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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They will open the schools. There will be outbreaks among students, teachers and staff. They will close the schools.[/quote]

They will open all of the schools. There will be outbreaks among students, teachers, and staff at some schools. They will close those schools, then re-open them.[/quote]

I love all these experts.  [/quote]

You don't need to be an expert to see how this is going to go. [b]Americans have demonstrated  that they won't have the patience to endure more than a few months of lockdowns. [/b]They want to get back to "normal", consequences be damned. That's what's happening in general now. It'll happen with schools in the fall. When the outbreaks start, and kids get a little sick and staff, teachers and parents get very sick, and some of them die, the pendulum will swing in the other direction and schools will close again. Rinse and repeat. Everything is reactionary to whatever sentiment is ascendant at the moment. There is no guiding strategy to get us through this pandemic, which is a failure of leadership at all levels, but starting at the top.[/quote]

Nobody else did either. The difference is that other countries used the lockdown time to take effective measures. We in the US just wasted ours.[/quote]

This. I'm from Germany, and I can tell you people there are just as eager to get back to normal as they are here. They also didn't comply with their lockdown any more stringently than people in the DC area. No need to bash Americans for their supposed lack of discipline. It's your government that is the problem, and the general unhealthiness and therefore vulnerability of the population. Germany is also more attentive to scientific findings that kids don't really contribute to the spread of the virus or are at risk from it. Their association of pediatricians made a statement to that effect. That is one reason they are opening schools normally after the summer. It is also possible that they consider education a higher priority. But it's definitely not the case that they are more patient about lockdowns.[/quote]
Why school is lower priority in US? Why? Extremely frustrating.[/quote]

The German system has its faults, too. Many students are only in formal school until the age of 14, and then move on to a hybrid internship/work training program.  Personally, I like their system. But we have a system that tries to treat everyone equally and Germany is more accepting of tracking, which gives them a more flexible system.  I don't think it is accurate to say they care more about education.  They implement differently, based on their values, which has less emphasis on equal opportunity for higher education.  They also respect the trades A LOT more so Americans wouldn't view much of their education as "education" but rather "job training." [/quote]

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