Interesting. I was born and raised in MA. Providence summer weather has its own vibe to me that is worse than MA. Still, @EmptyNestSoon2 has a point. There are wonderful attractions there in the summer, and even during the year. Before Covid, H and I would even make an occasional trip to Providence to visit one of our favorite restaurants, and then a fabulous bakery for dessert.
Oh I loved Providence, every season but summer. And that was 30 years ago before they spiffed up the river area and made it more of a destination. East side neighborhood was great to live in. I always thought of it as a smaller, move liveable version of Boston. As regards the weather, I’m just a Californian-didn’t-ever-have-to-deal-with-humidity wimp. But I agree with the other poster who said that Brown can afford to install AC. They should, if kids have to go in the summer.
Whatever this school is, they’re inviting all 20,000 students back, so they clearly don’t have a lot of concern about spreading disease to people who might die from it. Put an infectious kid on a plane? Not our problem; if you didn’t want to die you shouldn’t have gotten on the plane.
Yep. Hamilton is letting students request rooms next to friends so they can create their own “pod” or “family unit” by floor, in compliance with NYS guidelines. D20 has been making friends since being accepted in December (they even have regular Zoom gatherings), and hopes to room near some of them to make socializing easier. It’s not all doom and gloom.
As a point of reference, S18 wore a mask from 8:45 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. today during hands-on practical training in his EMT course. That happens twice per week for a month. He’s sitting on the couch with me now, eating an Italian Ice, happy as can be.
Whose routine is the same today as it was 4-5 months ago? Pretty much no one. We have all had to adapt. I would expect that college aged kids would be best able to adapt to changes. Not everyone though I guess.
D heard through the student grapevine that a “hybrid” class at her LAC will mean in-person, outside once per week and the other meetings will be online. What will hybrid look like at your kids’ schools?
It is possible that the 20k student school draws its students almost exclusively from the surrounding area, or within a driveable distance. There are regional public’s like that.
Just reading UofSC’s update on Covid. Students, faculty and staff returning in phase 2 and 3 this summer (before school begins) are asked to get a test and there is information on where to get it on campus. The interesting part is that College of Pharmacy and other campus researchers are working to develop a saliva test - which certainly would have advantages in college setting… To this end they are asking interested individuals to sign up for time where they do a swab test side by side with saliva test to see help determine the accuracy.
Fingers crossed. Simple, accurate test would be very helpful.
Lots of judgment here for a circumstance which you admit you know little about. Interesting. Though not surprising.
I think this may be a regional thing. East Coast mask wearing really is a thing. I’m going to guess it’s a thing in CA too.
Mask compliance is high in places with lots of deaths. So high in Manhattan, but not high in the Hamptons, for example.
If my kid’s school was letting the students create “pods” of friends, I’d agree it’s not all doom and gloom. Unfortunately, that isn’t happening.
I think I remember some dialogue earlier about how many classes would actually be taught in person vs remote at schools where all students are being invited back to campus.
D20 received her schedule today. She will take 3 classes in person and 2 synchronous remote. In person classes range from 25-50 students, remote are smaller (one has less than 10 students registered at this time and the other is around 15). She will have one remote class each day, with three classes three days per week and two classes two days per week.
This will be really interesting to watch as the semester unfolds to see what % of classes at various schools occur in person vs online.
@TheGFG at my D’s school hybrid means different things to different teachers. For two that she’s asked, it meant the classes were normal in-person but could be completed totally virtually. For a third it meant in-person five days a week for lecture but online for the required three hours of tutorial. Other teachers might use hybrid in a different way. There aren’t across the board answers at her school.
I had to laugh. McSweeney’s Internet Tendency nails it.
@CT1417 They didn’t provide a great deal of information about sending students home. They have quarantine dorms and hotels on standby for those that can’t travel home.
@Rivet2000 @milgymfam @roycroftmom I took a look at the incoming freshman class before responding. In-state students account for 77% of the enrolled Class of 2024. Another 5.5% are from contiguous states. Additionally, there are 9% that live within a 4-5 hour drive.
@“Cardinal Fang” Your comment made me chuckle.
My courses run three days a week, and have been moved to a hybrid format. Two days will be f2f, one day will be online. I haven’t decided if that one day will be synchronous (though Zoom) or not. I will have it set up so any student that is not comfortable coming to campus can take the entire course remotely, per the college’s guidelines.
@ProfSD How big are your classes? Do you think it’s worth trying to do them in person if everyone is seated so far apart and have masks on? I’m really just struggling with how these classes will be worth it. I’m so curious how faculty and students will review the in-person classes versus the ones that will be online.