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Grim thinks it is the funniest thing but if you give me a choice between whether something is North, South, East, or West I will get it right on the 4th try, every time. I have absolutely no concept of direction. I literally don't even understand the purpose of a compass. I don't care if it tells me where North is, if I have no concept of where North is in relation to where I am trying to get to... How is that helpful? Thank god for phones with GPS turn by turn directions.

I am directionally challenged too. I can read a map great. But I have NO SENSE OF DIRECTION, so it is really difficult to follow the map in reality. I have a GPS in my car and I have to have it oriented so up is the direction I am driving. If up is North I just can't follow it.

SAME with GPS!
It drives DH bananas because he says we live in the easiest place to figure out, West is always the ocean. But as JB said I couldn't care less where West/ocean is if I don't know its relationship to where I'm going.

we have a similar situation here. We have four lakes in town and several in the county, but the biggest lake by far is on the north side. So as long as I'm here in town, I know my directions because I know where that lake is. But once I'm outside of the city, forget it.

Mountains are always west for me, growing up in eastern Colorado. I never got used to SUNRISE over the mountains when I lived in Phoenix.

I don't think I can even guess the number of times my husband has taken the map from me, turned it the other direction and handed it back to me saying, ok, now you are going the right direction.

I've been thinking about teachers ever since Trump said he wanted all the schools open this fall (btw - isn't this the responsibility of the state - and/or the local school district - and not the president??). Anyway, I was thinking that if I was a teacher, I'd be tempted to turn in my resignation this summer if it was at all possible. No way would I want to be in a building packed with people all day in some of these areas of the country - yikes!!!

Yeah he can put as much "pressure" as he wants on states but it is ultimately up to Governors. The president's only say in education is through the Secretary of Education, who has been dead silent on everything since this all began.

I am incredibly concerned through, because all Governors that I have heard so far are making some statewide decisions about safety rules (masks, temp checks, etc) but not making a statewide decisions about whether learning is virtual or in person--they are leaving that up to individual districts. It sounds okay on the surface, but I assure you that in Boston, over 70% of our teachers live outside of the city, and therefore if they have their own children who attend a school in a different district and there are differences amongst the two plans, there will be ZERO teachers who will even be able to come in!

I have a principal who lives in one city where her youngest child goes to school. Her oldest child attends school at a Charter in a different district, her husband teaches in yet another district, and she is principal in another district. What if all four districts have different plans about in person learning. That's just one family... We are in much bigger trouble than anyone is ready for.

Yup, I think the discrepancy comes from district to district. And also peer pressure. Our governor closed down the state early, but due to pressure from businesses and neighboring states we opened up too soon and now look at where we are. The districts will be in the same boat, one district opens and the other district has to open. As I said before my friend is teaching in a very low income district. How are they separating/social distancing these kids even before they get to school, on a jam packed bus? In the past years she was always paying out of her pocket for their school supplies and other necessities for these kids, but this year the challenge is completely different.

I think the next steps with our kids are more important than anything else that happens. And I think people in education feel this most. We need to do the right thing for our kids while balancing the risk. I wish I knew what that recipe is...