The CDC's guidelines for reopening schools are the best thing that ever happened to homeschooling.
They're inhuman and anti-social.
No "communal shared spaces" -- which means no cafeterias or playgrounds.
No field trips, assemblies, or external organizations.
Everyone over age 2 wears a mask.
No sharing toys, electronic devices, anything.
No switching teachers during the day.
On the school bus one child per seat, skipping rows.
Physical barriers between bathroom sinks.
One-way routes in hallways.
And plenty more besides.
Just when you thought the Prussian-inspired American public school system couldn't get more regimented and dehumanized, along comes the CDC.
Someone in all seriousness said to me, "These are only guidelines! Stop fear-mongering!"
Um, if the guidelines were reasonable, why would it be "fear-mongering" to publicize them?
Meanwhile, Florida continues to open up with none of the predicted bad consequences.
Oh, and we've just found out that the virus "does not spread easily" through surfaces the way we thought.
But "follow the science," say the drones -- as if "the science" hadn't been a consistently moving target throughout the entire crisis.
It's all confusion.
On my libertarian email list, I'd just leave it there.
On this one, I say:
Let's turn for relief to something with no confusion and plenty of certainty.
There's no theory here, no models that turn out to be b.s. Just real results from a genuine expert with an actual track record.
Our friend Rachel Rofe just released a new video in which she runs through niches that are working well for print-on-demand right now, and I thought you'd learn something valuable by watching it -- especially since finding a good niche is really half the battle:
http://www.tomwoods.com/whatsworkingbest
This weekend her live workshop with us will be taken down this weekend, so I again urge you to watch. You'll see what I mean: she lays out every step of what to do to run a fun print-on-demand side business. You don't have to work with her directly if you want to do what she does, but if you do you'll find a whole bunch of fellow Tom Woods Show listeners in there!
No outlay of smackers necessary. The stuff doesn't even get made until someone orders, so you won't have a garage full of stuff. You can still keep your car in there.
Definitely go watch before it's taken down:
Tom Woods