CheezWizHed

I know in MN, schools were told to prepare for all three scenarios (regular school, partial remote, and full time remote). But I suppose parents must plan for it also.

Ok, I admit that I didn't think of the Tuskegee Airmen until I Googled it. Would the hawk be their mascot? Or an airplane? BTW, I had a red-tailed hawk fly over me screeching on Sunday as I tended to my fruit trees. He is a regular visitor to my house as I have a large field he likes to hunt on. But it was the first time I heard him screeching 4-5 times. Not sure if he was annoyed that I was out there or not.

LinkedIN Learning seems to have a good amount of training. So far, I've only done first level classes on a particular subject, so I'm not sure how "deep" they get.

I know that both UW and Purdue have announced that they will do "normal" school until Thanksgiving, then online through the end of the year. Take the normal holiday break and resume "normal" school after that. That seems like a logical starting place (given they announced it a month ago), with the caveat that they monitor what is going on in area and could make alterations to that plan. For those surprised by how early they announce it, please remember that while you showed up at college and switched from summer-mode to school-mode in a day, it takes a LOT of planning for everyone else to do the same. A lot of supplies to order, preparations, communications... You can't just wait until the last minute to throw it together.

Phase 1: Washington announced that they are parting with the Redskins moniker. Phase 2: I still have a chance... Might as well capitalize on DC Comic's biggest character... DC Jokers.

Given that the Big10 is only playing the Big10 (and assuming other conferences follow suit), I wonder how this will impact bowl games and/or the National Championship? If they are held at all...

Living in Minnesota, it took me a bit to figure out that you didn't list the University of Minnesota twice.

The rest of us (Trig, Geometry, Algebra II, Physics) were on our own for 6 weeks of "self-study". By the way, our regular teacher was so good, that my classes (Trig/Pre-Calc and Physics) caught up by the end of the year. My first classes in college Calculus and Physics were 100% review for me. So Hooray for good teachers!

So, my wife and I (mostly my wife) homeschooled our kids for most of their lives and have gone into a traditional school for high school. So, going back to "school from home" was pretty natural for my kids and we had zero problems with them getting work done. Yes, they continued through new topics and finished their normal curriculum. I say that for the background to my question. I don't really want to go down the homeschool vs. traditional comparison. For many people and many reasons, homeschooling isn't an option. So what if some classes were taught virtually? Or even entire grades? There has been a lot of discussion about the lack of quality teachers. Could virtual teachers help solve that problem? Yes, that would probably mean fewer teachers as JosephC commented (though in blue), though I doubt it would really effect the numbers much. For certain classes, especially the advanced classes (math, physics, chemistry, etc..), that might help schools in rural areas or inner cities attract better teachers. Here in Minnesota, PSEO is pretty popular because it is funded by the state government. My kids take classes from a MN university and get both high school and college credit (if it transfers to your college of choice). My daughter attended her physical classroom, but for certain hours, worked on her PSEO online. As she goes into college this fall, we are hoping she has reduced her tuition by one semester (~$12k savings). Perhaps if virtual classrooms were extended, it would provide school districts with more options for a good education, even if they are short on qualified teachers. When I was a senior in HS, our advanced math and physics teacher had a baby and was out for 6 weeks. Living in rural WI, we had no option for a qualified substitute to take all of her classes. In fact, the person that replaced her was so bad, I ended up coaching her on algebra so she could teach that class (I even attended that class to help the students directly a couple of times). The rest of us (Trig, Geometry, Algebra II, Physics) were on our own for 6 weeks of "self-study". A virtual teacher would've been wonderful. I realize that many kids are going to have issues with self-motivation if they were at home all the time doing school. But perhaps some are in the classroom with a classroom monitor.

WorldOmeters had Germany at 433 new cases and 10 new deaths reported today. France at 621 and 14. That's been my primary source since the beginning of March I was simply using Google's numbersfor a while, but they stopped showing Europe's daily totals. So I went to Europe's Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and downloaded the numbers. I might like statistics a bit too much... Looking at the numbers again, I was wrong about Germany. They are in the 2-12/day range this past month. France was worse. They had two days of zero, but otherwise, 13-30/day for July. Sorry, I was generalizing too much.

Looks like France and Germany are still bopping around in the 20-40 range and unfortunately, Sweden came back up to the double digits after hitting zero for a few days. But Norway, Finland, and Denmark are all at zero or very low single digits for some time now.

You make valid points that are true right now. But the "game" is only half way over to really see if the strategy works. Now that they have been at (or near) zero deaths for a week or so (still looking for a new info source since my last one stopped reporting Sweden's daily death totals), this is where they hoped to "gain"; both death toll and economically. Again, I'm not saying it was the right choice. Hard to dictate that you will have 2x the death rate of other nations and bank on an unknown backside effect of the virus. As people said above, they aren't close to herd immunity, but the death toll certainly dropped off. Its just too early to really know for sure.

They know this. They can just cancel stuff later though. Might as well pretend we'll be fine by then. Can't blame them for planning ahead. If they don't book the dates, then venues, hotels, airlines, etc.. get booked by other events. The logistics of a full baseball season is difficult with many trickle down planning required. Peeling back is "easy"; adding later isn't.

I'll admit that I have NOT done any reading on this. I'm just surprised. San Antonio is a large market and seemed like a good affiliate (I was happy to be out of CS and there instead). It also seems like an ideal spot for the Texas MLB teams as it is half-way between both clubs. Maybe SA just isn't a baseball town? They did only draw 4k average (compared to the 8K average for the St. Paul Saints).

With the recent cap on bonuses and the various rules about the top 10 picks vs later picks (in a normal draft), there were many articles about a specific player agreeing to sign for certain amounts prior to the draft. I think the very low rate of non-signed players (compared to the 80s-90s) would also attest to the fact that people have that discussion prior to the draft also.

I'm not defending Sweden, but just wanted to say that it is too soon to know for sure. I've watched their approach just to contrast ours (not like I have any power to change anything). They certainly have had a much worse impact early. Their deaths are 2x the US per capita (approximately). But as of a week ago, their daily death rate was at zero. They were banking to go through the worst of it first and reap the benefits later. Not sure if it would work, but you can't say it didn't work in the middle when their plan was for the long term. Ironically, I went to look at their current death rate at the same site I had used before... it is no longer available. Not sure why, but it was a curious issue.

I know you are referring to K-12, but I'm hoping that colleges will embrace this approach more in the future. Approximately 1/3rd of the expense of college is room and board. Even cutting back that $32-48k (for four years) total back to $20-30k is a big improvement on college costs.

It's not their choice. MLB will force these changes, and MLB has the power. MLB's argument is that they don't *need* Minor League Baseball as it currently exists. Once the contract expires in September, MLB can walk away if they want. Once things go back to normal (pre-pandemic), they can just keep all their minor leaguers from all levels at their Spring Training complexes the entire summer and just scrimmage against themselves or players from other MLB teams. Or, without that governing contract, they can just form a new minor league system and leave the current MiLB org out in the cold. Well sure they could form new teams, but it would cost a pretty penny to do so. Just given that SA seems like the best AAA option we have had (or was available to us) since Nashville, it seems odd that no one would want them for a AAA team. I could see being a Ranger/Astro AA team if their AAA options were booked, but otherwise I'd think they would have decent MLB options to remain a AAA team given the dearth of good AAA options.

well, if you are going to struggle, its better for your MLB career to struggle with metal bats.

Why would San Antonio drop to AA? Wouldn't they want to stay in AAA (assuming players closer to the majors would be a bigger draw)?

Why can't he work out in Appleton without being on the 60-man roster? Is there a restriction in place? Why not just come live there and work out (assuming health reasons are safe)? If the Brewers are paying his salary, why shouldn't he? Then you aren't dealing with him on the 60-man roster because (as you said), there is little chance he would ever see the field.

I'd be really surprised if the Brewers hadn't spoken to most, if not all of these players (and many others) about their expectations for signing and cost of signing before they were drafted. Especially guys like Joey Wiemer that signed for so far below slot. I'd imagine a pre-draft discussion was part of why he signed for so low.

why can't he work without being on the 60 man roster?

Just had my annual checkup at the doctor. I'm wondering if masks will be permanent in clinics and hospitals now?

True. Plus the areas where people are at high risk (e.g. hospitals, retirement homes) are still on high alert and very restricted. A friend of mine has finally gotten to see his mom in her retirement home for the first time since everything shut down. And it was pretty controlled still; outside, 6' apart, masks, cleaned visit area before and after.