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In reply to the discussion: Give it a rest Bill Maher. You, and others keep saying that schools shouldn't have been closed [View all]Warpy
(111,679 posts)46. Nope, it was the 2020 equivalent of the crack baby
Those kids did just fine once the drug was out of their system and kids who "lost ground" in the 2 years they were trying to learn online will make it up at lightspeed unless they should have been in remedial classes all along. In that case, maybe they'll finally get the help they needed from the beginning.
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Give it a rest Bill Maher. You, and others keep saying that schools shouldn't have been closed [View all]
question everything
Mar 29
OP
Of course closing he schools hurt the students but this is still a guessing game
question everything
Mar 29
#3
Kids are different in their experience, they will be fine missing a couple years of "education"
lostnfound
Mar 30
#20
After posting this I found this letter in the WSJ, responding to Dr. Atlas op-ed about the lockdown
question everything
Mar 30
#41
Think it's a valid question, but thought it was correct decision at time and what we knew.
Silent Type
Mar 30
#5
As they say, hindsight is 20/20. It's easy to look back and say that the schools and businesses could have been
Earth-shine
Mar 30
#9
I thought I heard that number quoted by Maher or one of his guests on his show. Here is what I found:
JohnSJ
Mar 30
#39
He's said things like kids generally didn't get bac cases, like that was the whole story
Warpy
Mar 30
#19
A former co worker, who used to vote D, in 2020 decided not o vote for any because her kids lost
question everything
Mar 30
#43
What ignorance. The definitive logical reason to shut down schools during Covid:
Baitball Blogger
Mar 30
#23
What bothered me most about that show was Ro Khanna didn't push back on the Mace lies one bit, and when Maher asked him
JohnSJ
Mar 30
#40