Detournement Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 minute ago, madwullie said: A lot of research shows the attainment gap starts around about primary one, and just widens as time goes on iirc The biggest predictor of educational achievement is the education of your parents. You are no doubt right about primary one but I was meaning more about the differences between pupils doing highers and achieving their best possible results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Wee Bully said: Thank God you’re here to debunk all these crazy scientists. I honestly think you are missing your vocation. You should at least be on SAGE, if not Head of the WHO! Why as a society are we spending time and money training these people when it is all so obvious? Money down the drain I say! 1 hour ago, Angusfifer said: He quite clearly gets a kick out of flying in the face of scientific advice, as his views on climate change demonstrate. Personally I think he's a bit of an attention seeker It's probably not the best idea tbh to blindly white-knight for the importance of opinion-forming elites on the day that the UK's entire 'led by The Science' approach has been proven to have driven the country into a massive fucking wall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Detournement said: The biggest predictor of educational achievement is the education of your parents. You are no doubt right about primary one but I was meaning more about the differences between pupils doing highers and achieving their best possible results. Crazy that it's estimated by P1 the gap is already a year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladimirMooc Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, virginton said: It's probably not the best idea tbh to blindly white-knight for the importance of opinion-forming elites on the day that the UK's entire 'led by The Science' approach has been proven to have driven the country into a massive fucking wall. Agreed. Better idea to follow the advice of a few VLs on a Scottish football forum. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: WHo said this? No, Who's on first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, VladimirMooc said: Agreed. Better idea to follow the advice of a few VLs on a Scottish football forum. The UK government could have followed a chimp throwing its own shite at a spinning wheel of response measures and not ended up with a 20% plunge in the economy, a crushing economic depression on the cards and nearly 50k dead anyway. Edited August 12, 2020 by vikingTON 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 23 minutes ago, Musketeer Gripweed said: No, Who's on first. Probably Horton. He likes Whos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 First day back at work (as in teaching), in some ways it was just back to normal, in others different. Kids wouldn't have thought it in March but they were clearly delighted to be back in. The hardest thing was trying to keep the 2 m distance as it's instinct to wander around a classroom constantly. All sorts of precautions; one-way systems, different entrance points for different year groups. A fortnightly electrostatic cleaning thing that apparently lies on surfaces for a month. The kids needs to wipe their desk and chair at the start of the period (~£30k spent on wipes to take us to Christmas) before washing/sanitising hands. Wipes for every bit of equipment they use. Not allowed to do practical until next week, or extra-curricular until September. At the end of the day it's 2000 people in a building though, not sure how it'll go if someone does get it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) I can't be the only one who thinks spending £30k on 4 months worth of wipes is a bit of a waste of money, considering the pupils have no requirement to social distance outwith the classroom (and then immediately wash their hands anyway). It's a thing for the sake of being seen to be doing a thing. There are surely far better things that schools can spend £30k a term on. Edited August 12, 2020 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Detournement said: Anything that negates the use of private tutors will reduce the attainment gap. Well relying on coursework certainly won't achieve that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 32 minutes ago, David W said: First day back at work (as in teaching), in some ways it was just back to normal, in others different. Kids wouldn't have thought it in March but they were clearly delighted to be back in. The hardest thing was trying to keep the 2 m distance as it's instinct to wander around a classroom constantly. All sorts of precautions; one-way systems, different entrance points for different year groups. A fortnightly electrostatic cleaning thing that apparently lies on surfaces for a month. The kids needs to wipe their desk and chair at the start of the period (~£30k spent on wipes to take us to Christmas) before washing/sanitising hands. Wipes for every bit of equipment they use. Not allowed to do practical until next week, or extra-curricular until September. At the end of the day it's 2000 people in a building though, not sure how it'll go if someone does get it. That electrostatic cleaning thing sounds like snake-oil. I presume the same buyer has fallen for some other bullshit to justify over paying for wipes too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 25 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: I can't be the only one who thinks spending £30k on 4 months worth of wipes is a bit of a waste of money, considering the pupils have no requirement to social distance outwith the classroom (and then immediately wash their hands anyway). It's a thing for the sake of being seen to be doing a thing. There are surely far better things that schools can spend £30k a term on. Are they not just trying to keep classes as clean as possible to try and limit the spread if there is someone infected there? You can't seriously say that wiping down desks will have no effect other than "it's good PR"? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford prefect Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 No, Who's on first.What? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainspotter Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Musketeer Gripweed said: No, Who's on first. I don't know 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 36 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Are they not just trying to keep classes as clean as possible to try and limit the spread if there is someone infected there? You can't seriously say that wiping down desks will have no effect other than "it's good PR"? Unless they plan on also wiping down every chair, wall, door and handrail immediately after anyone touches them too then it's a PR exercise. Sanitise your hands when you enter the classroom, don't bite your nails during a lesson, and don't lick the desks. £30k saved. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Detournement Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The media going from we need to end vaccine scepticism to we need to end NATO produced vaccine scepticism overnight is impressive contortion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford prefect Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I don't knowNo he's on third 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The headlines are all about the reduction in GDP but I've had a long held suspicion confirmed. Almost a third of workers were furloughed but we only lost 20% of GDP. Millions of private sector jobs in this country are absolutely pointless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 59 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Are they not just trying to keep classes as clean as possible to try and limit the spread if there is someone infected there? You can't seriously say that wiping down desks will have no effect other than "it's good PR"? In his head, he probably can 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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