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This is the entire problem. Beaches and hiking are essential to clear your mind and relax. We went too far in our initial shutdowns and fatigued the Continental US into not giving a damn. Lol only places like the NE, Chicago, Detroit really care about this. I think it's most reflected in college football/racing where you have the Big 10 shut down and a fanless Indy 500, yet the SEC and NASCAR are both having fans in attendance

Most college is anymore. I mean there are obviously some majors that require to be there in person, but at Bowling Green I did all my exams, turned in all papers, quizzes and other assignments online. I did a 12-12-9 setup so I took 3 classes in the summer and then 4 classes each semester in person. Online classes helped considerably with my internships. Honestly with the exception of the classes that were heavier on math, I really didn't notice a discernible difference between online and regular. IMO high schools need to adopt this, it's absurd how low tech our 9-12 system is in this country. This isn't the 1970s for heavens sake. Truthfully this is the issue with colleges, you're telling kids it's safe for them to live in close quarters with people because they have an extremely small chance of dying, but when it comes to playing sports, attending parties or bars, it's too dangerous? That's an absurd argument and 18-30 year olds really don't care anymore to be honest.

I personally think it is for all instruction from 8th grade on up. They can easily do 5 hours of school, have practice/games and have time for online homework at night. Absolutely sucked juggling sports with school growing up because you spend so much time in school

Sure for much less money. My father is in a supply chain planning role for a small company (51, HS degree) and makes $33K less than I do. Because corporations have larger budgets, they can spare good money for things like supply chain, finance, project management, Human Resources

Lol this isn't even a question, you CANNOT get hired by corporations anymore for salaried positions without a degree. The only way you could possibly get into those roles is by spending years working your way up, and maybe getting an offer at 30-35 for a management position. I'll have 7 years of supply chain experience at 30, along with a degree. As long as my interview is solid, no way I get beat out by someone less educated

Yeah I’m actually with ya there. Kids have to be in class, this isn’t college where everyone has the resources, this is K-12. Your families with crappy parents and no computers are going to really suffer this year, those kids will get basically no education. Health is important but with cancelling sports and having remote high school/college, we are raising the chance of serious societal issues on young people. IMO I’d rather risk COVID than missing out on these things. Have to be cautious, can’t be paralyzed by fear

That’s why I kept calling it a landi-cane

Haha post of the day! I actually had multiple zoom meetings delayed because some executives were concerned for their safety downtown, and then we had to move it up because this land-icane was heading for them. August 11th is going to be a day you wanna buy a newspaper for safe keeping

Haha it didn't flip the boat, it flipped the whole thing

Worst derecho since 2012?

There was more looting in Chicago? What in the heck I thought we were all passed that by now. This could really be historic here, the entire state of Iowa basically doesn't have power, and this thing has basically turned into a Category 2 Land-icane heading straight for the 3rd largest metro area in America

Wow. Ames-Des Moines is going to have some awesome videos here this afternoon

Do they really even need to attend? Just take the year off, and graduate at 19. They said an estimated 40,000 kids in SC didn't attend any school once the shutdowns happened and regular attendance rates were 50%

http:// https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/high-school/2020/08/04/Briggs-time-for-Ohio-punt-on-fall-high-school-football/stories/20200804171 Good write up here. This story and the comments on Facebook are shocking. The vast majority of people are losing their minds if their kids cannot play sports this Fall.

It’s up to local districts. But both the IHSAA and OHSAA are going full steam ahead with a season. We’re still only able to do regular things in a limited setting and yet high school sports isn’t being held up at all. This and colleges returning is one big middle finger to any reasonable measures of stopping the spread.

This talk about the schools is meaningless. With many Midwest states going ahead with Football for high school you’re going to have an environment ripe for spread with coaches who are going to be inclined to cover up cases. Also Ohio seems to be all in on allowing fans. Absolutely wild that you can’t attend a Cleveland Indians game or NASCAR race, but you can go watch your local high school. These state leaders couldn’t be dumber

We’re on a downward trend! Still the amount of people without masks stuns me here in SC, but it’s much better than it was in May. Maybe the incoming blob of a tropical system can blow it out of out here

Right. The fact that both the IHSAA and the OHSAA are going ahead with Fall Sports boggles my mind. Sure, have golf and cross country, but how the heck are you going to play football? Soccer? Do band and choir practice with a bunch of people singing and playing instruments. Spikes alone are going to come from this. And you know damn well that the HS football games will be packed attendance wise. Empty stadiums would bankrupt athletic departments

What a dumpster fire of a thread. Haha dear Lord this squabbling is wild. Just come down here guys, you can go swim in the ocean, relax with some beers and enjoy the day

Very! Lol back in April a guy made a comment to me about mine, I told him “I don’t think it’d be very Christian of me to be spreading a bug to others”. That ended that real quick. Honestly though if my pastor can wear it, so can everyone else

A contingent? Honestly the entire Southern USA does not care about this at all for whatever reason. My personal opinion is they really never grew up with the flu outbreaks us Midwesterners have so they don't really get it. But my friends and family are shocked when I show them how life is down here, everything is packed as though nothing is happening. Honestly other than mask wearing if someone were in a coma from January and woke up they probably wouldn't notice it at all here. Life is mostly completely unfettered here. Truly guys it's why I can't relate to a lot of these posts, I've been down here for the whole thing and we've been wide open since Mothers Day. That's why our unemployment rate is 8.7% while Michigan I believe is still pushing 15%. I've been cautious as heck but man there is a serious lack of caring here at all.

Bingo! Quite honestly America is horribly built for something like this. I don’t think it matters who is in DC, we have a structure in place where states can do almost whatever they want. Moving from Ohio to South Carolina was a total eye opener in how different the government operates

One of the few times Donald Trump is right, Boeing is probably the most important manufacturer in America toIt's a debate for sure in business as stock buybacks just boost your earnings and are be honest so it's a bit of a pickle. This why Berkshire Hathaway Holdings are the big dog on the block, they value cash over cash flow. In your personal life would you rather buy a $30,000 F150 for 6 years, or do 7 years at $34,000?

Nah the hospitality & airline industry was doing just fine until March. Honestly the bigger issue with this is that a lot of those jobs are "unskilled" and were typical fall back positions during previous downturns. Sure you lost your job but you can now go be a waitress or something. But goodness people in things like hotels & restaurants and their owners are being killed here. That's where this gets bad, you can't fall back onto service industry jobs because they don't exist due to this. That's where this becomes a pit of doom truly. The reason the airline industry is so so so so key is because of its demand for planes. The amount of manufacturing tied up in defense & aerospace is absurd and dwarfs that of the auto industry. If you have your airlines go under we have a real serious problem.

I don't make policy decisions, I just explain the economic ramifications of what is happening. Lol other people can make those decisions accordingly. You have to realize money has no eyes, has no heart, has no soul. You're right though, it is profit over anything. You're taking this personally, and business isn't about emotion, it's about being good. I don't really care about what unions did previously, I care how I can beat their high labor costs & hard protections of employees. Luckily for our company, customers and shareholders I almost always win