Life in 2021

Jul 19, 2020, 8:14 AM

I have heard people saying to be prepared for a new normal when this is over. There has also been Clemson tuition discussions on TNet. So...what do you think will cease to exist in a year?

A guy at Harvard (if I remember xorrectly) predicted like 20% of colleges closing in 10 years. This was prepandemic and mostly small private. I think this will now happen in a year. Those schools can't afford one down year.

That was inevitable. What about private K-12? My wife and I had been debating it, but we're waiting at least a year because we aren't going to risk paying that tuition for online learning. People I work with had similar thoughts with kids in private. Will these schools exist in a year? Is public ready for massive increase from private?

Our soccer league organizer told me no spring season they could handle. No fall season he said would probably close shop for good. What is the future of youth sports?

What else might not be around? Airlines? Theaters? Sports programs at many colleges?

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and I think that bubble was going to burst with our without Covid.

Covid probably will speed that bubble burst.

That being said, most everything that we want and is important to us will return to "normalcy" when this is over. Never under-estimate the power of a capitalistic society with free spirit like Americans. It's imbred into us...and that is not going to mysteriously go away due to a "lost year"

So I see no reason to believe most things come back. That would be for things like airlines, theaters, etc. Possibly new guidelines and requirements (masks on planes?)...but it will come roaring back.

You already see how antsy Americans are right now...even without the vaccine. People are pursuing the things that bring them joy...even with things not normal.

Look at restaurants and beaches and mountains as example.

Life in 2021

College tuition has long needed a "correction"

I agree completely, but do these things have cash reserves

They don't...which is why we are not shutting down again***

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Thanks for the post. It's great to know someone thinks

Most certainly there is. We will get past this and

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