Why the World Can’t Reopen If Schools Can’t

Social Distance

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Many plans for school reopenings involve a mix of online and in-person instruction. That could have huge downstream effects on a workforce that can’t rely on children being in or out of school. Staff writer Helen Lewis shares a solution that’s too logical to actually happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:05.0	Hi, Catherine.
0:06.0	Oh, hi.
0:07.0	Happy 4th of July.
0:09.0	What has that even mean anymore?
0:12.0	It means grilling out. What does that even mean anymore?
0:12.8	It means grilling out, playing bocce ball, beanbags,
0:19.9	American flags, guitars, stars and stripes, fireworks?
0:26.7	I think it means silent, solo contemplative reflection on the failures of our society and the lies of our history.
0:42.0	All I could hear was flipping burgers and having some fun in the sun.
0:50.0	Water balloons.
0:52.0	Country music.
0:55.0	No, I think it's staring at the sky and wondering deeply about how we got here and how we could get out of here.
1:07.0	She's available to attend parties this weekend.
1:12.0	Please write us at social distance. She's available to attend parties this weekend, first.
1:13.0	Please write us at social distance.
1:15.0	It's school week, though,
1:20.0	so we should not focus on our...
1:21.0	Yeah, this isn't about 4th of July, and it's irrelevance.
1:26.0	It's not irrelevant.
1:28.0	It's a moment where we, you know, destroyed the hated British.
1:31.0	Eradicated them from our country.
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