Figgy1
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How many times do I have to tell you Don't give James any ideas
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Figgy1
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I don't tweet please give the Reader's Digest version. thnx
Figgy1
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It varies from state to state but there's quite a bit of what you saw still going on.
John park hopper
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no tweets here either
Songbird76
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Well, bread at least can be kept in a freezer until you need it. When I was a kid, we were pretty poor and we lived in a town where the grocery store was small, not well-stocked, and was overpriced. The nearest town to ours was 40 miles away, so we would go once every few weeks and my mom would buy everything in bulk....10 lb packages of hamburger, the massive generic bags of cereal, and a bunch of bread. We'd bring a couple of coolers for refrigerated items and when we got home, we'd divide the meat into 1 lb packages and wrap them in freezer paper and everything would go into the deep freeze. Bread, too...then we just got out a new loaf when we needed it. And all our produce was canned or frozen because nothing grows in Wyoming...by the time fresh produce got to us it wasn't really very fresh anymore, and again, expensive. So we pretty much always had enough food and basic necessities to last for a month until the next time we could get to the grocery store. But most people aren't used to living like that and they don't know how to be efficient with the shopping, so it becomes chaotic.
Now if the electric goes out, you're going to have to rely on canned food because you won't be able to cook anything anyway, even if it's not spoiled. But if people kept their pantries stocked all the time, they wouldn't have to panic buy now.
I noticed Asian owner and operated grocery stores have a good supply of fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, canned food and frozen food. Brisk business but nothing like the big box grocery stores that are wiped out.
donaldtoo
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Songbird76
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There are international CPs, too. The youtuber we follow from the UK was on the international CP program last summer. There are several different programs...there's the college program, the cultural representative program, and I thought there was one other. The CP is relatively short though, so I can imagine it doesn't make much sense for them to stay, not knowing how long the parks will be closed and still having to pay living expenses. I would imagine that they could contact their country's embassy/consulate to ask for help in getting home.
One of my high school classmates has a daughter who was doing the CP and I asked her what she was doing and she told me already yesterday that her daughter was leaving. She didn't say anything about Disney sending her home....not sure when that decision was made.
StarWarsGirl
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I have to wonder if any exceptions were made for those from Japan, China, and Italy. Seems wrong to send them back at this point.
Songbird76
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I would guess because it's cost-prohibitive. They announced that they'll be paying CMs through the closures...they probably can't really do that with the CPs and such. And when they open, they are probably expecting attendance to be pretty low for a while and they won't need as many CMs. The CPs and CRs are expendable...they are only there temporarily anyway, and there are waves of them, so they send this batch home, and when attendance picks up, they'll bring a new batch in. That's just my guess, but I have nothing to base that on.
Figgy1
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Arranging travel will be difficult and you're right it would be wrong to send them somewhere unsafe
Songbird76
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There are state standards, though right? I remember this one lady....really nice lady, but not necessarily very academically inclined, pulled her kids out of school so they wouldn't learn about reproduction in school. Another didn't want her kid to associate with the local children, who she thought would be a bad influence on her child....that girl was so socially inept and absolutely arrogant...horrible human being. It had nothing at all to do with the quality of education offered and in most cases where I was, the academics took a real back seat....not even just the back seat....they were dragging behind the car like a string of cans on a "Just married!" stretch limo. Some of those kids couldn't write a complete sentence much less do things like Algebra or Geometry. And the parents weren't worried about their kids needing those skills....it was just they didn't want their kids dating or talking to other kids about social issues. It was more about keeping information from their kids than it was about getting them proper education, which is sad. But I thought that they had introduced certain standards that they had to meet, and quotas for class times, etc. It would be really sad for kids if those things aren't checked. To be fair, some kids seem to thrive on their own and be motivated, like @MySmallWorldof4 's kids, but many of them are not like that. I took an online class in college for Political Science. I HAD to take the class to graduate, but it didn't fit into my schedule. We only met the teacher something like twice, and he told me that most of the kids in that class took it because they didn't have to show up for a class. But even if they did the assignments, most of them were lazy about it. We had to write a paper about hate crimes legislation and whether we thought Wyoming should adopt hate crimes laws, because Matthew Shepard had just been murdered. He told me I was the ONLY person in the entire class who actually researched and had statistics to back up my opinion. The ONLY one. The rest of the class just wasn't motivated to put the work in when they weren't in a structured environment. And I think that's the difference. If someone does homeschooling with a structured environment, it can be an awesome education...but if it's just a way of keeping them isolated from the influences of society, it can be really bad. And those are the ones who give homeschooling a bad reputation.
Songbird76
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I also wonder if they are treated fairly by coworkers and such. You hear stories where people blame anyone who looks to be of Asian descent...they don't even have to be from an Asian country, but people will avoid them, or ask them ridiculous questions and just treat them poorly. I hope they can work something out so that those particular people can stay, or maybe get assistance. It's definitely not fair to just chuck them out and send them back where it's worst.
I remember after 9/11 the Muslim community in my area were treated very unfairly.
Cesar R M
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As far I know, International CPs are just by a handful of countries (linked schools), while the Cultural Exchange are more broad and are not always related to schools.
MySmallWorldof4
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I was just kidding this morning about bidets. Look at the headline I found.
GOOGLE SEARCHES FOR “BIDETS” SKYROCKET FOLLOWING TOILET PAPER CORONAVIRUS PANIC BUYS
Analytics tool shows searches for term have reached all-time high
GOOGLE SEARCHES FOR “BIDETS” SKYROCKET FOLLOWING TOILET PAPER CORONAVIRUS PANIC BUYS
Analytics tool shows searches for term have reached all-time high
MySmallWorldof4
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The new gym youngest goes to posted that they will be open from 9-3 for gym time where they can practice skills. Only for 8 and up. $5 an hour, or $20 for the day. I was considering setting up playdates with kids my kids know that go to public school. For my kids of course, they are always home so no change for them really.
MySmallWorldof4
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In PA they have to make a portfolio of their work during the year. They need to meet with a state approved evaluator face to face, and they are required to take standardized tests for grades ,3,5, and 8. There are lots of homeschool groups. PA is also a state where homeschoolers get a recognized high school diploma when they graduate.
