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Take Out

Monday March 23 2020

A photo on page B 10 to this morning WSJ shows a restaurant fielding take out orders, saying

take out orders are the only ones allowed in restaurants in Racine, WI

Ditto here in San Antonio

It occurs to me this is what has happened to Universities, yep on line learning is a take out order for Higher Ed

Now my question, and I would really like to hear from you, has this changed the value perception of the University.  On line communication is slow, I have used Adobe Connect and now Webex, and it is hard to carry on a group discussion.

If students are facing potential short term job losses as waiters  and part time retail, how will that affect how their perception of how college dollars are spent. I have noted UTSA students already wonder about the million bucks for an out of work football coach.

Your take?

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  1. Cyndi Robles Avatar
    Cyndi Robles

    Dr. Elam
    This Pandemic has effected everyone’s in one way or another. I believe that schools,
    colleges, and universities are all stepping up to encourage further educational studies. As this is a change for students, there are also many professors not ready to handle these tasks. Everyone should be taking the responsibility needed to get through this pandemic.

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  2. Julie Barnes Avatar
    Julie Barnes

    I work part time at HEB as a curbside shopper and am feeling mixed emotions about the chaos, lack of products in the store, and pressure for us partners to show up and put in long hours. I have been working 40+ hours for the past three weeks and now with college classes going online in my final semester I am feeling the stress. I am committed to both my company and receiving the best education I can under the circumstances. My store issued partners authorization cards to use in case we are pulled over to identify that we work in an essential business. Being that I am working full time hours, I am no longer home during most of my class times so I must take my own time to make the effort needed to succeed in my final semester.
    Some restaurants are converting into market type outlets to provide their communities with more products. Mavericks Grill in Floresville recently took this step as well as La Gloria and Mi Tierra in San Antonio. I believe we are all spinning plates trying to make the best out of the current conditions.
    I think the value of the university as well as most brick and mortars will be altered from COVID-19 depending on how long the virus takes to dwindle off.

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  3. Jennifer Garcia Avatar
    Jennifer Garcia

    Personally, I have found myself studying more during this time. Thankfully I did not have to take a loss in income, but I still have to go in to work my “essential” full-time job. My commute to school is about an hour and a half, round trip. That’s an extra three hours a week of studying I have! Being someone that has taken various online classes, I have taken full advantage of my online resources. While we have lost the privilege of meeting on-campus, we can still communicate on discussion boards. I also found a great amount of participation in the comment section during a WebEx meeting for another course of mine. All we need is all students to log on. With that being said, I have not changed my perspective on higher education during these times.

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