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well, I have mu family around (schools are closed as well here). One thing we have done is make a daily schedule. we all get up at the same time, have breakfast at 8, start work/school things at 0830. have lunch together and don't forget to go outside at least once a day for a walk/cycle ride.
Play board games with your friends in the evening: One Webcam shows the one and only board, the single source of truth. All faces on one screen. It's not that bad.
@chokheli Well, Iāve basically done it every day for the last nine years so itās no change for me š
yes, we are trying.... but it ain't easy, that is one thing for sure... and not sure how we are going to manage for 2.5 more weeks. we'll see.
2.5 weeks? I hope that's all it is. I'm personally expecting this to go on a lot longer than that. But I am naturally quite pessimistic.
I'm expecting physical distancing to continue for quite a bit, but I hope that actual isolation is reasonably short lived. How long have the "no one out of their homes but for the pharmacist or supermarket" things been going on for?
at the moment the plan is for schools to return on the 6th of April. and the plan is the plan until we change the plan.
and it may well change in the future... but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
that is quite a long time. how are parents suppose to cope with that? And I heard that GCSE and A level exams have been cancelled as well. Does that mean that none of those students can go to Uni next year?
hello world.
My high school and kids are doing well with teaching using microsoft teams. I feel the 1:1 guidance they receive to some extend is actually having them learn things faster and better than traditional class room teaching. But weāve got enough space and computers to enable this for the kids.
@thomas pretty sure they will make that even out somehow.
In germany for some exams they already announced to lower the difficulty a little
@jasonbell might know
one the items mooted was suspending the summer holidays, if conditions permit
so the summer term gets delayed 8 weeks
but still happens
depending upon the situation
This is the UK situation, right?
in Scotland yeah
Technically still UK š
the powers seem to be fairly devolved though
Scotland, Wales, England, NI making their announcements at different times
is there a word for > horror of being early some kind of -phobia
Iāve been refreshing the CCEA website every 30mins as my daughter is doing final year A levels.
sort of thing there's usually a German word for
@jasonbell I thought that you'd have a vague idea of what was happening re:exams, and indeed, you did
Thereās a good chance NI will cancel. The predicted A level grades are already with the unis and thatās what UCAS will probably file
I guess there will be plenty of tertiary education spaces
if international admissions go down
@thomas Itās more the fact that Iāve watched my daughter study like nothing Iāve ever seen to give herself the best chances in the future. Itās been a privilege to watch her smash it time after time from 11 years old to now nearly 18. Sheās the youngest in her year but the top performer across the two schools she goes to. She put in for a top uni, ājust to see if I can get inā and they selected her quickly, reduced their criteria as they wanted her in. And two months before it all ends itās all thrown up in the air, now her predicted grades by the schools are great but to her itās not sitting the seven exams and nailing it by her own.
sounds like she'll do well whatever happens
Oh I donāt doubt that @ben.hammond and very kind of you to say so
its only when you hit middle age that you realise University wasn't quite the big deal it was built up to be
although maybe that's easy to say from a position of privilege
Dunno - I wasnāt that intelligent enough at the time to get anywhere near that. š
From what weāre gathering predicted grades will be taken into account. The Uniās are pretty confused too.