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If school cannot go back normally, they shouldn't go back?

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UnderReview · 18/05/2020 11:31

Especially primary schools. Social distancing cannot be the new 'normal'! It will really fuck kids up. They'll be scared of normal contact and germaphobes for life. It's not OK. No school would be better than playing on your own in a chalk draw box in the playground or sitting on a table by yourself. It would be a nightmare for teachers too and is ultimately useless. If a kid sneezes on the way in to class or in the toilet and touches a tap or the wall, or coughs on a tray of pencils, etc... and they're sharing the same air in the classroom.... and the teacher cannot possibly stay two metres away, what if a child falls over or is in pain?! Or choking? I don't know what the answer is, but it can't be social distancing in schools. Or AIBU?

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frasersmummy · 20/05/2020 17:45

There'll never be a point in time when schools all re-open to everyone at 9am one Monday

So the kids of today will never get a full time education again.. That's a reassuring thought with a 15 year old with his eye on uni

Teateaandmoretea · 20/05/2020 17:51

That quite clearly isn’t what she meant. I think people are losing all common sense and reason tbh.

Mistressiggi · 20/05/2020 18:44

getting back towards normal will be a gradual long term process and you have to start somewhere, otherwise it'll simply never happen
From the same poster.@frasersmummy why did you select one line of the pp and ignore the rest of it?

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