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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]Chellee
(2,095 posts)24. That struck me, as well.
It's been many years, but when my child was 5, she didn't have that kind of sway. She was given plenty of choices over things like whether her sandwich was cut into rectangles or triangles, what color of shirt to wear, grapes or orange slices for lunch? But doing her schoolwork? Not up for debate.
Also, the author spent a lot of time saying that children are less at risk, but schools have lots of people in them that are not children. This was a really lengthy essay to essentially say, "I would rather school employees die than inconvenience me."
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The simple truth is: some people have the ability to stay home with their kids...
brooklynite
Jan 2022
#4
You do if you are going to close the schools (which is not going to happen anyway and is far from
Celerity
Jan 2022
#23
I don't know about Cleveland, but about 30% of NYC families didn't have internet prior
Scrivener7
Jan 2022
#11
Perhaps NYC has the financial ability to provide those resources (Wall Street and all...)
brooklynite
Jan 2022
#14
Or perhaps they had enough school system deaths in those first weeks to understand
Scrivener7
Jan 2022
#17
I think shutdowns will only ever happen again if many children die of Covid.
Scrivener7
Jan 2022
#33
Angie is clearly a dope, but to be fair to her, that doesn't seem to be how it happened in most
Scrivener7
Jan 2022
#22
If she's in Ohio then DeWine is her governor. She's pissed at the Democratic city council.
gldstwmn
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#44
"and then, this big, burly guy came up to me, tears in his eyes, and says; 'Sir...
maxrandb
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#29
"SOUR ON THE DEMOCRATS" That entire bs article is really reaching to meet it's headline.
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#34
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betsuni
Jan 2022
#40