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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Trump says "There may be a few spikes" when we open all the schools next fall,
understand that he is actually saying "Some of your kids may die, but so what?"
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When Trump says "There may be a few spikes" when we open all the schools next fall, (Original Post)
Atticus
May 2020
OP
When all the teachers are out sick will Betsy Devos come in to teach the kids?
SoonerPride
May 2020
#2
More so, the parents or especially the grandparents of newly infected kids could die.
Doodley
May 2020
#7
1st question for the press corps: "How many dead kids constitute a 'spike' ?"
eppur_se_muova
May 2020
#8
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)1. Just the price we pay for
Our Free-dumb.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)2. When all the teachers are out sick will Betsy Devos come in to teach the kids?
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)3. What a frightening thought!
Tanuki
(14,914 posts)4. Nah, she doesn't "do" public schools. Besides, she's too busy pimping
"National Charter Schools Week" at the moment. It's on her Twitter account, which I won't dignify by linking.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)5. "Some of your kids may die, but that's a price I'm willing to pay."
Atticus
(15,124 posts)6. I wish I'd said it that way. Very well put. Thanks. nt
Doodley
(9,048 posts)7. More so, the parents or especially the grandparents of newly infected kids could die.
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)8. 1st question for the press corps: "How many dead kids constitute a 'spike' ?"
Is a couple hundred acceptable ? fifty ? what ? Just how many does an economic recovery require ? or skip to: How many does your re-election require ?
ProfessorGAC
(64,854 posts)9. And The Teachers Above 45 Y/O...
...start dropping like flies.
Silverspoon Betsy's dream world. No teachers, no public schools. The survivors all go to for profit schools & with a glut of talent, there's lower pay & inferior benefits.
She'd love it!