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Only the most magical thinking would lead anyone to think this *wouldn’t* happen

It’s completely predictable
Penn State also having shocking, surprising, unpredictable problems with large student gatherings

news.psu.edu/story/629021/2…
A party at a frat

WHO COULD HAVE EXPECTED THIS

news.psu.edu/story/628966/2…
Syracuse, 100-person party

WE COULD NOT HAVE FORESEEN THIS

WHAT ARE WE ORACLES

dailyorange.com/2020/08/videos…
North Carolina State goes online because...

...wait for it...

frat parties and COVID spike

90% of students can do everything exactly right and this still will not work

BECAUSE IT’S A HIGHLY COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

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“Purdue leaders getting anxious about how off-campus parties could threaten the university’s in-person reopening plan”

GETTING anxious OMFG Image
Even in Oklahoma

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/o…
Kansas

chronicle.com/article/live-c… Image
Every school thinks it is different, that is can break the pattern

if we all just TRY HARDER

Behavioral scientists everywhere are weeping, flat on the floor, clutching their favorite tipple

https://t.co/MNErkLi2Xz
Situations in which we have learned that urging people to “try harder” and “be better” does not change behavior

*Smoking cessation
*Weight loss
*Drug addiction
*Drunk driving
*Safe sex
Yale students: special

https://t.co/pBjNriFNlQ
Exactly

Feels like a setup to blame students for what are firmly the failures of government and leaders

https://t.co/rD5FCI2Dwk
Party in Nebraska!

https://t.co/GEqwCWraJk
LUTHERANS

Is nothing sacred

startribune.com/17-st-olaf-stu…
Pitt

pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/08/19/uni…
Purdue

IMO, it is irresponsible for a uni to open if safety depends upon perfect compliance

Also, scolding doesn’t work as policy

jconline.com/story/news/202… Image
Catholics! In my home state!

(Holy Cross was THE chosen school for classmates at my Catholic high school)

DISAPPOINTING

holycross.edu/2019-novel-cor… Image
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Let’s see, what’s the worst way to do this...

Bring thousands of students to campus

They infect each other

We send them back home!
Notre Dame had everyone test before they came to campus

Only 0.28% tested positive

Since opening, 12% of tests are positive

here.nd.edu/our-approach/d… ImageImage
To be clear:

1) 0.28% positive rate is among the 11,386 tested before campus opened. 33 tested positive & were told to stay away

2) 12% positive rate is among the 508 tested since campus opened. 58 new cases identified after students returned.
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Can/should any college resume in-person classes this fall?

Best scenario I can see:

small rural college

real estate cheap, so solo dorm rooms feasible

quarantine upon arrival followed by testing

use all campus facilities to allow six-foot distancing in classrooms

1/N
In this scenario there are still no college-sponsored group events, sports, parties

Is this bare-bones version of residential-college life worth the risks? Worth the cost of room and board?

I just don't get how so many presidents are confident about re-opening in person

2/N
See this thread about experience of a class of new Army recruits

Universal testing upon arrival

*22% infected within a few weeks*

And this is the ARMY FFS

Typical college environment is a tad less disciplined than Fort Benning

3/N
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Have I mentioned

I homeschooled my son two years (grades 7 & 8) & my daughter one year (grade 7)

The joy is in letting them go down rabbit holes

My advice: do the minimum the school requires

spend the found time on topic(s) they pick

Then find cool stuff 1/N
My son got totally into Roman history and culture

Books about weaponry

Historical fiction

Horrible Histories

Fantastic BBC videos and games (Rome a big part of British curriculum)

Learning Latin 2/N
My daughter got into evolution, which her school had tiptoed around

Biographies of scientists

Big History, from Big Bang through present (books, videos)

Visiting museums (many have virtual visits)

Museum of Natural History has awesome app that turns your face Neanderthal

3/N
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