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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is from the ND student paper and has a lot more details about the new restrictions.

Honestly it sounds miserable for the kids.  There is no good answer, but I think most of the students would be happier at home with their families.  This has to be especially hard for the freshmen who don't even know one another yet.

https://ndsmcobserver.com/2020/08/nd-classes-to-switch-online-for-next-two-weeks-to-halt-the-spread-of-virus/[/quote]

[b]My DD is a freshman at ND and is miserable.[/b]  The restrictions that they've had in place have not made it a anything remotely close to a college-like experience.  Grab-n-go food is terrible, no sports, no clubs, difficult to connect with masks, etc.  She was ready to come home before yesterday's announcement.  Now with the new restrictions, it'll be even worse.
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Are you for real?  How was this a surprise to you? ND made it clear that school would be different and you ignored it. Go cry somewhere else. You and your kid had ample opportunity to be aware. Go ahead and convince your kid that she'll be damaged forever by this. Don't even mention the pandemic and that some kids have lost their parents or other family members. Poor baby. Her freshman year experience isn't what she expected.

JFC.  I have 2 in college who both have to dl and I am sick to death of posts like this. [/quote]

I'm sorry.  I know that ND is not a school where many students from the same class from high school would attend, because it is so hard to get in.  State university students usually benefit from going in knowing someone.  ND has a very robust dorm system, though.  Has the dorm planned appropriate social activities?  My DD's living-learning community has already planned a Zoom platonic "speed dating" activity, for instance.  Maybe it should be renamed "Speed Friendship" or "Speed Networking" or something.  Next week is a Zoom Escape Room.  All of this is before the kids even move in.  The dorm staff at ND has many adults who should be helping to form community.  Don't be afraid to reach out if your daughter is that miserable. ND is one of the last colleges left that takes "in loco parentis" seriously.
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DP.  I’m pretty sure every hall staff members is trying to take care of students who are sick, in worse shape than your daughter, or — more likely — responding to dozens of calls and emails from parents (not to mention multiple calls, texts and emails from same parents) who are freaking out even though there child has not been a close contact of a positive case, and is exhibiting zero symptoms.  So give those RAs and rectors a pass the next few weeks, tell the kids to get ahead in their classes, grab another freshman and ask them to go walk around the lake, read a book, study on the quad, or whatever.  Patience, flexibility and kiNDness.[/quote]

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