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So many of these plans assume that people will follow the rules.

Spoiler alert: They will not.

chronicle.com/article/Welcom…
Every time, I hear one of these plans about socially distant classrooms in K-12 & higher ed, I think about how impossible it will be to enforce with kids & college students.
Removing some chairs from a room doesn't mean students won't bring the remaining ones together.
Taping benches or chairs to keep students off won't keep students from removing the tape to take a seat.
Marking doors and pathways as entrance and exit only won't compel people to enter and exit where they are supposed to.
Taping a line on the floor to keep students six feet away from a teacher doesn't mean students won't step closer.
I just don't see how this can work. Teachers will be spending so much time, effort & energy on trying to maintain socially distant classrooms that I can't imagine how they can teach or students can learn under these conditions.
Grown-ass adults can't or won't follow the signs or keep socially distant in the grocery store.

How can we imagine that kids or college students will?

HOW.
I have a six-year-old, who is a rule follower, but no amount of rules would keep this kiddo from being as close as he could be to his friends.
And tape and removing furniture won't keep college students from being together.

It's a gesture to safety not actually being safe.
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