Posts Tagged ‘teachers’

Return of Chuck Mak: Face Validity from Pittsburgh | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #133

By David P. Perrodin | May 5, 2020

[Podcast] Chuck Mak delivers face validity from Pittsburgh, describing the rapid scale up of University of Pittsburgh Medical’s campus for influx of coronavirus patients; the biggest IT challenges; essential worker papers; COVID19 GIS hotspots tracked by phone; economic smash landing; and locus of control.  DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP133-AUDIO SCALING UP ONE OF…

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Schools Won’t Open This Fall – Here’s Why | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #132

By David P. Perrodin | May 1, 2020

[Podcast] The coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools this spring. Something else will keep them closed this fall. Doc explains the trifecta that will keep schools closed for some or all of 2020-2021. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP132-AUDIO TEACHERS UNIONS CONSIDERING STRIKES AND PROTESTS OVER COVID19 Politico’s Nicole Gaudiano, John Hendel and Leah Nylen wrote: “Teachers…

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect | What It Is And How To Fight It | Overton Window Has Shifted | LIVESTREAM 4-24-2020 [Podcast]

By David P. Perrodin | April 25, 2020

[Podcast] In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot…

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Escaped Prisoners Near Me | Finite Voltage | Civilian Morale | Pranking Steve | SAFETY DOC LIVESTREAM 4-16-2020 [Podcast]

By David P. Perrodin | April 17, 2020

[Podcast] Escaped Prisoners Near Doc’s House | Humans’ Finite Voltage of 100 Days | Civilian Morale | Pranking Steve in this livestream of The Safety Doc Podcast. Doc was decked out in military fatigues and Navy cap as he went full smoke-out mode securing the neighborhood from fugitives. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP130-AUDIO…

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Sir Bryan Bowden | NYC Pandemic Epicenter Face Validity | Protecting Your Right to Privacy | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #128

By David P. Perrodin | April 9, 2020

[Podcast] New Yorker Bryan Bowden describes what’s happening in his city with a face validity update; the intersection of privacy and government surveillance of its citizens; debt forgiveness; self-sufficient mindsets; liberation and innovation; and monitoring the encroachment of social credit scores for Americans. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP128-AUDIO ABOUT BRYAN BOWDEN Born and…

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Drastic Austerity Measures for K-12 | Preparing for Deep Cuts to Education | THE SAFETY DOC PODCAST #126

By David P. Perrodin | April 1, 2020

[Podcast] Schools brace for brutal 20% (or greater) slash to funding as coronavirus crashes economies; Doc’s face validity check in; Washington State’s “report your neighbors” website; the basics of school funding; austerity measures for the 2020-2021 school year; what will get cut; what will get funded; what happens to school safety? DIRECT LINK to MP3…

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How Coronavirus Changed America’s Social Contract | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #125

By David P. Perrodin | March 29, 2020

[Podcast] Doc does a face validity check in, describes the American social contract, and then identifies ways personal privacy changed this month and how those changes will likely be permanent. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP125-AUDIO ARE WE ALL DEPUTIZED? Doc notes counties and communities encouraging residents to report alleged violations of social gathering decrees…

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