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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing that happened this year that was interesting is that the parents of kids that got into some really competitive schools are 100% remote -so they were bragging and bragging but now their kid is stuck at home while a lot of others are on campus. Of course, that's not universally related to rank, but my DS has 3 Ivy friends stuck at home while he is at a lower ranked school doing a good job with covid and having in person classes.....

So be careful what you ask for.[/quote]

Before COVID-19, we had tuberculosis in early 1900s. Henry David Thoreau took a leave of Harvard because of the disease. You might say he did remote during the time of tuberculosis, living out of Concord woods, reading and writing, all the while remaining in constantly in contact with his Harvard professor and mentor Emerson. The rest is history. We still read his book, Walden, among others. The Ivy students are still connected and are continuing with their work even in remote. If I were a betting man, I’d not be surprised if the next Henry David Thoreau, Bill Gate, or Steve Jobs comes out of Ivies in this age of coronavirus. [/quote]

Good point.  When our kids are just running around all the time with no reflection, how can they possibly think.  Covid-19 has forced them into having downtime.  Now, if only I could somehow drop their iphone into a vat of boiling water.  Then, we'd finally have quiet![/quote]

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