Online instruction Fall 2020

[socaldad2002]

@ucbalumnus

@socaldad2002

Even commuter students don’t want online classes, it’s not just an issue with students living in dorms. I went to a community college and enjoyed the in-class lectures and time after class talking with my professors, studying in the library with fellow students, joining clubs on campus, and even supporting our local sports teams.

However, the community college student paying $1.5k tuition + $1k books is less likely to complain about paying a premium price than the intended residential college student paying $50k tuition + $1k books.

@socaldad2002

Heck online is bad for just about everyone and everything. This past week I “attended” (through Zoom), a friend’s mom’s funeral, my SIL kid’s bar mitzvah, a virtual easter egg hunt, and a boyz happy hour. It sucks not attending these life events in person and its only been a month! Online can never replicate in-person meetings and gatherings. Never…

You better hope that an effective vaccine becomes widely available as quickly as possible, or some other mitigation like an effective treatment that greatly reduces the bad effects like need for hospitalization, long term damage, or death. It isn’t really under the colleges’ control (except for the few where there is COVID-19 research going on).

I’m really confused about what your point is?