No Way to Grow Up

Post by refurb » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 2:55 AM UTC

crawfordcomeaux wrote: post #253

ianbicking wrote: post #239

I'd love to see an emotionless cost-benefit analysis of different approaches to handling schools in the pandemic. I suspect the cost of closed schools far exceeds what we intuitively think, since it's not just the educational loss now, it's the cost of future mitigations due to the problems we're causing, and a large cost of lost productivity by parents. How many person-hours of lost productivity is there for each da…

First, let's learn to account for emotional, mental, spiritual costs. Then we can talk about the productivity hit.

Post by carlivar » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 2:56 AM UTC

ilteris wrote: post #367

I don't give a shit what the article says or specifically points to but I can tell you this much. I am a dad of a 6 year old. My kid goes to public school in NYC and last year was bad... They did a test at the beginning of this year before the start of the first grade and her results were awful. This is an unprecedented event and everyone is clueless including in education. I don't make a big deal about the test resu…

Post by supernovae » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 3:02 AM UTC

Drunk_Engineer wrote: post #360

another_story wrote: post #304

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Left leaning politicians were pushed by teachers unions whose job is to advocate for the safety of the teachers.

Left leaning politicians also send their kids to private schools which did not shut down.

Post by diputsmonro » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 3:03 AM UTC

lucaspm98 wrote: post #415

honkycat wrote: post #399

And what is going to happen? Pass a bill to provide additional support to schools? Hell, Anything? No. Nothing is ever done. Nothing ever happens except decay. The United States is spinning down its governmental duties. The pendulum will swing right again, and that will be the death blow. They will continue to gut public and infrastructure programs. All 3 branches will finally truly be a jobs program for the upper cl…

That is a highly political, opinionated, and pessimistic take. You can just as easily say that the "pendulum swing" hard left has been causing our current issues, and that at least a balancing out could be a natural and needed correction.

Post by chasd00 » Wed, Jan 05, 2022, 3:10 AM UTC

vlotgx wrote: post #236

wayoutthere wrote: post #28

Aaaaand there’s the consensus manufacturing the NYT is famous for.

I think so, too. Reversal of policies at the start of the new year! Expect more of these articles and a slow move to a Sweden approach this year. Of course the NYT omits that schools were open in several states, but that would be too much reality in a single dose.