Be honest: do you think your DS or DD will get COVID while on campus?

[Anonymous]

We need to be honest here: you know if your kid is the type who will get COVID while back on campus.

I have a niece who desperately wants to go back to campus this fall. But she checks all the boxes for reckless behavior and her parents are really worried:
-Very active in Greek life
-Extroverted and parties every weekend (so many Instagram posts)
-Her parents have caught her not wearing a mask with her friends

This is a huge fight right now in my sister’s family. They are worried that if DD gets sick, they lose the tuition dollars for the semester in addition to worries about DD’s health.

Is your kid a rule breaker? I feel like these are the types who are attracted to returning to campus. Responsible kids will stay home and slog thru remote learning.

[Anonymous]

I assume they won't but I know in reality they might. They are pretty low partiers but all it takes is one roommate.

[Anonymous]

Explain how they will “lose the tuition dollars.” Is her likelihood of contracting COVID high? Sure, given her behaviors. But there’s also a really high probability that she will weather it just fine without being hospitalized.

[Anonymous]

Many will and for over 99% of them in will be no big deal, at all. Most of them will never even know they contracted it. Your niece's parents need to calm down.

[Anonymous]

this is an odd question...

[Anonymous]

I 100% think my son will get it but because he bites his nails and is unconscious.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I expect my son would, if he were to live in a dorm on campus.

That's why he won't be living in a dorm on campus!

[Anonymous]

Yes - 100% chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Explain how they will “lose the tuition dollars.” Is her likelihood of contracting COVID high? Sure, given her behaviors. But there’s also a really high probability that she will weather it just fine without being hospitalized.

Even if not hospitalized, you can be sick for weeks. A common side effect is extreme lethargy and tiredness. Good luck keeping up with classes. If you have a hospitalization? Forget it, the semester is shot.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I assume my nephew will get ill. Really involved in Greek life, very extroverted.

But I'd rather have him get ill on campus than infect his parents at home.

[Anonymous]

I know people on here are obsessed with the “college experience” and don’t care about, uh, the value of money, but dd is saving $7k by doing virtual from home this semester.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think my son would get COVID. He is a rising freshman and chomping at the bit for the “freedom” campus life would provide. He also chronically put his hands in his mouth. It was just a nasty habit before, but it is potentially dangerous now.

I also have a daughter in grad school, and I absolutely think as she would get it for different reasons. She is a social butterfly. Even now, she invents any conceivable reason to get out of the house and/or to interact with other people.

Both also have a history of not making the best decisions (but what 18-25 year olds do). They do not fully think about the consequences of their actions are and are easily influenced by what others think of them. Lastly, they both are pretty willing to comply with authority. We have had long discussions that just because the government says it is OK to do something, doesn’t mean you should do it or that it is the best thing for you to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Explain how they will “lose the tuition dollars.” Is her likelihood of contracting COVID high? Sure, given her behaviors. But there’s also a really high probability that she will weather it just fine without being hospitalized.

Even if not hospitalized, you can be sick for weeks. A common side effect is extreme lethargy and tiredness. Good luck keeping up with classes. If you have a hospitalization? Forget it, the semester is shot.

Everyone is in the same boat. There's a decent chance her professors and TAs might get sick and need to muddle through the semester with some remote classes or some canceled classes. Her professors might have kids who are doing DL and not 100% focused. Everyone's just going to have to do the best they can. I don't think getting sick means she can't pass her classes.

[Anonymous]

My kid is pretty sure he already had it, in late Feb in Boston. It was a weird illness and didn't spread to everyone, but enough people (including profs) were sick that a few classes were cancelled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I 100% think my son will get it but because he bites his nails and is unconscious.

OMG...that is my son!