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agigao00:03:12

Fellow Clojurians, how do you cope with staying at home this long?

thomas07:03:09

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.

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RAMart07:03:17

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.

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jasonbell07:03:31

@chokheli Well, Iā€™ve basically done it every day for the last nine years so itā€™s no change for me šŸ™‚

otfrom09:03:40

having good routines helps

thomas09:03:28

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.

Rachel Westmacott09:03:19

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.

otfrom09:03:51

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?

otfrom09:03:04

all the schools in the UK are closing after Friday

thomas10:03:13

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.

thomas10:03:39

and it may well change in the future... but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

otfrom11:03:11

schools here are off until next academic year (so about 16 weeks away)

otfrom11:03:16

here == UK

thomas12:03:36

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?

ordnungswidrig13:03:43

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 weā€™ve got enough space and computers to enable this for the kids.

ordnungswidrig13:03:56

It totally depends on the school, teacher, kids and families though.

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ordnungswidrig13:03:16

@thomas pretty sure they will make that even out somehow.

ordnungswidrig13:03:29

In germany for some exams they already announced to lower the difficulty a little

otfrom13:03:37

I don't know if they know the answers yet

Ben Hammond13:03:28

one the items mooted was suspending the summer holidays, if conditions permit

Ben Hammond13:03:53

so the summer term gets delayed 8 weeks

Ben Hammond13:03:58

but still happens

Ben Hammond13:03:09

depending upon the situation

ordnungswidrig13:03:21

This is the UK situation, right?

Ben Hammond13:03:32

in Scotland yeah

ordnungswidrig13:03:48

Technically still UK šŸ˜›

Ben Hammond13:03:14

the powers seem to be fairly devolved though

Ben Hammond13:03:36

Scotland, Wales, England, NI making their announcements at different times

jasonbell13:03:40

@otfrom sorry late to every party, know what?

jasonbell13:03:28

GCSE/Aā€™s cancelled in England and Wales only. Scotland and NI to be announced.

Ben Hammond13:03:46

is there a word for > horror of being early some kind of -phobia

jasonbell13:03:00

Iā€™ve been refreshing the CCEA website every 30mins as my daughter is doing final year A levels.

Ben Hammond13:03:05

sort of thing there's usually a German word for

otfrom13:03:09

there will be in German. šŸ™‚

otfrom13:03:58

@jasonbell I thought that you'd have a vague idea of what was happening re:exams, and indeed, you did

jasonbell13:03:52

Thereā€™s a good chance NI will cancel. The predicted A level grades are already with the unis and thatā€™s what UCAS will probably file

Ben Hammond13:03:35

I guess there will be plenty of tertiary education spaces

Ben Hammond13:03:45

if international admissions go down

jasonbell13:03:17

Depends on the Uni. Though under these circumstances itā€™s anyoneā€™s guess.

thomas13:03:32

it all sounds rather complicated and frustrating for lots of people.

jasonbell13:03:55

@thomas Itā€™s more the fact that Iā€™ve watched my daughter study like nothing Iā€™ve ever seen to give herself the best chances in the future. Itā€™s been a privilege to watch her smash it time after time from 11 years old to now nearly 18. Sheā€™s the youngest in her year but the top performer across the two schools she goes to. She put in for a top uni, ā€œjust 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 itā€™s all thrown up in the air, now her predicted grades by the schools are great but to her itā€™s not sitting the seven exams and nailing it by her own.

Ben Hammond13:03:43

sounds like she'll do well whatever happens

jasonbell13:03:05

Oh I donā€™t doubt that @ben.hammond and very kind of you to say so

Ben Hammond13:03:43

its only when you hit middle age that you realise University wasn't quite the big deal it was built up to be

Ben Hammond13:03:08

although maybe that's easy to say from a position of privilege

jasonbell13:03:09

Dunno - I wasnā€™t that intelligent enough at the time to get anywhere near that. šŸ™‚

jasonbell15:03:58

So NI have decided NOT to do sit down exams.

jasonbell15:03:39

Same for Scotland.

jasonbell15:03:03

Now itā€™s a case of waiting on UCAS to see what the state of play is.

otfrom16:03:52

so no "sit down exams" means..? Will they be from home? Just not do them?

jasonbell16:03:33

From what weā€™re gathering predicted grades will be taken into account. The Uniā€™s are pretty confused too.

otfrom16:03:25

yeah, missing a year of incoming students would be pretty disastrous for them. I'm not sure what people will do regarding the "what are your A levels" question that comes up on some CVs. Will they have the qualification or no?

jasonbell16:03:10

They will but it will be based on predicted grades, we think!

jasonbell16:03:24

Nothing in terms of concrete information at the moment.

jasonbell18:03:26

NI goes no exam but on expected grades and previous results and coursework. Iā€™m confident but itā€™s still worrying. Would love to know what the model is for exam board predictions.