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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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John park hopper said:
If that were the case wouldn't the flu virus also be killed as the flu virus seems to disappear in the warmer months. The mechanism of a virus once it is in your body injects its DNA or RNA into you cells and high jackets your cells replicating machinery and produces more and more virus and when there are so many viruses in that cell the cell explodes and those new viruses invade more cells and the process continues over whelming your immune system. Viruses lack the ability to reproduce on their own. They basically are packets of genetic material with a protein coat sunlight, temperature and humidity and disinfectants can destroy that protein coat when out in the open. Bacteria given a food source on the other hand can reproduce on their own they have all the machinery contained in the bacterial to do so. Sorry to run on and on----on my microbiology background got the best of me
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I have taken microbiology multiple times, not because I failed, but for my degrees. I second what you said. It is RNA.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
This is some interesting information, although a hypothesis nonetheless.
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I think we all know that our bodies increase temperature when we are ill to combat viruses and bacteria that make us sick. We can get over illness quicker if we don’t take fever reducers when we have low grade fevers. I also read a study that taking ibuprofen actually increases longevity of the flu, and causes secondary issues like pneumonia. Acetaminophen is recommended for fevers during the flu b
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Yeah, I read that, too, but I just don't know about the veracity of that info. There's so much false information out there...people claiming that drinking hot water will kill the germs that cause illness, or that warm weather will slow the spread, etc. Unless I hear it from a medical health professional, I'm going to take it with a grain of salt. A long time ago, I remember hearing someone say that you shouldn't believe any health-related info on the internet unless it's on a website ending in .gov or .org, like on a hospital's website....something where you know it's official. Nothing ending in .com because anyone can set up a fake website and pretend to be a doctor. So now when I google, I look for the date of the article, and I look for a site ending in .gov or .org.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
Very true. As an aside I have a friend who os a professor who actually teaches teachers to become teachers. This one class was for ESL teachers to be. They were supposed to do 4 days of in classroom observation as part of their grade. The class ends on Thursday, tomorrow. It is an online class. She got a text from a student saying that she couldn’t complete that assignment because the schools had closed. She also said she should pass her anyway because that assignment was only 20% of the grade. My friend was angry. She said she told them before the class began about this requirement for the class. This student was waiting literally for the last week of class to complete this assignment. She spoke to her supervisor who told her to have the student complete an alternative task.
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:rolleyes: Wow....holy procrastination, batman! We had to do a bunch of observations, too. Our first year, we went as a class and observed just for an hour here or there. Second year I think we had to set it up in small groups maybe? Then 1st semester of the last year we did several weeks and taught some classes ourselves under the supervision of a mentor. Then the last semester we did our student teaching. But we had deadlines...we had to complete so many hours by a certain date. It's been long enough I don't remember exactly how it was set up, but I do remember different set ups depending on where we were in our process, and I'm pretty sure we didn't actually have any observations in our first couple of years of college...it wasn't until we got into the pedagogy classes in like 3rd year. But it was a gradual process....if you can't plan and manage your time and meet those deadlines, that doesn't bode well for you.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Songbird76 said:
Yeah, I read that, too, but I just don't know about the veracity of that info. There's so much false information out there...people claiming that drinking hot water will kill the germs that cause illness, or that warm weather will slow the spread, etc. Unless I hear it from a medical health professional, I'm going to take it with a grain of salt. A long time ago, I remember hearing someone say that you shouldn't believe any health-related info on the internet unless it's on a website ending in .gov or .org, like on a hospital's website....something where you know it's official. Nothing ending in .com because anyone can set up a fake website and pretend to be a doctor. So now when I google, I look for the date of the article, and I look for a site ending in .gov or .org.
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Many physicians post relevant info and they have .com. I usually use more than one source to gather information. Many do have their own agenda it is true and that is why I use multiple sources.
 
John park hopper

John park hopper

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Here in SC Krispy Kreme doughnuts are the big favorite but I love Dunkin when I as working every morning on my drive to work I'd pick up 3. Wife started noticing "you are putting on weight" I tend to be thin didn't have the nerve to tell her what I was doing. Got ratted out by a friends daughter who told the wife I see John at Dunkin every morning --BUSTED-- had to come clean.
 
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Lilofan

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John park hopper said:
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Here in SC Krispy Kreme doughnuts are the big favorite but I love Dunkin when I as working every morning on my drive to work I'd pick up 3. Wife started noticing "you are putting on weight" I tend to be thin didn't have the nerve to tell her what I was doing. Got ratted out by a friends daughter who told the wife I see John at Dunkin every morning --BUSTED-- had to come clean.
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Krispy Kreme is planning to open up their largest location, their flagship store in NYC to addict the locals and tourists to those delish glazed donuts.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Gabe1 said:
I'm sorry. I find this post to be a most unfortunate choice of words. :(

That is a big statement about our kids, many of us on this thread have young adult kids. We have many young adults students about to go off to college here on this thread. They have worked hard to become fine adults and we as their parents spent countless hours mentoring and educating them. My son had to rise to the occasion this week. He has about 275 employees that report to him directly. He is able to keep 4 due to the Virus. He was given a directive and he followed it. Doesn't mean because he feels awful that he is a Wuss. I am proud of what my DS and DD have accomplished. I am proud they took their education seriously and became productive members of society.

Me I am proud of the young adults on this thread, some have graduated college and are productive members of society, from business members to preschool teachers, contributing member of society. We have a few spawn of members that even sit on a board of pediatric cancer foundation. I am constantly in awe of our parents here on this thread too that give everything we have to make sure our children have opportunities to succeed no matter what life has thrown them. Me I am an AARP woman but still young enough to remember that Words Matter.



I know. You know something happened there. He needs a good mentor. The virus, wars and 9/11 all take their toll on people different ways. Me, I don't know what the person has been through in their young life so far so I find it easier not to judge without all the facts.

One of my DD cashiers at the water park where she still works her 2nd job got laid off do to the Virus, the elderly woman needs the money to eat, my DD does not. The lady is 81. My daughter went out and bought her 4 shopping bags of groceries and put them at her door when she knew she'd be gone. Just a note of BE WELL. PRAYING FOR YOU, no name. This was my DD idea, she immediately thought of the elderly woman even though they are all gone until the virus is defeated. My DD is a lovely young woman that has a great deal of compassion.
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In regards to my student teacher shutting down and not communicating with me, he has done this a few times during his placement with me. He has spoken to me about mental health issues. I have offered many opportunities and given him multiple suggestions about where he can go to seek help, he has decided to deal with it himself. I'm not a mental health profession but I have tried to be a good mentor offering him opportunities to get help. Shutting down and not communicating to someone who is calling, emailing and texting him with professional information and concern for his well being for four days and multiple times a day is not okay. I understand anxiety but one simple text would have been appropriate on his end. I even considered calling the police or trying to contact his parents, ultimately I decided the university should be involved to help check on his wellness. Maybe I wasn't a good enough mentor but I tried.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MinnieM123 said:
@ajrwdwgirl , sorry to be the bearer of bad news:

nypost.com

Popular NYC-based ice cream chain Ample Hills files for bankruptcy

Popular Brooklyn-born ice cream chain Ample Hills Creamery has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a report said. Ample Hills, with 14 locations across the city, told The Real Deal that the filing was…
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I heard this, and I hope they make it through bankruptcy. So now while other are stocking up on toilet paper and bread I might have to stocking up on Ample Hills ice cream.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Songbird76 said:
I'm thinking it was just an excuse he latched onto. My mom was diagnosed with cancer halfway through my student teaching. I was taking her to appointments, taking care of her outside of school hours, and I only missed 2 days of my student teaching, which I had made up for by starting my student teaching early just in case I got sick. (That ended up backfiring BADLY. They had told us you only got 2 or 3 sick days, but most schools started up in January before University classes, so you could start early and have those days as a buffer. I did that, but because I was doing music, I had to do half at the elementary level and half at the secondary level. Because I started early, I had all those days at the secondary level, so I had fewer days total at the elementary level. My mom's diagnosis came the day of my concert for the end of my secondary level, so the 2 days I took off were at the elementary level. They told me I had to have the same number of days at the two levels, and since I had more days at secondary, I had to redo my student teaching. They weren't going to let me graduate because I did EXTRA student teaching. How logical is THAT?? My liason had to call the university and argue on my behalf to get them to agree that my taking initiative shouldn't count against me and I had gone above and beyond what was expected of me, at a very difficult time and under difficult circumstances. They finally relented) If I could get through that, I don't think worry about the coronavirus is a very valid excuse. Welcome to the world. Things will go wrong, things will happen. You aren't going to be a very effective teacher if you can't deal with stress and you shut down when something difficult comes up. So, does he effectively fail?
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So weird about your student teaching experience. You certainly shouldn't have been punished for doing more. My student teacher won't fail, at least through his placement with me. He did an adequate job with the students. I know the university (and other universities in the state) is working with our DPI on how all these student teacher can still graduate and get their license despite probably missing out on or possibly missing out on their second placement. My student teacher is a really nice guy (not a kid he is almost 30), I do hope everything works out for him.
 

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