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Ha! RE: cash, I only checked my wallet last night and I still have the same $85 sitting in there that I had back in early March. When I was thinking I might need to hit an ATM at some point but was hopeful I could wait until after payday. :D
 
Larry Barnsworth said:
Ha! RE: cash, I only checked my wallet last night and I still have the same $85 sitting in there that I had back in early March. When I was thinking I might need to hit an ATM at some point but was hopeful I could wait until after payday. :D
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I contemplated withdrawing a large amount of cash to hide under my bed. No real reason though, had a few beers and thought it was gunna be like the Walking Dead
 
I found a brilliant little coffee roaster I would never have found if not for the lockdown.

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Obviously its horrible seeing people out of work, and dying from this diseases. But from my own personal perspective this virus has been nothing but a good thing for me:
- Empty classrooms and generally reduced workload (I'm a teacher)
- Continued steady income
- Cheaper fuel
- Cleaner environment, reduced emissions
- Less crowds
- Quieter streets
- Golf courses have stayed open
- I cant stand making small talk, so not having to go to certain outings and doing "forced" socialising has been great. Eg: seeing the in-laws, catching up with friends of the wife.
- Capitalism taking a major, much needed hit
- Trump being made to look even more like a complete moose, hopefully increasing his chances of not being re-elected.

Personal negatives:
- Golf courses have become very busy
- Mum being isolated inside for so long
- To me, the social media narcissism hasnt stopped. People are continually doing everything to big note themselves. Whether it be showing everyone their cringeworthy home workouts, their chalk artwork on footpaths, every single meal they are eating, or every glass of wine they are drinking. Also the amount of baby spam has become intolerable.
 
Dhoni Dakurri said:
- Empty classrooms and generally reduced workload (I'm a teacher)
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Going by my kids school teachers (primary), they upload work at 8.30am, they log on at 9am for a quick 10m-20m chat with their students, a chat at 2pm again for 10m and thats about it. They might reply to question from the kid within 2 hours if lucky. Reckon they watch a bit of netflix between 9am and 3pm.

And the specialist teachers (PE, Chinese, Art etc) - not sure what the **** they do. Upload work, no meetings with kids and dont answer questions (until my missus sent one a pretty damning email)
 
Dhoni Dakurri said:
Obviously its horrible seeing people out of work, and dying from this diseases. But from my own personal perspective this virus has been nothing but a good thing for me:
- Empty classrooms and generally reduced workload (I'm a teacher)
- Continued steady income
- Cheaper fuel
- Cleaner environment, reduced emissions
- Less crowds
- Quieter streets
- Golf courses have stayed open
- I cant stand making small talk, so not having to go to certain outings and doing "forced" socialising has been great. Eg: seeing the in-laws, catching up with friends of the wife.
- Capitalism taking a major, much needed hit
- Trump being made to look even more like a complete moose, hopefully increasing his chances of not being re-elected.

Personal negatives:
- Golf courses have become very busy
- Mum being isolated inside for so long
- To me, the social media narcissism hasnt stopped. People are continually doing everything to big note themselves. Whether it be showing everyone their cringeworthy home workouts, their chalk artwork on footpaths, every single meal they are eating, or every glass of wine they are drinking. Also the amount of baby spam has become intolerable.
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Great to get a view from a teacher. Are you preparing more or less or the same now?

golf courses closed here (vic)
 
FRUMPY said:
Going by my kids school teachers (primary), they upload work at 8.30am, they log on at 9am for a quick 10m-20m chat with their students, a chat at 2pm again for 10m and thats about it. They might reply to question from the kid within 2 hours if lucky. Reckon they watch a bit of netflix between 9am and 3pm.

And the specialist teachers (PE, Chinese, Art etc) - not sure what the fu** they do. Upload work, no meetings with kids and dont answer questions (until my missus sent one a pretty damning email)
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rioght about specialist teachers. i mean, ours arent even assessing work. Which is ok cause dont need to do it haha

the teacher of miss norf holds individual meetings with each kid every week. 25 kids, 5 a day. yeah.
 
peternorth said:
Great to get a view from a teacher. Are you preparing more or less or the same now?

golf courses closed here (vic)
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sammy newman needed to get up here before they closed the borders - he could have played golf all day every day
 
peternorth said:
rioght about specialist teachers. i mean, ours arent even assessing work. Which is ok cause dont need to do it haha

the teacher of miss norf holds individual meetings with each kid every week. 25 kids, 5 a day. yeah.
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Yeah my daughters teacher will request a meeting with the kid and even her mum if neeed. Happened once last week to make sure she was understanding it (but we knew she was a good teacher, our son has had her before). Sons teacher talks to them for 5-10mins a day as a class and explains nothing.
 

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FRUMPY said:
Going by my kids school teachers
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Most of them at my teenagers High School are obviously busy as they Microsoft Teams live video conferencing teach with the whole class (interactively with the students).
 
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FRUMPY said:
And the specialist teachers (PE, Chinese, Art etc)
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My teenager's High school (Government)

PE: Theory: Teacher teachers via Microsoft Teams using LiveVideo conferencing. Practical: Teacher attempts to ensure each student does exercise at home or outside (i.e bike ride) during this lesson

Art: Coach the kids with Google Classroom chat on how to use Photoshop and uses Google Classroom for pre-prepared videos/tutorials.

Language: Microsoft Teams LiveVideo conferencing (interactive with students)
 
BFew said:
Most of them at my teenagers High School are obviously busy as they Microsoft Teams live video teach with the whole class (interactively with the students).
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Yeah high school, we are grade 3 and 4. They get 20-30 mins contact over 2 sessions a day from their teacher (grade 3 kid gets maybe 10 mins). Then left to their own or us parents. I actually don't mind helping, it's interesting. Shits me when the teachers upload the wrong work or links don't work or the answers they say are in an article aren't. So we just google it.

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Caesar said:
How do you close a golf course? Take out the flags and hope people don’t show up?
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Don't need the flags to play golf.

Put cement in the holes maybe more effective.*

*Kids, adults and inbetweenies, please don't do this.
 
BFew said:
My teenager's High school (Government)

PE: Theory: Teacher teachers via Microsoft Teams using LiveVideo conferencing. Practical: Teacher attempts to ensure each student does exercise at home or outside (i.e bike ride) during this lesson

Art: Coach the kids with Google Classroom chat on how to use Photoshop and uses Google Classroom for pre-prepared videos/tutorials.

Language: Microsoft Teams LiveVideo conferencing (interactive with students)
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They were better this week. Had YouTube uploads of skills to complete (PE), reading (Chinese) etc.

As I told the missus who was getting really frustrated, it's as frustrating for the school as anyone. They didn't ask for this and are doing their best and adjusting from feedback

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FRUMPY said:
They were better this week. Had YouTube uploads of skills to complete (PE), reading (Chinese) etc.

As I told the missus who was getting really frustrated, it's as frustrating for the school as anyone. They didn't ask for this and are doing their best and adjusting from feedback

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Schools and teachers were doing this on the fly and it's not really in their wheelhouse, while trying to continue normal onsite teaching. And then all this work looks like it will be quickly binned as everyone sends their kids back (at least here in SA). I feel sorry for the teachers.

Per a parent survey at the end of last term, 50% were expecting to send their kids to school at the start or term. By the 2nd day that was 75%.
 
peternorth said:
Great to get a view from a teacher. Are you preparing more or less or the same now?

golf courses closed here (vic)
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I'm in WA, so bear in mind most kids are back now as of the start of term 2 yesterday. So it's pretty much back to business as usual.

The last two weeks of term 1 we didn't have to do any teaching to kids in classrooms. Numbers were almost nil. This time was spent preparing online lessons for the second last week of term 1 and the first 3 weeks or so of term 2. With no class and behaviour management to worry about, this was very stress free and relaxing work. It felt like doing an office job, and it was actually beneficial and enjoyable learning how to utilise online mediums to deliver lessons - such as video conferencing and making tutoring videos. Its made us more effective educators.

In the middle of the holidays, the Premier announced kids can return at the start of term 2 or stay at home, and teachers lost their collective minds, as teachers do, whinging about the health risks and having to cater for those at home and at school, complaining that all their hard work has gone to waste.

I have a perspective on things that I know completely differs from the overwhelming majority (the union surveyed teachers and released the results on their views). My opinion is that we are lucky to have a job. While many are out of work, or have had pay and hours cut, we are still on full pay. And in WA we get paid relatively well. Also, there are others on the frontline in arguably more dangerous work environments - such as retail and health care. Many of these people have to work, or dont get paid - they are casual workers. Again - our pay has never been threatened.

Now that kids are back the transition has been smooth and easy. For the kids at school we get them to do the online lessons we have prepared already on their devices and in computer labs. There is no expectation to run video conferencing for the few left at home as we simply don't have time. There is classroom management to deal with, and communication with parents and students at home - but again, that's our job. That's what we are paid to do! But say this to your average teacher and they will have a stroke.
 
Clean air in Europe during lockdown ‘leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’
The improvement in air quality over the past month of the coronavirus lockdown has led to 11,000 fewer deaths from pollution in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, a study has revealed.
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Clean air in Europe during lockdown ‘leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’

Study into effects of coronavirus curbs also finds less asthma and preterm births
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