New York Times reporter Jesse Drucker called out his son’s NYC public school for making the debate team compete over Zoom instead of in person.
“Why are NYC schoolkids still forced to do so much remotely? My son had a debate tournament today — which meant spending 7 hours in his bedroom debating kids from other NYC public schools via Zoom”:
Why are NYC schoolkids still forced to do so much remotely? My son had a debate tournament today — which meant spending 7 hours in his bedroom debating kids from other NYC public schools via Zoom.
Why?
— Jesse Drucker (@JesseDrucker) December 11, 2021
Welcome to the party, pal:
Genuinely baffled by some of the responses below. The kids are in school Monday-Friday. Why is Saturday all of a sudden a Covid risk?
— Jesse Drucker (@JesseDrucker) December 11, 2021
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And, as he notes, there are quite a few people who disagree with him:
Yet another NY Times reporter uses their platform to try to wield power in the school system. Why are these opinions allowed for "impartial" reporters?
Dude, cross against the light 6 times, it's more dangerous than crossing against the light 5 times. That's how statistics work. https://t.co/O3daoHeTAI— Victoria Zunitch (@vickizun) December 12, 2021
Yes. “Lucky.” Nailed it:
That's awesome. What a lucky kid to be able to do that from home. https://t.co/tIcsNglaDw
— Our Blue America (@OurBlueAmerica) December 11, 2021
But if he thought NYC was going to come to its senses anytime soon, think again:
Coronavirus cases are rising in New York City schools, raising concerns that declining staff testing and a small pool of eligible students—who must opt-in to be tested—do not give an accurate picture of how COVID-19 is circulating in city's school system. https://t.co/reffSOn5km
— Gothamist (@Gothamist) December 12, 2021
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