Will you let your kid go back to college in the fall if things are the same?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to believe that by the fall, this country will come to its senses. Hopefully the federal government takes some command of the situation and enough governors get on board to create social distancing that involves primarily isolation the sick and vulnerable communities so the rest of us can get on with life and our children in particular don't continue suffer the gravest consequences. Colleges should open and run almost as normal--with at risk students, faculty, and staff, taking the precautions they need to--and when they do, yes, my student will be back.

The Federal government is why we are in this mess.

They will not get it together they are only focused on re-election.

Colleges will be online.

[Anonymous]

Ultimately it’s DC’s decision but u won’t have a problem with a decision to return to campus. And colleges will almost certainly be open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in a college town. The restaurants just opened back up in my college town for inside dining. The restaurants are slammed with college students and professors.

My college town has about 70,000 students. Many live in apartments year round. College students in my town typically have a lot of money.

They are dining in restaurants. I fail to see campus not opening up.

College students are also working the restaurant jobs.

Life goes on.

Hi, Liberty Univ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have to believe that by the fall, this country will come to its senses. Hopefully the federal government takes some command of the situation and enough governors get on board to create social distancing that involves primarily isolation the sick and vulnerable communities so the rest of us can get on with life and our children in particular don't continue suffer the gravest consequences. Colleges should open and run almost as normal--with at risk students, faculty, and staff, taking the precautions they need to--and when they do, yes, my student will be back.

The Federal government is why we are in this mess.

They will not get it together they are only focused on re-election.

Colleges will be online.

First people said that the Trump administration was racist and that we shouldn't be stopping travel from China and then people said the Federal Govt can't dictate what states can do because of states rights (which is true) and now everyone is a Monday morning QB saying it's the fault of the federal government that this is happening despite the obvious evidence to the contrary. Just nuts.

Let people open their businesses with precautions. They don't want to rely on handouts and are willing to work. And students are willing to go back to school in the fall. If you are scared and want to stay home for a year and get unemployment and force your children to do the same it's your choice and fine to decide but others do not want that. A really high percentage of people who have died from Covid-19 are people over 75 with at least one other pre existing condition. We have data to show who these people are (if they don't already know about themselves) and there can be a plan to help protect them.

Either way it's not the president's fault.

[Anonymous]

Of course they should go back. The risk to young healthy people is truly negligible.

[Anonymous]

No, my kids won't be going back. The situation is still unsafe.

[Anonymous]

New Hampshire announced its schools are returning in the fall. Parents seem very happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course they should go back. The risk to young healthy people is truly negligible.

Yup, that's the mindset here. Let the germspreaders in dorms with shared bathrooms kill off the staff and faculty.

[Anonymous]

My kid has been living at her off-campus apartment since quarantine started, doing her online classes. She plans on doing the same in the fall regardless of whether classes are online, in-person, or somewhere in between. The vast majority of her friends and the people she knows plan to do the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a college town. The restaurants just opened back up in my college town for inside dining. The restaurants are slammed with college students and professors.

My college town has about 70,000 students. Many live in apartments year round. College students in my town typically have a lot of money.

They are dining in restaurants. I fail to see campus not opening up.

College students are also working the restaurant jobs.

Life goes on.

Hi, Liberty Univ.

I'm the prior poster. I'm not really sure what you mean by this. All I'm saying is that in my town college students are out and about and dining in the restaurants and are also working in the restaurants now. My state has started to open up.
My town is actually far left. I would not call it Liberty University. Certainly no one is conservative and the town votes far left. Take that for what you will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they should go back. The risk to young healthy people is truly negligible.

Yup, that's the mindset here. Let the germspreaders in dorms with shared bathrooms kill off the staff and faculty.

The reality is most college accomodations are pretty luxe. The norm now is that the college student has their own bathroom and their own bedroom. They might share a kitchen area.
Virtually every kid has their own car. College students of today are not living in ghettos.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it is true that most college kids have their own bathrooms (or bedrooms, unless you get into older kids)

[Anonymous]

We will when we get closer, but my DC will probably live in his apartment just off campus. If classes are online, he can do them from his apartment. If there is a partial closure, he will still be able to go on campus for his research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course they should go back. The risk to young healthy people is truly negligible.

Yup, that's the mindset here. Let the germspreaders in dorms with shared bathrooms kill off the staff and faculty.

The reality is most college accomodations are pretty luxe. The norm now is that the college student has their own bathroom and their own bedroom. They might share a kitchen area.
Virtually every kid has their own car. College students of today are not living in ghettos.

That is not the norm for both my children or friend’s children or my nephews. All seem to have 2-4 roommates freshman year- all in one room. A few had en-suite bathrooms, but most were down the hall.

[Anonymous]

Most of the bathrooms in our dorms are shared, some of them for an entire floor. How can you do social distance while brushing your teeth? Super high risk activity too, spitting covid saliva all over the place. Even if the students come in one after the other, the aerosols stay in the air for 3 hours.
Parking at our urban college is difficult to get.