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I had a parent teacher conference for A.
I will just note that I have noticed behaviorally, I have a sliding scale for how much I groom for zoom (<— see what I did there?). Currently, I am in the process of arranging shipping for an antique china cabinet (oak. mission. Duh. I mean, do you even know me) from Pennsylvania, because I realized that when the iPad is correctly positioned for ideal background, some shelving is visible — and the shelving is crap. So, I am now a couple days of shopping related activity and a little over a thousand dollars into _that_ and still working on shipping details. But I did not even deploy the iPad stand for this zoom meeting. (Yes, it arrived. Yes, it is fine.) Nor did I put on makeup. In fact, I did not even put on a *deleted*. (<— sssshhhh do not tell anyone!). There are Reasons we all like pointing that camera angled up a bit.
And I called the grooming level for this zoom perfectly! The other party’s hair was not even combed. *high fives all around* *virtually of course*
We had a lovely conversation, and I will be so sad that she will not be A.’s teacher any more, just like last year, with her previous teacher.
Anyway.
Teacher is wildly in agreement with me that they should be doing Khan Academy for math (altho she did NOT sympathize with my desire to have the math specialist fired. The math specialist is apparently a nice person! I do not give a fuck! She is Bad At Her Job! I mean. Really! I have done a lot of math over the years. I have never had as many ragers at math assignments as I have this year. I developed a new rule, called, google the riddle answer, just for this year’s math assignments. We openly turn in criticisms of the ambiguous wording of the puzzle, rather than actually figure it out.). I also put in a vote for office hours, which apparently is another obvious thing to do which got staked on the altar of Equity. *eye roll* Yes, because what people who suffer from having a worse life definitely want is for everyone else to also have a bad life. That is for sure a satisfactory outcome all around.
Where was I?
Oh, yeah, right. So we had some very in passing — because I just cannot even — convo on the topic of fall. A. is doing great, so no worries, and I laughed when I heard they were going to delay her evals until December, when she will have acclimated to the return to school. It is to laugh! (Also, It is not yet 5 pm, and I already want another drink. *sigh* I had a couple broker calls recently, and apparently, I talk about cocktails with my brokers. I do not even bring this topic up. And then I am reminded of Averna. Ahhhhhh, Averna.)
Then, after serving A., and then myself, dinner, I browsed a bit online and saw a link to this:
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/03/868507524/israel-orders-schools-to-close-when-covid-19-cases-are-discovered
Basically, Israel opened up schools in May (different part of the globe, different school calendar). And it went okay. OK, no, it fucking did not go okay.
“Two weeks after Israel fully reopened schools, a COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through classrooms — including at least 130 cases at a single school — has led officials to close dozens of schools where students and staff were infected. A new policy orders any school where a virus case emerges to close.”
In person school ain’t happening in the fall, my beloved readers. It is not. But if it DOES happen, think about keeping your kiddos home. I feel perfectly fine about going to a theme park. I do not wear a mask when I walk around the block with my friend _who I do not live with_. But the idea of putting my kids back in school makes the hair on the back of my neck rise, and while I was sort of prepared to play along, this pretty much nails that coffin shut.
No one who understands the phrase “contagious disease that we cannot treat and that causes severe illness and death unpredictably” could ever conclude that it was a good idea to put over two dozen people in a small room together for 5 or 6 hours at a shot.
I mean, duh.
I will just note that I have noticed behaviorally, I have a sliding scale for how much I groom for zoom (<— see what I did there?). Currently, I am in the process of arranging shipping for an antique china cabinet (oak. mission. Duh. I mean, do you even know me) from Pennsylvania, because I realized that when the iPad is correctly positioned for ideal background, some shelving is visible — and the shelving is crap. So, I am now a couple days of shopping related activity and a little over a thousand dollars into _that_ and still working on shipping details. But I did not even deploy the iPad stand for this zoom meeting. (Yes, it arrived. Yes, it is fine.) Nor did I put on makeup. In fact, I did not even put on a *deleted*. (<— sssshhhh do not tell anyone!). There are Reasons we all like pointing that camera angled up a bit.
And I called the grooming level for this zoom perfectly! The other party’s hair was not even combed. *high fives all around* *virtually of course*
We had a lovely conversation, and I will be so sad that she will not be A.’s teacher any more, just like last year, with her previous teacher.
Anyway.
Teacher is wildly in agreement with me that they should be doing Khan Academy for math (altho she did NOT sympathize with my desire to have the math specialist fired. The math specialist is apparently a nice person! I do not give a fuck! She is Bad At Her Job! I mean. Really! I have done a lot of math over the years. I have never had as many ragers at math assignments as I have this year. I developed a new rule, called, google the riddle answer, just for this year’s math assignments. We openly turn in criticisms of the ambiguous wording of the puzzle, rather than actually figure it out.). I also put in a vote for office hours, which apparently is another obvious thing to do which got staked on the altar of Equity. *eye roll* Yes, because what people who suffer from having a worse life definitely want is for everyone else to also have a bad life. That is for sure a satisfactory outcome all around.
Where was I?
Oh, yeah, right. So we had some very in passing — because I just cannot even — convo on the topic of fall. A. is doing great, so no worries, and I laughed when I heard they were going to delay her evals until December, when she will have acclimated to the return to school. It is to laugh! (Also, It is not yet 5 pm, and I already want another drink. *sigh* I had a couple broker calls recently, and apparently, I talk about cocktails with my brokers. I do not even bring this topic up. And then I am reminded of Averna. Ahhhhhh, Averna.)
Then, after serving A., and then myself, dinner, I browsed a bit online and saw a link to this:
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/03/868507524/israel-orders-schools-to-close-when-covid-19-cases-are-discovered
Basically, Israel opened up schools in May (different part of the globe, different school calendar). And it went okay. OK, no, it fucking did not go okay.
“Two weeks after Israel fully reopened schools, a COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through classrooms — including at least 130 cases at a single school — has led officials to close dozens of schools where students and staff were infected. A new policy orders any school where a virus case emerges to close.”
In person school ain’t happening in the fall, my beloved readers. It is not. But if it DOES happen, think about keeping your kiddos home. I feel perfectly fine about going to a theme park. I do not wear a mask when I walk around the block with my friend _who I do not live with_. But the idea of putting my kids back in school makes the hair on the back of my neck rise, and while I was sort of prepared to play along, this pretty much nails that coffin shut.
No one who understands the phrase “contagious disease that we cannot treat and that causes severe illness and death unpredictably” could ever conclude that it was a good idea to put over two dozen people in a small room together for 5 or 6 hours at a shot.
I mean, duh.