#Indian Service Rte 13

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Shiprock and a Look Across the New Mexico High Desert by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the northwest while taking in views across the northern New Mexico high desert with a distant view to the Shiprock formation. This is at a roadside pullout along Indian Service Rte 13. With this image, I pulled back on the focal length to include more of the surrounding landscape to add to the setting in the image captured.

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TRANSITION OF EDUCATION- FROM REAL TO VIRTUAL AND THE RESULTING CONSEQUENCES

 “A problem cannot be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it”- Albert Einstein

 While witnessing this global health emergency called Coronavirus, the futility of the divide between rich-poor, rural-urban, privileged-unprivileged is apparent to most of us, as the natural world couldn’t care less about who’s who. However, in the artificial man-made world (business, science & IT, politics, and war), it’s the unprivileged poor section of society that is bearing the brunt of pandemic. From health, shelter, and sanitation to education and employment, it’s the poor who is suffering since the outbreak.

 By Megha

15 July 2020, 11:11 am

                        The pandemic rendered many countries to impose nationwide lockdown in an attempt to contain the virus which resulted in, inter alia, closure of schools and colleges affecting over billion students worldwide. With norms of Social Distancing, contact in the physical world has limited and the ‘digital world’ has become a new phenomenon.

The education sector in the wake of COVID 19 has also shifted entirely towards the virtual realm. Even before COVID19 there was growth in adoption in education technology, however, pandemic gives us no choice but to resort to e-learning. This has disrupted students from elementary to higher schools and will create an upsurge in dropout rates. Moreover, extracurricular activities and hobbies that are to be pursued outdoors are affected. Nonetheless, the consequence of this transition largely impacts the poor population. While urban rich at utmost might face secondary operational challenges, it’s the urban and rural poor that will face diverse challenges of e-learning. The poorest households cannot afford a Smartphone or a computer. A report based on the 2017-18 National Sample Survey states that less than 15% of rural Indian households have Internet (as opposed to 42% urban Indian households). Furthermore, a mere 13% of people surveyed (aged above 5) in rural areas — just 8.5% of females — could use the Internet. This persistent inequality in the Digital Age is well known as ‘Digital Divide’.

From lack of resources-poor infrastructure-low connectivity-a dearth in vernacular content, an integrated digital education system seems a distant dream in India. Primary grade students don’t even have the resources they were offered, urban parents don’t have time, while rural parents lack knowledge. In the past few years, India did see some growth in literacy rate owing to various schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, RTE Act, and Midday Meal. As per the 2011 Census, the overall literacy rate in India has been reported as 74.04 wherein gender and geographic dimension still contribute to being a pivotal factor. The prevailing digital divide and sudden transition to e-learning will further widen the literacy and gender gap if went unchecked.

 The COVID19 pandemic indicates not mere health emergency but also an education emergency. Ensuring inclusive e-learning solutions and policies tackling the digital divide must be issues of concern. While VidyaDaan and DIKSHA portal is one such attempt made by the Indian government, on the international level, UNESCO’s ‘Global Education Coalition’ is another attempt. However, the issue of the Digital Divide remains unaddressed.

The RTE funds, for starters, should now be diverted into giving a Smartphone or a computer to poor students. Secondly, in rural remote areas, digital service centers should be built with guaranteed information accessibility, utilization, and receptiveness to all. Besides, individuals from government-private-NGOs should contribute to the futures of the children in the prevailing digital divide. This pandemic is not just an ecological catastrophe but also a social disaster and this multifaceted avatar of the pandemic should be paid heed to before it wreaks havoc on our lives.

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Shared route

From Shiprock Rock Formation to los Angeles via I-40 W.

11 hr 30 min (715 mi)

11 hr 30 min in current traffic

1. Head east

2. Turn left

3. Turn left

4. Slight left

5. Turn left

6. Turn left

7. Turn left onto Indian Service Rte 57A

8. Slight right onto Indian Service Rte 57A

9. Continue straight onto Indian Service Rte 571

10. Turn left onto US-64 W

11. Turn left onto US-89 S

12. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on US-89 S

13. Exit the traffic circle onto US-89 S

14. Continue straight to stay on US-89 S

15. Use the 2nd from the left lane to turn left onto US-180 E/Country Club Dr

16. Turn right onto the I-40 W ramp to I-17

17. Merge onto I-40 W

18. Merge onto I-15 S

19. Use the left lanes to take the I-15 S exit toward Los Angeles/San Diego

20. Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 115A for CA-210 W toward Pasadena

21. Use the right 2 lanes to take the Interstate 605 S exit

22. Merge onto I-605 S

23. Use the right lane to take exit 22 for I-10/I-10 W/San Bernadino Fwy toward Los Angeles/San Bernardino/Los Angles

24. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for W Los Angles

25. Keep left to continue on San Bernardino Fwy, follow signs for U.S. 101/Los Angeles

26. Take the Mission Rd exit

27. Turn left onto N Mission Rd

28. Turn right onto E 1st St

29. Continue straight onto W 1st St

30. Arrive at location: Los Angeles

For the best route in current traffic visit https://maps.app.goo.gl/TT7LkM3WqHBZn6Ge7

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A Shiprock in Mirror Is Closer Than It Appears by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along Indian Service Rte 13 in northern New Mexico with at a side view mirror and the southwest (and northeast with the mirror reflection). The formation is of Shiprock. I had come across the idea for an image like this using a sideview mirror quite a few years ago and have remembered to capture different images from places I’ve visited. With this one, I attempted to center Shiprock in the image and side view mirror. The idea for this image is here on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/99053770@N03/28582326572/in/gallery...).

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Traveling North by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along Indian Service Rte 13 with a view looking to the north across the northern New Mexico high desert setting. Off in the distance are ridges and peaks of the Ute Mountain Area with Ute Peak, Black Mountain, and West Toe (as identified using the PeakVisor app on my iPhone). My thought on composing this image was to have a balanced, leveled-on view with the horizon. I liked the balance with the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image with those of the blues and whites in the skies and clouds above. I also liked the dirt road and how it somewhat acted as a leading line into the image.