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Fortunately born in 1947, I grew up in the 50's and 60's during the Cold War, and threats of being nuked every day. It was pounded into us in those days. Even as a kid sitting in the hall during air raid drills, I had visions of Russian planes coming to drop the bomb on us. I'm 78 now, and realized a long time ago, that our government and the CIA wanted us to be paralyzed back then, wanted us to be kept on edge, because it was easier to control us. Same thing with Covid. This government and the CIA have done terrible things over the years, most of which has created more problems than solved. I trust President Trump, but I don't trust the CIA or the other alphabet agencies, intelligence and otherwise. The CIA over the years has lied to many Presidents, and kept them in the dark ever since its inception.

I didn't go to college until I was in my late 20's, after being divorced with two children to raise on my own. I went to night school full-time, and worked full-time five days a week. The rule back then was no day students were allowed to take night courses. That was specifically for adults. It was a blessing, because I'm sure my classes would have been a whole lot different, had there been tittering children creating a disturbance in the back of the room. None of the instructors I had talked about politics. They actually taught you the course subject. I really enjoyed the classroom learning opportunity, something I had spurned in high school. I was older, and now appreciated the fact of having a second chance, to prove to myself that I could earn a college degree. No one else in my family had ever attend college. In today's world, I would never want to take an on-line course because it is too impersonal. You don't have the interaction that occurs when you sit in a classroom with other people. To me it would be totally boring.