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Covid and Linnea
Linnea is not happy about the situation of her classes.
Full disclosure: Linnea does/did really well in remote learning. It helped her a lot and allowed her to attend classes and study without the distraction of other students. So going back from remote yesterday after three weeks was... not a happy day for her, unlike I figure for many other kids who prefer in person.
But here is what is totally freaking her out, and I have to say, I'm a bit upset at the uni for the situation.
1. Band class: in person 77 students in a large room. All those woodwinds and brass kids... The big auditorium is being used at the time of their class for a very small class of... piano students, Linnea says about a dozen of them Dudes. Move the pianos or something, but the 6 times larger class who can't mask up should at least get the bigger room with better ventilation.
2. Her Greek mythology class is large lecture format. They do have a lecture hall, but it isn't one of the bigger ones. This is a class that would totally lead itself to a remote option and yet the university, because of everyone pushing for everything being back in person, decided that this would not be offered.
Like many places, I guess, the rules for quarantine/isolation at WWU includes:
1. Students who test positive self-isolate
2. Their roommate and/or/if suitemates also must self-isolate regardless of vaccination status.
3. Same if they are notified that they were a 'close contact'.
Seems to me that they are being set up to fail, in some ways: the uni, imo, should have made the classes that are easily remote available remote so students could choose and thus lower the crowd factor.
Anyhow, just a bit annoyed.
ETA 27 Jan Band class has been moved to the auditorium. Much better, at least there.
Full disclosure: Linnea does/did really well in remote learning. It helped her a lot and allowed her to attend classes and study without the distraction of other students. So going back from remote yesterday after three weeks was... not a happy day for her, unlike I figure for many other kids who prefer in person.
But here is what is totally freaking her out, and I have to say, I'm a bit upset at the uni for the situation.
1. Band class: in person 77 students in a large room. All those woodwinds and brass kids... The big auditorium is being used at the time of their class for a very small class of... piano students, Linnea says about a dozen of them Dudes. Move the pianos or something, but the 6 times larger class who can't mask up should at least get the bigger room with better ventilation.
2. Her Greek mythology class is large lecture format. They do have a lecture hall, but it isn't one of the bigger ones. This is a class that would totally lead itself to a remote option and yet the university, because of everyone pushing for everything being back in person, decided that this would not be offered.
Like many places, I guess, the rules for quarantine/isolation at WWU includes:
1. Students who test positive self-isolate
2. Their roommate and/or/if suitemates also must self-isolate regardless of vaccination status.
3. Same if they are notified that they were a 'close contact'.
Seems to me that they are being set up to fail, in some ways: the uni, imo, should have made the classes that are easily remote available remote so students could choose and thus lower the crowd factor.
Anyhow, just a bit annoyed.
ETA 27 Jan Band class has been moved to the auditorium. Much better, at least there.