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"1506* - topics: coronavirus
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Is there anything we can do to have Brown remain open...
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Is there anything we can do to have Brown remain open...
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Dear Blueno
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March 12, 2020
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"1506* - topics: coronavirus
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Is there anything we can do to have Brown remain open for the rest of the semester? Now that schools including Harvard, Vanderbilt, and Princeton are suspending in person classes and encouraging students to stay home after spring break and have set that precedent, it seems likely that Brown might do the same.
I understand the need to contain the spread of germs, but is sending us home the best way to do that? We’d be going home to older relatives who are more susceptible to the disease, and many people would have to return to somewhere they would be at more risk—that doesn’t protect the health nor the best interests of the students .
Certain large lectures could be held online, but many small discussion courses, performing arts courses, and labs require to be held in person—and the smaller nature of these courses makes it much simpler to contain virus spread. Placing suspicion on all in-class meetings would hinder our learning and given the nature of a 4 year degree program, would be lost time that we cannot make up.
Steps can be taken to prevent the spread of disease on campus, such as targeting specific classes to be held online, improving sanitation measures, and having students be wary of their own health, rather than following in the footsteps of other schools that have implemented drastic but not necessarily beneficial measures. "
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Is there anything we can do to have Brown remain open for the rest of the semester? Now that schools including Harvard, Vanderbilt, and Princeton are suspending in person classes and encouraging students to stay home after spring break and have set that precedent, it seems likely that Brown might do the same.
I understand the need to contain the spread of germs, but is sending us home the best way to do that? We’d be going home to older relatives who are more susceptible to the disease, and many people would have to return to somewhere they would be at more risk—that doesn’t protect the health nor the best interests of the students .
Certain large lectures could be held online, but many small discussion courses, performing arts courses, and labs require to be held in person—and the smaller nature of these courses makes it much simpler to contain virus spread. Placing suspicion on all in-class meetings would hinder our learning and given the nature of a 4 year degree program, would be lost time that we cannot make up.
Steps can be taken to prevent the spread of disease on campus, such as targeting specific classes to be held online, improving sanitation measures, and having students be wary of their own health, rather than following in the footsteps of other schools that have implemented drastic but not necessarily beneficial measures. "
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