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5. They can catch up, just as any student who takes a year off...

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Mon Aug 10, 2020, 08:30 PM

Aug 2020

before. And these students will all be behind a year so they're not that much of a disadvantage. Now if it has to go into two years, then that's a problem.

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America's Lost Year of Education: A Warning! [View all] Shermann Aug 2020 OP

Good Ending! ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #1

Thanks! There is a paradox here which can twist the conservative mind into a pretzel. Shermann Aug 2020 #11

Lemme help you with that ending.... albacore Aug 2020 #2

I have not. Should I? nt Shermann Aug 2020 #12

Check out the introduction....the first 4 minutes or so... albacore Aug 2020 #13

First, it isn't lost. The kids will continue to receive schooling. Second, it's a year. Squinch Aug 2020 #3

when I think back on all the crap I learned hi school...P. Simon/Kodachrome msongs Aug 2020 #4

They can catch up, just as any student who takes a year off... brush Aug 2020 #5

Will everyone be held back a year ? MichMan Aug 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author roamer65 Aug 2020 #8

That's exactly what should happen. roamer65 Aug 2020 #9

I'd like to be as optimistic about this. But I'm not for young learners lindysalsagal Aug 2020 #7

Instruction is and has been taking place. lapucelle Aug 2020 #10

I'm concerned about the kids' physical condition, too. albacore Aug 2020 #14

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #15