BingTri wrote:
Y They have conveyed plans that seem somehow both a bit vague and whimsically complicated, involving specific room capacities and social distancing guidelines that I'm absolutely unconvinced will be followed once we get a bunch of late-stage adolescents who have been cooped up for six months all on the same campus together. AND, we're supposed to figure out how to teach under these new circumstances, AND accommodate anyone who wants to remain at home, AND be prepared to return to fully online teaching at the drop of a hat.
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
I also think that they are being complete assholes to the students. They've said it will be a mix of online classes, hybrid classes, and in-person classes, and they aren't going to know the final decisions until August 1. Except in reality, most of the in-person classes are going to force the students in to some hybrid online format, because, for example, my class of 32 is in a room that will only hold 8. So they're going to have to do some rotation where only certain students come on certain days, and if it's not your day, you're doing the class online.
I would be furious if I were a student.