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> pipes in your house burst right now

> primary purpose of your life

In this thread, we're not talking about the primary purpose of one's life, we're talking about the primary purpose of school as it relates to parents. In that way, the pipes are analogous to the school and, as you said:

> If the pipes in your house burst right now, your immediate emergency would be to pretty much stop everything and stop your house from completely flooding.

Just like

> If every school were to close the immediate emergency would be that people would have no one to watch their kids.

Specifically because the schools are as important to watching kids as pipes are to moving and containing water.