What Are You Doing Right Now

black3dynamite

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@penguinwrangler said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@penguinwrangler said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Schools close at the drop of a hat anymore. Too afraid of lawsuits.

Not around here.

In our highschool (that @Minion-Queen and I went to) we had a few students die because they didn't close the school when obviously they needed to and there was no safe way to get to school from even right across the street, even on foot... but they still kept not closing them.

I would rather them close at the drop of a hat than not at all when they should. Safety should come first.

I don't really understand why there are physical schools at all, for the most part. The entire idea is antiquated.

When both parents work, what other options are there? There are several countries that use physical schools and out pace some areas of the U.S.

If both parents work, very rarely does school solve anything. It doesn't cover enough hours for normal adults to have jobs. If school allowed both parents to work, then we'd have a clear daycare value to the system, but outside of really niche cases, I've never known anyone able to work because kids were in school.

It has to be a lot cheaper than paying for full day of daycare. And it depends on both parents jobs.

Not really, we pay for those teachers out of taxes. The cost of the corrupt school system, unnecessary funding of all kinds of crap... we are paying much more than daycare would be.

We would still be paying for teachers out of taxes even if the kids was attending or not. So we would be paying twice anyway.

For homeschooling, can kids still participate in school sports?

coliver

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

For homeschooling, can kids still participate in school sports?

Would you want them to? What value does school sports provide?

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@penguinwrangler said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@penguinwrangler said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Schools close at the drop of a hat anymore. Too afraid of lawsuits.

Not around here.

In our highschool (that @Minion-Queen and I went to) we had a few students die because they didn't close the school when obviously they needed to and there was no safe way to get to school from even right across the street, even on foot... but they still kept not closing them.

I would rather them close at the drop of a hat than not at all when they should. Safety should come first.

I don't really understand why there are physical schools at all, for the most part. The entire idea is antiquated.

When both parents work, what other options are there? There are several countries that use physical schools and out pace some areas of the U.S.

If both parents work, very rarely does school solve anything. It doesn't cover enough hours for normal adults to have jobs. If school allowed both parents to work, then we'd have a clear daycare value to the system, but outside of really niche cases, I've never known anyone able to work because kids were in school.

It has to be a lot cheaper than paying for full day of daycare. And it depends on both parents jobs.

Not really, we pay for those teachers out of taxes. The cost of the corrupt school system, unnecessary funding of all kinds of crap... we are paying much more than daycare would be.

We would still be paying for teachers out of taxes even if the kids was attending or not. So we would be paying twice anyway.

For homeschooling, can kids still participate in school sports?

Why? The subject was "why do we still have physical schools"? So if we eliminated them, why would we keep paying teachers. So not paying twice, paying only once and paying far less and getting what is needed instead of something taht still doesn't address the apparent problem of good daycare.

And where did homeschooling come into the picture? And why would you want school sports? None of that is related to the point that physically sitting in a classroom that doesn't cover enough hours for people to work isn't useful for kids.

scottalanmiller

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

For homeschooling, can kids still participate in school sports?

Would you want them to? What value does school sports provide?

Exactly. What's wrong with normal sports or just physical activities? Why are only school sports a concern?

My school as a kid didn't have sports anyway. They tried one year but cancelled it, I was too young to be involved so to me it never had any at all. So even having gone to a physical school, we didn't have school sports.

dbeato

Good morning to all

black3dynamite

@coliver @scottalanmiller

My concern was related to getting sports scholarships but I've found an article about sports scholarships for homeschooling students.
https://hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000217.asp

coliver

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver @scottalanmiller

My concern was related to getting sports scholarships but I've found an article about sports scholarships for homeschooling students.
https://hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000217.asp

I don't really understand the sports scholarship thing, a lot of school actually can't give scholarships for anything other then academics.

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver @scottalanmiller

My concern was related to getting sports scholarships but I've found an article about sports scholarships for homeschooling students.
https://hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000217.asp

Oh yes, in the US at least no issues there. But either way, if you eliminated physical schools, colleges would HAVE to adjust how they do things. Or else college sports would just stop.

scottalanmiller

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver @scottalanmiller

My concern was related to getting sports scholarships but I've found an article about sports scholarships for homeschooling students.
https://hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000217.asp

I don't really understand the sports scholarship thing, a lot of school actually can't give scholarships for anything other then academics.

Me either. To me, it's proof that colleges don't see themselves as existing for educational reasons.

scottalanmiller

Finally have my coffee.

hobbit666

On the hunt for a cheap SATA pci-express RAID card for a ESXi server

DustinB3403

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

On the hunt for a cheap SATA pci-express RAID card for a ESXi server

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dafyre

@penguinwrangler said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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Has been an easy day at work. I wish family would hurry up and get over this flu bug though. I've done good at dodging the bullet so far!

No one in my house has caught it (which is great) I usually get hit pretty hard once a year with something.

So far so good. Let's hope it stays this way.

Spoonful of sriracha every 3-4 hours will keep that junk at bay. Or alleviate the symptoms if you catch it.

I do two tablespoons of Organic Apple Cider Vinegar and one tablespoon of Lemon Juice freshly squeezed in a glass of water.