ET TU, PARTY ANIMALS?

 

I wrote a recent blog about how I would not want to be a parent these days, facing tough decisions for my kids about going back to school, virtually or in person. That was primarily for secondary schools. But now I see that parents face the same tough choices on the college level.

 

I can't imagine kids going off to college, especially as freshmen, without they and their parents having a talk about the virus, and the importance of masks and distancing and NOT going off, right away, to mass parties. But, that is exactly what happened in far too many schools, from North Carolina to Notre Dame (yes, Notre Dame!!)

 

It used to be that some publications touted college for their reputation  as "party schools."  Much easier to do that now, just tally up the virus cases and make your list!

 

Sad, very, very sad.  Parents and students (and I guess moi) should have known better. For college officials maybe a lesser excuse. But they soon learned and cracked down, in most cases. We can not afford to lose a generation of (hopefully) the "best and brightest" to beer bashes without masks and distancing. If that is your reason for going to college, drop out, go home, get a job; go back to college when you have a little more wisdom and concern for your fellow students.

 

It isn't too much to ask of parents, and school officials..and above all, young people that they give up a party or two for the sake of LIFE.

Apparently we will not have a new version of the "Greatest Generation" this time; not at least from all the recent news reports. Sad. Very, very sad.

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A note about our President before the next blog which may look back on the two conventions:

 

Mr. Trump deserves a lot of credit for his brokering of the new peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. This has the potential to be a game changer in the history of the Middle East and I pray it may work out that way.

 

At the same time, I must point out there is something very, very wrong in US foreign relations when we can work to improve relations 6,000 miles away but can't do that 60 miles away from our shores. Yes, US relations with Cuba are a disgrace and we need to restore such relations. We don't have to like the Cuban regime to do so. We don't like Russia or China or Belarus, but we maintain official  diplomatic relations, and we should do so with Cuba. In my opinion, that would work out to show more Cubans the benefits of democracy than not having such relations.

 

I'm just sayin'...