Good morning. Seems paper towels is the next thing in short supply. Target has now cancelled my standing prescription order two months in a row. I did order some at the place you found, Dr.
And speaking of doctors. Arod….we have not seen you in a while and I hope you are doing well.
Sens. Ed Markey, Camala Harris and Bernie Sanders are proposing a bill for everyone to receive a check of $2000 per month for those making under $120,000 per year.
Did I see that correctly this morning along the crawlscreen on Ch. 4 news this morning?
Yes you did. They’ve been talking about it for a couple of days. No one knows if we will get that or any other stimulus payment.
With the control in the Senate, ain’t gonna happen.
I’m still waiting for my stimulus check. I was finally able to put in my bank info on the IRS website a couple days ago. I don’t dare hold my breath though.
I had to put in my 2018 tax return info. It wouldn’t accept my 2019 return even though I sent it in back in February.
The IRS website had been down for a few days.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I for one am really getting tired of this. I mean really.
This could have been handled in a much more efficient manner than was handled
by this administration. Sad, so very very sad. Pathetic.
The president yesterday was addressing a group of WW II vets (our most vulnerable) sans face mask.
May 8, 1945?
May 8, 1945 VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)
DISGRACEFUL that he didn’t wear a mask. What a way to lead
this country.
I fail to understand how folks who support him do not reach out to him. No mask as he stands before century old veterans.
And speaking of hundred year old folks. I thought this to be a fascinating article. Gentleman I worked with for a couple of decades sent to me this am.
It was one of the longest teaching week of my career. I chose to teach a new tense. I shot a video last week and posted it on their Google Classroom.
The good news is that I think most of the students got it. The bad news is that I seem to be “on call” for about 10 straight hours. I am an early riser and get my work ready then. The teenagers, as is their nature, sleep to noon and then start their work. By the time most get to their Spanish assignments, it’s about 4 pm.
Instead of lecturing all of them at the same time, I am going a lot of one-on-one teaching, back and forth in emails, with my 30 kiddos. They are getting stressed and frustrated with this whole situation. Many of my students have their AP exams in the next two weeks. They are doing extra practice work and pre-tests with their AP teachers. The exams are all on-line this spring, one hour instead of the traditional four hours.
My class is not AP. I backed off on my work and expectations for the next two weeks as I want them focused on their AP exams.
All we are to do with “Phase III” is provide a “bridge” from this course to the next, whenever that may be. Quarter 4 report card grades are only to be “credit” or “no credit” and I believe that will be their final grade at the end of the course as well.
I teach mostly 11th graders (juniors) this semester and tonight was supposed to be their Junior Prom. Many of the young ladies had bought their prom gowns last February Break. I feel so sorry for them. They were so excited and so looking forward to tonight.
* I am doing a lot of one-on-one teaching
One hopes those junior prom dresses can be used for senior prom instead. The seniors got it the worst with no senior year athletics, musicals, dances, graduation, etc.
You teachers… I can only imagine what the summer will be like for you. Godspeed.
Thanks, Dr. S…The Junior Prom has been postponed to the fall. The tradition in Middleborough is to have it in the beautiful town hall ballroom as they have done for generations. The kids actually still “promenade” around the ballroom when the principal announces their names!
As I have said before, my son is a senior, missed being a captain of the track team and his final week of school. The school has postponed Senior Week and the prom to the last week of July with an August 1 graduation ceremony.
I’d like to think that all will happen, but, I don’t know…
You are describing what our daughter is also seeing/doing. Thanks for sharing and thank you for the job you are doing.
Thanks, Dave. It means a lot. I do miss my students very much.
Update on my son’s trip to Florida:
Our claim with the travel insurance company for a full refund of $2100+ was denied a couple of weeks ago. The school district attorney is now involved. She has been in contact with the Commonwealth’s attorney general and the state’s superintendents to see what the next step will be.
CF, thank you for the update on your teaching. As you know, I so appreciate what teachers do. The dedication. The importance of imparting knowledge. My heroes have always been teachers and healthcare workers.
Thanks for your very kind words, Joshua.
Sadly, the U.S. is thinning the herd, and not just of weak and vulnerable. That would be bad enough. It’s a defeatist policy that has always left me scratching my head. It’s a policy not befitting of a great nation. We’ve collectively allowed SARS-CoV-2 to defeat us because at the outset and during a crucial period from late January to mid March we (state and federal governments) never articulated, implemented, or coordinated a consistent policy. We still don’t. And, it’s shameful. For the latest example of mind-boggling violation of physical distancing, see this tweet regarding a United flight this weekend.
As I’ve said many times before, I’m all for reopening, but you got to do it in accordance with data-driven and strict guidelines. Laissez faire, `policies’ are fine for many things. They drive innovation, for example. But, when faced with a pandemic, or as Trump aptly calls it “an invisible enemy” you’ve got to have your ducks in a row. We didn’t and still don’t.
Thank you Joshua.
Of course, I totally agree. This administration should be ASHAMED of themselves. Sadly, that is not in any one of them.
How is united allows to do this?
Joshua you were mentioning reopening in the state of Florida which reopened on Monday they have had 2500 new cases and 316 new deaths in that time period. I am glad the governors in the northeast are reopening slowly and there looking at the data when arriving at these decisions.
Very much a status quo report. Need to trend downward in a meaningful way. Today’s report doesn’t do that.
Yes, JJ, I’ve been following Florida’s policy. To be fair, the state had been doing very well. But, it needs to be careful, especially with a large elderly population.
I do want to emphasize that although I’m very critical of our federal government’s response and lack of consistent policy, I’m also critical of many state governments, including NY, that either failed to respond early enough (eg, NY) or aren’t taking the disease seriously enough (eg, Georgia).
Washington State deserves a ton of credit. It acted quickly, resolutely, and the results are really good.
Here’s one for the books:
Golf is “legal” on one side of the course in Rhode Island, and “illegal” on the Massachusetts side:
I was just watching that. I will say this as politely as possible. If this is the biggest problem in the lives of some, then God bless them.
And that is NOT in ANY WAY aimed at you or the story,,Captain. I was about to post the link.
I know, Vicki…
I just thought it was a very strange situation.
It sure is. I would have done better without the media hype. Sound familiar :). My bad.
The continent of Antarctica (pop. 5,000) is looking better and better every day. They literally kicked off the New Year 2020 by kicking out those potentially infested cruise ships away from their area right from the get-go!
(Do not) come to Antarctica! COVID free since January 1, 2020! 🙂
C-19 for 5-10 is up…
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Good morning. Seems paper towels is the next thing in short supply. Target has now cancelled my standing prescription order two months in a row. I did order some at the place you found, Dr.
And speaking of doctors. Arod….we have not seen you in a while and I hope you are doing well.
Sens. Ed Markey, Camala Harris and Bernie Sanders are proposing a bill for everyone to receive a check of $2000 per month for those making under $120,000 per year.
Did I see that correctly this morning along the crawlscreen on Ch. 4 news this morning?
Yes you did. They’ve been talking about it for a couple of days. No one knows if we will get that or any other stimulus payment.
With the control in the Senate, ain’t gonna happen.
I’m still waiting for my stimulus check. I was finally able to put in my bank info on the IRS website a couple days ago. I don’t dare hold my breath though.
I had to put in my 2018 tax return info. It wouldn’t accept my 2019 return even though I sent it in back in February.
The IRS website had been down for a few days.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I for one am really getting tired of this. I mean really.
This could have been handled in a much more efficient manner than was handled
by this administration. Sad, so very very sad. Pathetic.
The president yesterday was addressing a group of WW II vets (our most vulnerable) sans face mask.
May 8, 1945?
May 8, 1945 VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)
DISGRACEFUL that he didn’t wear a mask. What a way to lead
this country.
I fail to understand how folks who support him do not reach out to him. No mask as he stands before century old veterans.
And speaking of hundred year old folks. I thought this to be a fascinating article. Gentleman I worked with for a couple of decades sent to me this am.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/04/05/centenarian-coronavirus-1918-flu-depression-world-war-2/
In order to read the article, I would have to commit to subscribe.
A good news video clip of patients being discharged from NYC hospitals to music and cheering. https://twitter.com/NY1/status/1259092503304658945
We’re all New Yorkers now.
Update on Distance Learning “new” material:
It was one of the longest teaching week of my career. I chose to teach a new tense. I shot a video last week and posted it on their Google Classroom.
The good news is that I think most of the students got it. The bad news is that I seem to be “on call” for about 10 straight hours. I am an early riser and get my work ready then. The teenagers, as is their nature, sleep to noon and then start their work. By the time most get to their Spanish assignments, it’s about 4 pm.
Instead of lecturing all of them at the same time, I am going a lot of one-on-one teaching, back and forth in emails, with my 30 kiddos. They are getting stressed and frustrated with this whole situation. Many of my students have their AP exams in the next two weeks. They are doing extra practice work and pre-tests with their AP teachers. The exams are all on-line this spring, one hour instead of the traditional four hours.
My class is not AP. I backed off on my work and expectations for the next two weeks as I want them focused on their AP exams.
All we are to do with “Phase III” is provide a “bridge” from this course to the next, whenever that may be. Quarter 4 report card grades are only to be “credit” or “no credit” and I believe that will be their final grade at the end of the course as well.
I teach mostly 11th graders (juniors) this semester and tonight was supposed to be their Junior Prom. Many of the young ladies had bought their prom gowns last February Break. I feel so sorry for them. They were so excited and so looking forward to tonight.
* I am doing a lot of one-on-one teaching
One hopes those junior prom dresses can be used for senior prom instead. The seniors got it the worst with no senior year athletics, musicals, dances, graduation, etc.
You teachers… I can only imagine what the summer will be like for you. Godspeed.
Thanks, Dr. S…The Junior Prom has been postponed to the fall. The tradition in Middleborough is to have it in the beautiful town hall ballroom as they have done for generations. The kids actually still “promenade” around the ballroom when the principal announces their names!
As I have said before, my son is a senior, missed being a captain of the track team and his final week of school. The school has postponed Senior Week and the prom to the last week of July with an August 1 graduation ceremony.
I’d like to think that all will happen, but, I don’t know…
You are describing what our daughter is also seeing/doing. Thanks for sharing and thank you for the job you are doing.
Thanks, Dave. It means a lot. I do miss my students very much.
Update on my son’s trip to Florida:
Our claim with the travel insurance company for a full refund of $2100+ was denied a couple of weeks ago. The school district attorney is now involved. She has been in contact with the Commonwealth’s attorney general and the state’s superintendents to see what the next step will be.
CF, thank you for the update on your teaching. As you know, I so appreciate what teachers do. The dedication. The importance of imparting knowledge. My heroes have always been teachers and healthcare workers.
Thanks for your very kind words, Joshua.
Sadly, the U.S. is thinning the herd, and not just of weak and vulnerable. That would be bad enough. It’s a defeatist policy that has always left me scratching my head. It’s a policy not befitting of a great nation. We’ve collectively allowed SARS-CoV-2 to defeat us because at the outset and during a crucial period from late January to mid March we (state and federal governments) never articulated, implemented, or coordinated a consistent policy. We still don’t. And, it’s shameful. For the latest example of mind-boggling violation of physical distancing, see this tweet regarding a United flight this weekend.
https://twitter.com/ethanjweiss/status/1259165939037331456
As I’ve said many times before, I’m all for reopening, but you got to do it in accordance with data-driven and strict guidelines. Laissez faire, `policies’ are fine for many things. They drive innovation, for example. But, when faced with a pandemic, or as Trump aptly calls it “an invisible enemy” you’ve got to have your ducks in a row. We didn’t and still don’t.
Thank you Joshua.
Of course, I totally agree. This administration should be ASHAMED of themselves. Sadly, that is not in any one of them.
How is united allows to do this?
Joshua you were mentioning reopening in the state of Florida which reopened on Monday they have had 2500 new cases and 316 new deaths in that time period. I am glad the governors in the northeast are reopening slowly and there looking at the data when arriving at these decisions.
Today’s numbers
Newly Reported
Cases Today
1,410
New Tests
Reported Today
10,514
Newly Reported
Deaths Today
138
https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-dashboard-may-9-2020/download
Very much a status quo report. Need to trend downward in a meaningful way. Today’s report doesn’t do that.
Yes, JJ, I’ve been following Florida’s policy. To be fair, the state had been doing very well. But, it needs to be careful, especially with a large elderly population.
I do want to emphasize that although I’m very critical of our federal government’s response and lack of consistent policy, I’m also critical of many state governments, including NY, that either failed to respond early enough (eg, NY) or aren’t taking the disease seriously enough (eg, Georgia).
Washington State deserves a ton of credit. It acted quickly, resolutely, and the results are really good.
Here’s one for the books:
Golf is “legal” on one side of the course in Rhode Island, and “illegal” on the Massachusetts side:
https://www.wcvb.com/article/golf-course-on-massachusetts-rhode-island-line-feels-brunt-of-differing-coronavirus-guidelines/32424851
I was just watching that. I will say this as politely as possible. If this is the biggest problem in the lives of some, then God bless them.
And that is NOT in ANY WAY aimed at you or the story,,Captain. I was about to post the link.
I know, Vicki…
I just thought it was a very strange situation.
It sure is. I would have done better without the media hype. Sound familiar :). My bad.
The continent of Antarctica (pop. 5,000) is looking better and better every day. They literally kicked off the New Year 2020 by kicking out those potentially infested cruise ships away from their area right from the get-go!
(Do not) come to Antarctica! COVID free since January 1, 2020! 🙂
C-19 for 5-10 is up…