School closed 1/19/24

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Sending love to all my kids' dedicated teachers. We appreciate you!

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Anonymous wrote:#January29

April 22 is the first make up day. January 29 is needed due to end of the term grading and S2 planning.

They've had three days to catch up on grading.

That only works if students have already submitted the work. There’s one more week left in the marking period. At minimum, two more assignments per student at my school x 160 students. How do I go back in time to grade what I haven’t yet received?

Move those assignments grades to next marking period. Problem solved.

Arithmetic and writing doesn't stop being arithmetic and writing after a magic date.

Distinguish external reality from artificial arbitrary creations.

Yeah, that’s not going to work at my school where there’s a required minimum and maximum number of grades per marking period.

A policy no doubt delivered by Moses himself on stone tablets.

DP. Which policies established by your upper management affect you, and how do you plan to change those policies by the end of the day today?

Why would that need to be addressed by the end of the day? It can be part of the broader plan to use January 29th as a make-up day.

Which policies established by your upper management affect you, and how do you plan to change those policies in the next 10 days?

Or, better yet: Which policies established by your upper management affect you? I will tell you how you can easily change those policies in the next 10 days.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

Your daughter is in for a great day, but I’m glad I am not your client.

WTF kind of work do you do that's so mission-critical you can't ease off for a snow day? Neurosurgery? Actual rocket science?

Many technology jobs serve customers in critical functions globally. I can say that I have had jobs where if something breaks, somebody could die within minutes.

And no redundant processes in place for such critical systems. Riiight.

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Anonymous wrote:#January29

April 22 is the first make up day. January 29 is needed due to end of the term grading and S2 planning.

They've had three days to catch up on grading.

That only works if students have already submitted the work. There’s one more week left in the marking period. At minimum, two more assignments per student at my school x 160 students. How do I go back in time to grade what I haven’t yet received?

Move those assignments grades to next marking period. Problem solved.

Arithmetic and writing doesn't stop being arithmetic and writing after a magic date.

Distinguish external reality from artificial arbitrary creations.

Yeah, that’s not going to work at my school where there’s a required minimum and maximum number of grades per marking period.

A policy no doubt delivered by Moses himself on stone tablets.

It was done to satisfy parents.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

Your daughter is in for a great day, but I’m glad I am not your client.

WTF kind of work do you do that's so mission-critical you can't ease off for a snow day? Neurosurgery? Actual rocket science?

Many technology jobs serve customers in critical functions globally. I can say that I have had jobs where if something breaks, somebody could die within minutes.

If your tech job is global, you can probably do it from home, where you also have the internet connection that connects you globally, yeah?

Ok... so I think I'm going to defend the person who was telling me they didn't want to be my client. Heh. I am in a tech field that is certainly not a 9-5 position. I'm up at 4A and stop checking emails at 10P. I'm good with 4-5 hours of sleep. And my position is also a global one. Primarily North America, but also UK and China. I can do 90% of my job remotely, but I work in a laboratory and there are times I need to be on-site, hands on, in a lab coat. Thankfully, there are no immediate threats to life if we have problems, but we have clinical trials that could have severe future ramifications if the study was to fail. I would never tell anyone it's not a problem to take time off, but also allow me to appreciate that the 20 high stress hours I put in last week afford me the opportunity to put my feet up a few hours this week. And I always rock client audits.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

Your daughter is in for a great day, but I’m glad I am not your client.

WTF kind of work do you do that's so mission-critical you can't ease off for a snow day? Neurosurgery? Actual rocket science?

Many technology jobs serve customers in critical functions globally. I can say that I have had jobs where if something breaks, somebody could die within minutes.

And no redundant processes in place for such critical systems. Riiight.

You realize you are probably addressing the redundancy? Riiight?

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sending love to all my kids' dedicated teachers. We appreciate you!

❤️

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Anonymous wrote:Sending love to all my kids' dedicated teachers. We appreciate you!

Don't forget the Paras!

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

C'mon: It's DCUM parents that are so insufferable.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

It might be why YOU don't take remote work seriously, but your opinion about remote work doesn't affect anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

This is why remote work is not taken seriously and why employers are demanding people come back to the office. You're dividing your attention at work on an AUDIT and in between squeezing a full day of arts, crafts, sledding and video games. Unreal.

And I'm sure you feverishly believe there is NO impact on the quality of your work as well.

Are you suggesting that I should just sit on my hands while the auditors review three years of DR AND COOP test documentation, look at the last full year of backup logs, and go over all the other documents they requested? We have a follow up meeting scheduled in three hours and the Director of QA has my cell number if they have immediate questions. We have a debrief at EOD. I'll be keeping an eye on things remotely, but in the down times, I'll be sledding and playing video games with my daughter.

That pathetic poster is either jealous they can't work from or they are just stuck in the past. Either way they sound like they have a pretty miserable existence.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

Your daughter is in for a great day, but I’m glad I am not your client.

WTF kind of work do you do that's so mission-critical you can't ease off for a snow day? Neurosurgery? Actual rocket science?

Many technology jobs serve customers in critical functions globally. I can say that I have had jobs where if something breaks, somebody could die within minutes.

And no redundant processes in place for such critical systems. Riiight.

You realize you are probably addressing the redundancy? Riiight?

People could die within minutes? Then triple redundancies and fail-safes would be best practice. Riiight?

If the presence of a single individual is that critical, you need to re-design to better distribute your risk.

But you know that (I hope). You just want to whine about schools.

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Anonymous wrote:My Goodness. Shut the F up people.
Every F'ing school district in the DMV is closed tomorrow.
MoCo parents are so insufferable.

There was no reason to close when we could go virtual.

Everybody is closed. No one is going virtual.

Parents who are so convinced that we can easily go virtual (and should) are beyond dense. I feel bad for your children as you clearly don’t see the value of how much learning can happen during a snow day. But you’d rather stick your kids behind a tablet, screen, whatever, instead of being a parent and making memories with your child? I actually feel badly for your children and no amount of virtual learning will undo poor parenting and the complex your children will have as they get older.

Exactly! I've got a full day of cuddles, sledding, hot cocoa, and crafts planned.

In other words: you have no career obligations

Well, aren't you a bundle of joy. I'm a different poster, but I'm working from home today and managing, ironically, a remote client audit. And interspersed there will be cocoa, sledding, and, you might want to cover your ears, but there will also be.... video games with my daughter. Our crafting will most likely be straight from the 3D printer so she can complete a robotics project on her day off. Boy, it's tough being a dad these days.

Your daughter is in for a great day, but I’m glad I am not your client.

WTF kind of work do you do that's so mission-critical you can't ease off for a snow day? Neurosurgery? Actual rocket science?

Many technology jobs serve customers in critical functions globally. I can say that I have had jobs where if something breaks, somebody could die within minutes.

And no redundant processes in place for such critical systems. Riiight.

You realize you are probably addressing the redundancy? Riiight?

People could die within minutes? Then triple redundancies and fail-safes would be best practice. Riiight?

If the presence of a single individual is that critical, you need to re-design to better distribute your risk.

But you know that (I hope). You just want to whine about schools.

We had redundancies upon redundancies, but ultimately it's very hard to have redundancies in satellite communications, and automatic failovers to birds wasn't always smooth.