<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>swiley</author><text>They have that option in the US, just not with public schools. I’ve been told that even public schools work that way in Australia under normal conditions.&lt;p&gt;Most people can’t work from home because of local tradition not because it doesn’t work.</text><parent_chain><item><author>obiefernandez</author><text>My wife is a high-school teacher in Shenzhen and her school has suspended physical attendance thru Feb 17th, possibly to be extended until the start of March. However, they are requiring teachers and students to work full-time from home using online assignments and communications channels. It struck me that this is indeed a huge experiment in remote working, even for professions that don&amp;#x27;t typically have that option at all whatsoever (i.e. school teachers).</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Coronavirus Forces World’s Largest Work-from-Home Experiment</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/coronavirus-forces-world-s-largest-work-from-home-experiment</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>Obsnold</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve heard from relatives that it is the same thing in Hong Kong. Last time I talked to them they said it has been quite difficult so far. I&amp;#x27;m not sure if they have had any training to prepare for this at all or if they are just winging it.</text><parent_chain><item><author>obiefernandez</author><text>My wife is a high-school teacher in Shenzhen and her school has suspended physical attendance thru Feb 17th, possibly to be extended until the start of March. However, they are requiring teachers and students to work full-time from home using online assignments and communications channels. It struck me that this is indeed a huge experiment in remote working, even for professions that don&amp;#x27;t typically have that option at all whatsoever (i.e. school teachers).</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Coronavirus Forces World’s Largest Work-from-Home Experiment</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/coronavirus-forces-world-s-largest-work-from-home-experiment</url></story>