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OldKingCole

tlg86 said:

Having spent weeks complaining about schools going back, teachers on the BBC are now complaining about schools not going back.

Too many teachers descended from farmers, who almost always complain about the weather, no matter what it is?

ydoethur

tlg86 said:

Having spent weeks complaining about schools going back, teachers on the BBC are now complaining about schools not going back.

I have been complaining for weeks about (a) the decision to shut schools without warning or consultations and move to a daft and unworkable exam system without asking OFQUAL (for all their uselessness) what would work and (b) the decision to reopen schools under impossible health and safety measures which means they cannot function effectively and online learning is severely disrupted.

I don’t see a contradiction between the two, if I’m honest.

tlg86

ydoethur said:

tlg86 said:

Having spent weeks complaining about schools going back, teachers on the BBC are now complaining about schools not going back.

I have been complaining for weeks about (a) the decision to shut schools without warning or consultations and move to a daft and unworkable exam system without asking OFQUAL (for all their uselessness) what would work and (b) the decision to reopen schools under impossible health and safety measures which means they cannot function effectively and online learning is severely disrupted.

I don’t see a contradiction between the two, if I’m honest.

Those arguments are far too nuanced! The complaints that I've heard are firstly "it's not safe, even with health and safety measures" and this morning "it's terrible for children".

I know the media has to play devil's advocate to a certain extent, but on COVID-19 they have looked thoroughly ridiculous.

noneoftheabove

tlg86 said:

ydoethur said:

tlg86 said:

Having spent weeks complaining about schools going back, teachers on the BBC are now complaining about schools not going back.

I have been complaining for weeks about (a) the decision to shut schools without warning or consultations and move to a daft and unworkable exam system without asking OFQUAL (for all their uselessness) what would work and (b) the decision to reopen schools under impossible health and safety measures which means they cannot function effectively and online learning is severely disrupted.

I don’t see a contradiction between the two, if I’m honest.

Those arguments are far too nuanced! The complaints that I've heard are firstly "it's not safe, even with health and safety measures" and this morning "it's terrible for children".

I know the media has to play devil's advocate to a certain extent, but on COVID-19 they have looked thoroughly ridiculous.

Teachers are going to consist of people from lockdown sceptics to lockdown lovers. It is hardly surprising that both views exist in a sample of half a million teachers given both views are well represented in the few hundred or thousand or posters on here.

OnlyLivingBoy

That 49% of Leave voters who think that statues of slavers should grace the streets of 21st century Britain is... Interesting. Definitely. Not. Racists.

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Fysics_Teacher

dixiedean said:

isam said:

https://twitter.com/contelnews/status/1269696019664683016?s=21

Except it wasn't. Most Egyptologists recognise now it was built by professional, skilled labour.
Stuff built by slavery tends not to last very long. See secret Nazi wonder weapons and the Confederacy.

A picture of the Colosseum would have worked better.

Fysics_Teacher

OldKingCole said:

tlg86 said:

Having spent weeks complaining about schools going back, teachers on the BBC are now complaining about schools not going back.

Too many teachers descended from farmers, who almost always complain about the weather, no matter what it is?

How did you know my father was a farmer?