to do do, but it’s interesting to see the results.
Agreed. Price is high but freshness has been quite good.
I don’t have any grocery stores “around”.
Our farms do not raise or produce oranges. Oranges require a warm climate to grow.
Playing ultra safe on the virus. I have multiple comorbidities.
It’s my life and my opinion. In my opinion, even if I knew in ADVANCE I would not perish, I still would avoid contracting this virus at all costs at this time. Every instinct I have tells me it would be a really bad idea to do so . . . and could after all even be fatal!
ETA
Just to clarify, I see two separate negatives with the virus. First there is the risk of an extended illness, amidst a lot of unpleasant days spent feeling like you would rather die. This outcome alone I feel is well worth avoiding at all costs. I detest being ill. I’ve not been ill since 2003, and have not needed to see a doctor on account of illness since roughly 1993. I work hard to remain well, and I have no regrets over having followed this course for many years.
Second, there is the separate risk of death. Do I need to defend wanting to avoid that at all costs? I don’t think so.
I italicized the words “at this time” because, frankly, I’ve been disappointed so far with the inability of “modern science” to come up with a decent therapeutic for the virus. There is little choice but to follow the present course, not lose hope, and await developments in this arena. But at the rate things are going, it appears we might have a vaccine for the virus before an effective therapeutic emerges.
If they did come up with an effective therapeutic, I would reconsider my present course, since death would be either off the table, or at least a lot less likely.
