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The Circle Game, Ontario Style
Jun. 15th, 2020 10:32 amHow to create a circle in 5 easy steps! Hmmm, how's this?
1. Assemble supplies on hard surface (such as a table): compass, fairly short pencil, sheet of paper.
2. Insert pencil into compass.
3. Tighten screw by turning it in a clockwise direction.
4. Place compass on paper with pointy end near the centre of the paper, ensuring it is spread the distance you want for the radius of the circle and ensuring that the pencil end still fits on the paper.
5. With both ends of compass still on the paper, swing the pencil around 360 degrees in a clockwise direction (may be done anticlockwise if you are left-handed).
Voila! You have (probably) now just drawn a circle!
The document below was provided by the Ontario government to assist you in constructing your "Social Circle". That's "Bubble" in New Brunswickese and probably something else entirely in other parts of the country and the world. It's a group of up to 9 other people (including your immediate household) that you can get together with, without the need for masking or physical distancing.
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6943500/How-to-Build-Your-Social-Circle-June-12-2020-1.pdf
While the concept is well-meaning and might make sense in many situations, I'd say it's far from simple or straightforward. For example, what if people you would choose for your circle live in another jurisdiction where different rules apply? And if you have a household of, say, four to six people and they all want different people in their social circle, who gets to make the final decision?
If a household has several kids of similar age who are used to doing stuff together and have friends in common, the decision may be fairly easy. But what if there are tweens and teens and twenty-somethings who used to have a life outside the household but for the past 3 months have only had one on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram? Maybe some are gay but still in the closet or have a boyfriend or girlfriend their parents don't approve of or who doesn't get along with their siblings. Maybe one or more family members has a disability or for whatever reason requires home help. The possibilities are endless!
In an article in today's paper, a U of O epidemiologist suggested 3 possible ways to go about forming your circle: strategically (based on common ages or interests), convenience-based (for example people in the neighbourhood whom you could easily call on at a moment's notice) or personal (such as extended family).
But outside of your social circle, gatherings of up to 10 people WITH distancing (and preferably outdoors) are now allowed. So for the time being, I think I'll just take things as they come and won't worry about the complexities of constructing a Social Circle.
In other words, I wash my hands of Social Circles!
1. Assemble supplies on hard surface (such as a table): compass, fairly short pencil, sheet of paper.
2. Insert pencil into compass.
3. Tighten screw by turning it in a clockwise direction.
4. Place compass on paper with pointy end near the centre of the paper, ensuring it is spread the distance you want for the radius of the circle and ensuring that the pencil end still fits on the paper.
5. With both ends of compass still on the paper, swing the pencil around 360 degrees in a clockwise direction (may be done anticlockwise if you are left-handed).
Voila! You have (probably) now just drawn a circle!
The document below was provided by the Ontario government to assist you in constructing your "Social Circle". That's "Bubble" in New Brunswickese and probably something else entirely in other parts of the country and the world. It's a group of up to 9 other people (including your immediate household) that you can get together with, without the need for masking or physical distancing.
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6943500/How-to-Build-Your-Social-Circle-June-12-2020-1.pdf
While the concept is well-meaning and might make sense in many situations, I'd say it's far from simple or straightforward. For example, what if people you would choose for your circle live in another jurisdiction where different rules apply? And if you have a household of, say, four to six people and they all want different people in their social circle, who gets to make the final decision?
If a household has several kids of similar age who are used to doing stuff together and have friends in common, the decision may be fairly easy. But what if there are tweens and teens and twenty-somethings who used to have a life outside the household but for the past 3 months have only had one on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram? Maybe some are gay but still in the closet or have a boyfriend or girlfriend their parents don't approve of or who doesn't get along with their siblings. Maybe one or more family members has a disability or for whatever reason requires home help. The possibilities are endless!
In an article in today's paper, a U of O epidemiologist suggested 3 possible ways to go about forming your circle: strategically (based on common ages or interests), convenience-based (for example people in the neighbourhood whom you could easily call on at a moment's notice) or personal (such as extended family).
But outside of your social circle, gatherings of up to 10 people WITH distancing (and preferably outdoors) are now allowed. So for the time being, I think I'll just take things as they come and won't worry about the complexities of constructing a Social Circle.
In other words, I wash my hands of Social Circles!
