Gene Frenkle Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 How many of you saying we should open the schools actually have school-aged children? Just curious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Gene Frenkle said: How many of you saying we should open the schools actually have school-aged children? Just curious. i got two in college, i guess technically a bit higher risk than high school kids, and a zillion times more than grade school kids.. and am absolutely furious they may not have in person instruction this fall. I would send them tomorrow if in person instruction was happening 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: i got two in college, i guess technically a bit higher risk than high school kids, and a zillion times more than grade school kids.. and am absolutely furious they may not have in person instruction this fall. I would send them tomorrow if in person instruction was happening Yeah, I have one in high school and one in middle school. I'm undecided on this, but I'd prefer they err on the side of caution. I'd also like for this to not be politicized like masks and various drugs, but it seems like we're too late for that. The sensationalism is amplified by the fact that this is occurring in an election year. My personal take is, I think, if you don't have any skin in the game, stay out of the debate. The states, teachers and parents should decide if and when. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Magox said: ?? Usually teachers as a whole are admirable but they have been embarrassingly bad with what is going on. I hope that the teachers step up, trust the data and science and do what is right for their students. Because right now, they are failing them. LA teachers will go back to work if those in charge meet their demands, which have nothing to do with safety but everything to do with their politics. Sooner or later they'll tell you what the real issues are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chef Jim Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said: You're sitting here without kids of your own in a profession where you likely never even see kids complaining that all kids better get back to school full time while doing nothing at all productive in relation to those kids or your goal of getting kids fully back into class. Holy run on sentence Batman! I hope you don’t teach English. 1 hour ago, Gene Frenkle said: How many of you saying we should open the schools actually have school-aged children? Just curious. I don’t. Point? 8 hours ago, Magox said: This is only like at least the 10th different study that shows that the Virus either doesn't spread among children or at a much lesser rate. Think of the children!! Wait....what?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtownBillsFan Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 16 hours ago, GOBUFFALO716 said: Tuna And Jell-O Pie There are certain things that just are not supposed to be together, and the tuna-gelatin combination here is one of these unholy pairings. This gnarly pie somehow won a Betty Crocker cooking contest in 1956, and features a pie base that is basically lemon jello mixed with tomato sauce, vinegar, onion, celery, and spices. To ensure that you get sick after your meal, the recipe calls for a healthy dollop of tuna on top. Writers of the 1965 version of Betty Crocker's Dinner in A Dish called it, "pretty as can be." Yeah, no. This thing looks unnatural and would probably make aliens afraid of us. FYI - mix the above, minus tuna, plus minced shrimp, and you have 'shrimp-dip' (okay, maybe without the lemon of the gelatin, but it requires gelatin to 'set-up'). I know it doesn't sound good, but I promise promise, it's freaking out of this world good, and is a requirement for every party my wife and I attend (I don't know if we suck so bad that we have to bring the treat to get admittance to said parties, but it doesn't hurt, and is what keeps getting us invited!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Gene Frenkle said: Yeah, I have one in high school and one in middle school. I'm undecided on this, but I'd prefer they err on the side of caution. I'd also like for this to not be politicized like masks and various drugs, but it seems like we're too late for that. The sensationalism is amplified by the fact that this is occurring in an election year. My personal take is, I think, if you don't have any skin in the game, stay out of the debate. The states, teachers and parents should decide if and when. Everyone who pays taxes is a stake holder. Free me of the tax burden, and my position is irrelevant to that issue. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtownBillsFan Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said: Everyone who pays taxes is a stake holder. Free me of the tax burden, and my position is irrelevant to that issue. My GOD, THANK YOU for saying this. If you don't want my input, then stop taxing me to educate your flesh-turds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, TtownBillsFan said: My GOD, THANK YOU for saying this. If you don't want my input, then stop taxing me to educate your flesh-turds! My issue is with the audacity to state education is a public interest, and to threaten to lock me in a cage for not contributing against my will; and then to tell me that I’m not a stake holder. I think “flesh-turds” is malicious, and unnecessary; and counterproductive to the conversation. Please consider this position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Annnnnnnnnd @Chef Jim realizes one of 2 things: 1) He's lost an argument 2) He's been discovered trolling I'm going to assume the best of him and believe it's #1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Gene Frenkle said: How many of you saying we should open the schools actually have school-aged children? Just curious. I have an 11 year old and another that is 4 that will be attending her first year of school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtownBillsFan Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 hour ago, TakeYouToTasker said: My issue is with the audacity to state education is a public interest, and to threaten to lock me in a cage for not contributing against my will; and then to tell me that I’m not a stake holder. I think “flesh-turds” is malicious, and unnecessary; and counterproductive to the conversation. Please consider this position. Eh, I get your point, but we chose not to have any, and still have to pay, as if we did. I don't have to be kind about it. I pay the same, regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 You'll want to read the whole thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Shocker Roughly half of the Twitter accounts pushing to 'reopen America' are bots, researchers found 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Chef Jim said: Holy run on sentence Batman! I hope you don’t teach English. I don’t. Point? Think of the children!! Wait....what?? Not the children, MY children. 6 hours ago, TakeYouToTasker said: Everyone who pays taxes is a stake holder. Free me of the tax burden, and my position is irrelevant to that issue. Someone else paid that burden when you went to school, whether you went to public school or not. Now you're paying it back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 As a parent, the last thing I want to do is listen to a bunch of old, cranky, cynical ***** tell them what's "safe" for my kids. The are other topics more appropo for your demographic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Gene Frenkle said: Not the children, MY children. So changing the question? No I don’t have YOUR children. ? Point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Just now, Chef Jim said: So changing the question? No I don’t have YOUR children. ? Point? I'll repeat: As a parent, the last thing I want to do is listen to a bunch of old, cranky, cynical ***** tell them what's "safe" for my kids. The are other topics more appropo for your demographic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Gene Frenkle said: I'll repeat: As a parent, the last thing I want to do is listen to a bunch of old, cranky, cynical ***** tell them what's "safe" for my kids. The are other topics more appropo for your demographic. I appreciate someone wanting an option for their children- which is something that has been offered in FL for at least 10 years regardless of pandemic. My issue is when emotional people think their emotion should Trump my logic. I though must state the conversation here is far superior to the teacher groups in Orange County on Facebook, since even those I disagree want school back in session overall. A history teacher I am friends with, who has visited Auschwitz, actually was discussing this in relation to the Nuremberg trials, many other teachers agreed. I am proud to be a teacher but this kind of crap from them is embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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