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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More from Spivey

https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/school-are-now-confirming-in-large-numbers-they-will-be-open/

(I wonder if he reads this forum)[/quote]

[b]The first paragraph says classes will be smaller. That has a ton of ripple effects. If classrooms can’t even be 50% full due to the need for social distancing, there would need to be more sections of each class. [/b]This runs counter to the need for more time between classes so that cleaning can happen. I think these universities are painting a very rosy picture so students don’t jump ship. Any school that says they have these logistics even close to being worked out is lying. 
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Not necessarily. At my kid’s state school, the plan is to have the large lectures online and then the discussions/lab in person. That seems very viable. [/quote]

How large is “large”? Anything over 300? 100? 50? A lot of universities have classes that aren’t what one would consider large lectures but aren’t labs/seminars either. A student who enrolls in a 40 person class may very well be told that class has to move online because they can’t spread students out sufficiently. There aren’t enough of the large lecture halls to put all the 40 person classes in those. I agree that it’s a good solution but people on here sound like they will be posted at anything other than a totally normal experience. [/quote]

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