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    How does that go in Canada? We have 50 percent engagement at best in the UK, which makes a lot of the work we set a bit pointless.

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      Kids have been in a out of isolation since the start of the term, and are still expected to work.
      Last year the education minister told all the kids they had already passed, so there was minimal engagement. If she pulls the same **** again, we'll be even more furious with her.

      Basically, if they want to pass and move on to the next course, they have to work for it. (it's a course-based system here)

      I teach half in person and half online already, and my online kids are working hard online so there is no reason the others shouldn't. But I teach higher performing classes this year so it's not a great overall picture.

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        Sounds similar to here. We have already told ours that we dont have exams in Wales. They all celebrated obviously but there will in fact be class based assessments that will be externally marked...exams basically.

        However, we have no idea what shape they will take and what to teach and assume coursework will still count for something, but that isn't guaranteed. We also don't know when to expect details from the exam board. It's going well!

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          Originally posted by SuperDanX View Post
          A real wtf moment for future historians.
          On Christmas day 2020 many family's poked their heads above the trenches and visited elderly relatives with boxes of Roses (a form of sugar based edibles that was customary at the time). This in any other year of the 2000s would not be out of the ordinary... but in 2020 the planet was in the grasps of a global pandemic.

          Making these visits possible was an amazing deal the government of Great Briton had brokered with the leader of microscopic organisms King Covid the 19th. Not since the five second rule treaty of 1982 had we the population of earth seen such a charitable concession from virus-kind, sadly it wouldn't be seen see again for 100s of years.
          Last edited by Lebowski; 25-11-2020, 15:16.

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            Originally posted by Lebowski View Post
            Not since the five second rule treaty of 1982

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              Some vials used in trial did not have the right concentration of vaccine, meaning some volunteers got a half dose, university says

              The Oxford COVID vaccine is beginning to lose some traction as the minds behind it admit manufacturing errors led to incorrect dosage during trials throwing up some questions and doubts about the viability of the trial results. Oxford says the issue has been corrected but with so many questions resulting in Oxford not knowing the reasoning behind their findings it now means that the composite final results could cause issues in the vaccine being cleared for use.


              Last week to Government defended its methodology of how it hands out government contracts. This is further backed up following news that Matt Hancock granted his former neighbour a contract for millions of COVID testing vials despite the neighbours company having zero experience in the production of them and the request having been submitted to Hancock via a Whatsapp message.

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                Giving tax payers money to your mate down the pub should be a sackable offence...it won't be, but it should.
                Its like Animal Farm.

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                  The weekly number of new COVID cases in the UK has dipped for the first time since August, so the perfect time to lower restrictions!
                  Perfectly timed, the new tiers have been announced for each region

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                    Everyone knows there are only two tiers.

                    People who give a **** and people who don't.

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                      Typical, they're finally about to release a film I'd watch and all the local cinemas will be closed in Tier 3. I'd be astounded if cinemas contributed meaningfully to the Autumn second wave.


                      Full list of tier 3 areas

                      And here are the tier 3 areas.
                      North East
                      Tees Valley Combined Authority
                      Hartlepool
                      Middlesbrough
                      Stockton-on-Tees
                      Redcar and Cleveland
                      Darlington
                      North East Combined Authority:
                      Sunderland
                      South Tyneside
                      Gateshead
                      Newcastle upon Tyne
                      North Tyneside
                      County Durham
                      Northumberland
                      North West
                      Greater Manchester
                      Lancashire
                      Blackpool
                      Blackburn with Darwen
                      Yorkshire and The Humber
                      The Humber
                      West Yorkshire
                      South Yorkshire
                      West Midlands
                      Birmingham and Black Country
                      Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
                      Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull
                      East Midlands
                      Derby and Derbyshire
                      Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
                      Leicester and Leicestershire
                      Lincolnshire
                      South East
                      Slough (remainder of Berkshire is tier 2: High alert)
                      Kent and Medway
                      South West
                      Bristol
                      South Gloucestershire
                      North Somerset

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                        Guess that's the end for my favourite local pub then. I think it would have just about weathered Christmas with restrictions in place, but I feel that Tier 3 will probably end up in place here until summer at least.

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                          It makes a bit of a mockery of it all to tighen the tier restrictions, place most of the country in the highest bands and then switch it off for Xmas. Given cases have levelled off and not meaningfully declined it leaves the door wide open to Lockdown 3 in January/February when numbers inevitably rise

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                            Tier 3
                            Closed: Bars, clubs, cafés, restaurants, hotels etc., indoor entertainment and tourist venues.
                            Open: All shops (inc. essential and non-essential retail), indoor and outdoor markets and car boot sales and personal care (tattoo parlours, hairdressers, beauty salons, nail salons, spas, beauty services, massage parlours and tanning salons).

                            So, basically, you can mix with anyone at pretty much every single type of shop, buy a lovely dress, get your nails, hair, tattoo and tan done, but can't go anywhere to show it all off!

                            I just don't understand how two stringent lockdowns and a world-beating £12bn track & trace system hasn't beaten this yet?

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                              Liverpool cinemas will be open, looks like I'm going for a drive next month

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                                Basically, places to eat/drink are closed, as are hotels etc., indoor entertainment and tourist attractions.
                                We can only meet other households in outdoor public spaces like parks, where the rule of six applies.

                                So let's get creative!


                                Let's order a Domino's Pizza to be delivered to IKEA, where we can all meet up, then head down to Curry's to watch a film on their massive tellies!

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