Every time, I hear one of these plans about socially distant classrooms in K-12 & higher ed, I think about how impossible it will be to enforce with kids & college students.
Removing some chairs from a room doesn& #39;t mean students won& #39;t bring the remaining ones together.
Taping benches or chairs to keep students off won& #39;t keep students from removing the tape to take a seat.
Marking doors and pathways as entrance and exit only won& #39;t compel people to enter and exit where they are supposed to.
Taping a line on the floor to keep students six feet away from a teacher doesn& #39;t mean students won& #39;t step closer.
I just don& #39;t see how this can work. Teachers will be spending so much time, effort & energy on trying to maintain socially distant classrooms that I can& #39;t imagine how they can teach or students can learn under these conditions.
Grown-ass adults can& #39;t or won& #39;t follow the signs or keep socially distant in the grocery store.

How can we imagine that kids or college students will?

HOW.
I have a six-year-old, who is a rule follower, but no amount of rules would keep this kiddo from being as close as he could be to his friends.
And tape and removing furniture won& #39;t keep college students from being together.

It& #39;s a gesture to safety not actually being safe.
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