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With Wuhan Coronavirus spreading in New York City, parents, Parent Teacher Associations, and schools seem to be inevitably headed for extended shutdowns and quarantines. The Department of Education is crossing its fingers, wiping down all surfaces, and hoping to avert the worst without closing schools, but parents are going to need contingency plans.
Do Soylentils have recommendations for online resources that members of NYC's school boards can share with the parent community to help kids keep up with their school work? Khan Academy is an excellent resource for math & science; it doesn't span every subject but something like it that grade school kids can understand would be ideal.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Friday March 13 2020, @02:26PM (2 children)
You also don't have to worry about expensive support contracts, getting locked in to a vendor, constantly buying/throwing away equipment that does more damage to the environment than cutting down a few trees, don't have to worry about compatiblity issues, getting owned by Russian hackers, updates that bork the system for who knows how long, built in eye-raping advertising, and so on.
That said, there is a time and place for both on-line and books, but to really learn things you ocasionally have to be around actual, real, people and away from on-line distractions. There is just not much getting around that.
(Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 13 2020, @02:38PM (1 child)
The spider squishing thing's what really sells me. I don't mind spiders in theory or when their appearance isn't combined with close proximity and unexpectedness but a surprise spider right next to me is going to be vehemently sqooshed with whatever I happen to have in hand, be it a book or a baby.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 13 2020, @04:04PM
One spider will get my daughter to do one weeks worth of cardio at once.