<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> online learning just doesn't work for</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">some, but does for others, and works better than normal for a few. OK than,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">most here would agree on that observation. So... what happens next? s</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">pike</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">I don't know the answer but it should be easy to determine for someone motivated to do it - that is, not me. Find out what happens when you separate the best students from the rest in past studies (meaning real classrooms full of people). I have no guess.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Who is it that is doing better than normal with distance learning? If it is the top students - my guess - then let them study from home as long as it doesn't hurt the other 80% (90%?; 95%?) of the students.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">This will be a problem with the younger students if both parents work outside the home. bill w</font></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:16 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
....> On Behalf Of Anton Sherwood via extropy-chat<br>
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Subject: Re: [ExI] How to watch Perseverance Mars landing on Thursday 18 Feb<br>
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On 2021-2-17 07:23, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
>> The school board arranged for the winter break to be during this landing<br>
attempt.<br>
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>...An uncommonly short break, then. :P<br>
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*\\* Anton Sherwood *\\* <a href="http://www.bendwavy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bendwavy.org</a><br>
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School's out for the week.<br>
<br>
Just kidding of course. School has been out for nearly a year, depending on<br>
how one looks at it. For some of the students, the ones who know how to<br>
take ownership of their own education, school went on, and for a small<br>
minority it really kicked into high gear, with better results than in-person<br>
classes.<br>
<br>
For others, an entire critically-important year was pretty much lost. This<br>
has been turned into a pollical football in the USA (surprise!) Our public<br>
schools have the notion that the goal is to have the graduates as equal as<br>
possible at diploma day. The shutdown has defeated that goal 17 ways to<br>
Sunday.<br>
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Ja, I am fully aware that comment risks igniting a firestorm of controversy.<br>
But it isn't USA politics as far as I can tell, or if so, who is on which<br>
side. Every country in the world is facing these same kinds of questions<br>
and seeing the same things we are: online learning just doesn't work for<br>
some, but does for others, and works better than normal for a few. OK than,<br>
most here would agree on that observation. So... what happens next?<br>
<br>
spike<br>
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