Salvo Montalbano Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Just back from the LJ, that was unlike any injection I've ever had. I literally didn't feel a thing. I've had a few tetanus jags over the years and you always feel a wee p***k as it goes in your arse (aye, alright, insert Kenneth Williams meme) but as I say, with this, nothing. Weird. ETA, no I didn't get the AZ vaccine in my gluteus maximus, it was my upper arm but still, didn't feel anything.The wife had hers on Sunday - at East End Park no less, I can't believe she's been there more than I have this year - and said much the same. Was sat waiting for the "just a little scratch" patter they say before the actual injection but was then told "that's you, you'll get a letter about your second jag in about 10 weeks". On schools, I can't see blended learning working at all. The kids who are in (let's say 10 of the 20 in a practical class) will taught be a teacher, but the other 10? Online works to an extent as teachers can use the time they'd normally be teaching to make new materials, do marking (which takes about 4 times longer on Teams), etc. and recently we've been doing live lessons for S3-6 too. So that will all stop. Then who knows how they'll allocate classes - picking the 10 first alphabetically in one of my Higher classes to use an example means I'd see 10 but of those 10, how many will be in a Higher maths class with other kids who are doing Biology or History or whatever instead of Physics? Absolute madness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, super_carson said: Depending on your authority/school, I think there is some discretion as to what would be classed as "vulnerable" and whether or not they could have a hub place. No this is separate, started this week and aren’t in ‘hub’. Mine have had two days all way through and wee one went to four days last week as I was on edge and she was struggling. For the two previous weeks her teacher had offered excellent support. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 minute ago, RH33 said: No this is separate, started this week and aren’t in ‘hub’. Mine have had two days all way through and wee one went to four days last week as I was on edge and she was struggling. For the two previous weeks her teacher had offered excellent support. Ah that's brilliant they've been able to do that then. Hopefully it helps you guys out too, and that things settle down for you guys come the 15th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I've seen that some places are looking at prelims from the 15 March onwards - personally I think that is nuts.Even those who have coped well with remote learning are going to need face-to-face teaching to prepare them for assessments. There will also be a lot of subjects where they are still teaching parts of the course that are too difficult to teach at home.We've already had to move pupils to alternative courses like the NPA because they have not coped.My priority will be to get pupils up to speed and prepare them well for the amended SQA assessment. I also fear that we may see a lot more legal challenges this year from disgruntled parents - a prelim that pupils are ill-prepared to carry out would add fuel to the fire.We would never have been in this position if Swinney has put less trust in SQA and more in teachers who were saying that there was going to be an issue if a decision over exams was not made early. Sadly it's been proven to be true that the SQA could not run a piss up in a brewery. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said: Looking at that has made me extremely relieved I went for my walk on Saturday in South Inch and not North Inch. wait until next week as all the rules went out the window in Perth on Sunday for about 18 hours from 10am to 2am on Monday morning. Christmas 2.0 -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibsFan Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Elixir said: That Trish Greenhalgh is absolutely fucking nuts, as is her Twitter following. Err, no, I won't be wearing a mask when I'm out running, you utter psycho. Had a quick look at her Twitter profile and well there's a surprise! Does feel like for some of these FBPE types, coronavirus is merely an extension of the utterly mind-numbing Brexit debate that plagued Twitter for four years. Just another chance for them to go "look how much smarter we are than the other side", this time with objective* science on their side. *Rather fucking sketchy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, super_carson said: Ah that's brilliant they've been able to do that then. Hopefully it helps you guys out too, and that things settle down for you guys come the 15th. I’d been off sick and in psych before Christmas. I was back and getting two days hub but occ health chucked me out. Head kept places as support and as I wasn’t expecting so long going through occ health. By last Monday I was broken again, head called Tuesday and offered two extra days on spot. We broke about two weeks before the summer holidays last time round! Generally the kids school been very good with work and support. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: I've seen that some places are looking at prelims from the 15 March onwards - personally I think that is nuts. Even those who have coped well with remote learning are going to need face-to-face teaching to prepare them for assessments. There will also be a lot of subjects where they are still teaching parts of the course that are too difficult to teach at home. We've already had to move pupils to alternative courses like the NPA because they have not coped. My priority will be to get pupils up to speed and prepare them well for the amended SQA assessment. I also fear that we may see a lot more legal challenges this year from disgruntled parents - a prelim that pupils are ill-prepared to carry out would add fuel to the fire. We would never have been in this position if Swinney has put less trust in SQA and more in teachers who were saying that there was going to be an issue if a decision over exams was not made early. Sadly it's been proven to be true that the SQA could not run a piss up in a brewery. The decision was made early, especially with National 5s. It'll be fine. The kids will have lost about 8 weeks this session. Courses have often been altered to allow for that though. Rather than a fortnight or so after Easter before study leave kicks in, this time, seniors will remain in class until late June. A prelim in late April, followed by a final assessment in early June or thereabouts will allow it all to conclude fine. It'll surely be better than last year when lots of teachers, faculties, schools and authorities proved they couldn't be trusted not to inflate grades wildly. The thing that annoys me is this pretence at 'Blended Learning'. That's not what will happen. Kids will be given work when in class. They'll probably be given further homework ahead of when they're next in. They won't also get online lessons though, because the other kids will need taught when the first ones aren't there. Otherwise, there won't be social distancing. Sorting out the details of it will be a big headache for schools, but it's basically good news, even if my kid in S3 is less convinced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 29 minutes ago, HibsFan said: Had a quick look at her Twitter profile and well there's a surprise! Does feel like for some of these FBPE types, coronavirus is merely an extension of the utterly mind-numbing Brexit debate that plagued Twitter for four years. Just another chance for them to go "look how much smarter we are than the other side", this time with objective* science on their side. *Rather fucking sketchy. We love Europeans so much! Oh, but actually, let's ban them from entering or leaving our country and go for #ZeroCovid! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elixir Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Quote Of first 1.82 million immunized, only 0.07% became virus positive, 122 were hospitalized, 23 died. If everyone had shots, we'd only need a ‘few dozen’ virus beds, says top MD Did someone mention cigars? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Elixir said: Did someone mention cigars? Hasta la victoria siempre (Translation: GIRFUY covid) Edited March 2, 2021 by Bairnardo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ayrmad Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, mizfit said: Not good, hopefully the detail announced tomorrow makes it better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Concerned. That’s a free pass for NS to keep us in tiers until then. Fuxake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 In what possible way is that not good.If they turned it off as soon as restrictions are eased fully in June or July then businesses immediately will go to the wall as they won't get back up to speed immediately. Giving them a few months to ease back to full go and gradually bring people back whilst building up their capital again seems incredibly sensible. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 minute ago, MP_MFC said: In what possible way is that not good. If they turned it off as soon as restrictions are eased fully in June or July then businesses immediately will go to the wall as they won't get back up to speed immediately. Giving them a few months to ease back to full go and gradually bring people back whilst building up their capital again seems incredibly sensible. It does, but it won’t be viewed that way up here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 At the very minimum it'll be needed for the airline industry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, HibsFan said: Had a quick look at her Twitter profile and well there's a surprise! Does feel like for some of these FBPE types, coronavirus is merely an extension of the utterly mind-numbing Brexit debate that plagued Twitter for four years. Just another chance for them to go "look how much smarter we are than the other side", this time with objective* science on their side. *Rather fucking sketchy. I’m no virologist but I’m fairly sure you can’t catch Covid over twitter no matter what the anti Bill Gates loons say. she has no need to be wearing a mask in that picture. ETA unless that’s really Val McDermid under that mask, in which case keep it on. Edited March 2, 2021 by Left Back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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