2nd Grade Teacher wears a mask

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Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and those teachers who wear a mask have survived cancer or have immune issues. They’re not doing it for fun, I can guarantee you. It’s really hard to teach in a mask all day and I’m grateful I don’t have to anymore.

As someone who has survived cancer, this isn't a reason to wear a mask. Actively under treatment? Different story.

You know how many people would need to wear masks if this was a widely disseminated recommendation from oncologists? A lot.

Who are you to decide that for someone else?

People are free to comment on it when it’s thrown out as a reason teachers mask.

Here is my observation. People who have anxiety about Covid come up with all sorts of reasons to say they mask and at least some of them (not all of them) are bullshit and people know it. These are the same people who become really nasty about this issue on anonymous forums.

This is true. For every person with a high risk factor that makes flu, COVID, RSV, etc dangerous, there are multiple other people who’s anxiety turned into a permanent paranoia state and are now afraid of ALL illnesses, COVID and otherwise. We all know someone like this and also know they’re the ones that get hyper reactionary and defensive whenever the topic comes up.

The vast majority of people know this to be true. The posters on these threads ARE the health anxiety types and come out in droves. Whatever, keep it to yourself and I’ll keep my pity to myself.

Nope. You are so off.

I’m a teacher. I don’t mask. I just expect to get sick when my students’ parents send their kids to school with 102 fevers, which happens far more often than it should.

I’m just not a jerk. I work with teachers who mask. One has cancer. One lives with somebody who is severely compromised, and the mask is the way she can reconcile keeping her job so they can pay their bills.

And guess what? The students NEVER care. It’s only the parents, who have decided to weaponize masking. I’ve never, even while teaching through Covid in person, had to tell a child to be a good human. It’s always the parents who need the reminder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This bothers me. I am someone who has trouble understanding people talk when they wear a mask. I can't imagine listening to my teacher talk for hours a day with a mask on. It's been a month since school started. I was hoping it was temporary but she's still wearing it. I'm a total jerk if I say something and nothing would change, but I can't be the only one out there who would be bothered by this?

You mind your own damn business
She’s wearing it for any number of reasons none of which are any of your business.
No one cares.
Let people live their lives.
Kids truly don’t care.

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Now here comes…the kids don’t care it’s the parents crowd.

Here’s a data point of 1. My kid absolutely hated wearing a mask (and no I didn’t put the idea in her head). She wears glasses and it sucked. And this year unprompted she mentioned one of her teachers was masking early in the year and she said she hoped the teacher wasn’t going to wear it all year because it was hard to tell if she was mad or joking.

You don’t know what all the kids think or feel and neither do I. So stop saying you do.

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Mind your business, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Bring it up with the principal, not the teacher. It would help if several parents did this. You are not the only parent bothered by it.

You’re lucky she’s willing to be in a room with 30 kids- several of whom are sick each week I’m sure. Give her a break.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and those teachers who wear a mask have survived cancer or have immune issues. They’re not doing it for fun, I can guarantee you. It’s really hard to teach in a mask all day and I’m grateful I don’t have to anymore.

As someone who has survived cancer, this isn't a reason to wear a mask. Actively under treatment? Different story.

You know how many people would need to wear masks if this was a widely disseminated recommendation from oncologists? A lot.

Who are you to decide that for someone else?

People are free to comment on it when it’s thrown out as a reason teachers mask.

Here is my observation. People who have anxiety about Covid come up with all sorts of reasons to say they mask and at least some of them (not all of them) are bullshit and people know it. These are the same people who become really nasty about this issue on anonymous forums.

This is true. For every person with a high risk factor that makes flu, COVID, RSV, etc dangerous, there are multiple other people who’s anxiety turned into a permanent paranoia state and are now afraid of ALL illnesses, COVID and otherwise. We all know someone like this and also know they’re the ones that get hyper reactionary and defensive whenever the topic comes up.

The vast majority of people know this to be true. The posters on these threads ARE the health anxiety types and come out in droves. Whatever, keep it to yourself and I’ll keep my pity to myself.

Yes. I agree with this too.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be so, so mad.
Inappropriate.
Change classes to someone normal.
Covid was 4 years ago. Get over it.

There are multiple other diseases that kids spread- maybe the mask has nothing to do with Covid.

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Anonymous wrote:This bothers me. I am someone who has trouble understanding people talk when they wear a mask. I can't imagine listening to my teacher talk for hours a day with a mask on. It's been a month since school started. I was hoping it was temporary but she's still wearing it. I'm a total jerk if I say something and nothing would change, but I can't be the only one out there who would be bothered by this?

You mind your own damn business
She’s wearing it for any number of reasons none of which are any of your business.
No one cares.
Let people live their lives.
Kids truly don’t care.

I don’t think “what kids care about” should define the school experience …. They are still kids, after all. I would also say OP is minding her own business, which is her child’s education. OP also never said she was entitled to the teachers reasons. So what is actually triggering you so hard?

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Anonymous wrote:What can you do? She has a right to wear one. I doubt the kids are that bothered by it.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and those teachers who wear a mask have survived cancer or have immune issues. They’re not doing it for fun, I can guarantee you. It’s really hard to teach in a mask all day and I’m grateful I don’t have to anymore.

As someone who has survived cancer, this isn't a reason to wear a mask. Actively under treatment? Different story.

You know how many people would need to wear masks if this was a widely disseminated recommendation from oncologists? A lot.

Who are you to decide that for someone else?

People are free to comment on it when it’s thrown out as a reason teachers mask.

Here is my observation. People who have anxiety about Covid come up with all sorts of reasons to say they mask and at least some of them (not all of them) are bullshit and people know it. These are the same people who become really nasty about this issue on anonymous forums.

This is true. For every person with a high risk factor that makes flu, COVID, RSV, etc dangerous, there are multiple other people who’s anxiety turned into a permanent paranoia state and are now afraid of ALL illnesses, COVID and otherwise. We all know someone like this and also know they’re the ones that get hyper reactionary and defensive whenever the topic comes up.

The vast majority of people know this to be true. The posters on these threads ARE the health anxiety types and come out in droves. Whatever, keep it to yourself and I’ll keep my pity to myself.

Nope. You are so off.

I’m a teacher. I don’t mask. I just expect to get sick when my students’ parents send their kids to school with 102 fevers, which happens far more often than it should.

I’m just not a jerk. I work with teachers who mask. One has cancer. One lives with somebody who is severely compromised, and the mask is the way she can reconcile keeping her job so they can pay their bills.

And guess what? The students NEVER care. It’s only the parents, who have decided to weaponize masking. I’ve never, even while teaching through Covid in person, had to tell a child to be a good human. It’s always the parents who need the reminder.

This. My BFF is an ES teacher fighting breast cancer. Her husband is an independant contractor, so her teaching supplies the family health insurance, including hers. She masks, because if she gets covid, it would be very, very bad, definitely not "just a cold."

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Anonymous wrote:I would be disappointed but never say anything and I can concede she has a right to do it.

Personally I think the best way to prevent illness is not masking but good physical hygiene and eating well and getting exercise. But I can't prescribe that for other people.

I would probably choose not to send my kid to a school where *everyone* masked. Because I lived through that during Covid and I know it was hard for my kid. It's just not an ideal learning environment.

But it sounds like this is one teacher (who yes may have a very good reason to do it) and not the whole school. I'd acknowledge to myself that it's not the best but then get over it and move on.

Eating well doesn’t stop the parainfluenza virus from entering my nasal cavity when your kid sneezes right in my face.

2nd graders don't do that (at least most don't). You're thinking of preschoolers. Generally 2nd grade teachers aren't close enough to kids with regularity for this to be a huge issue.

And as someone who taught at a summer camp for years and has come into contact with many forms of contagious bodily fluids -- getting regularly vaccines and taking care of your health absolutely makes a difference. I rarely get sick even when my own kids are sick because I'm good about hand washing and eat well and exercise. When I do get sick it generally doesn't hit me hard.

How do you think people who actuallly work in hospitals and doctors offices do it. And no most of them do not wear masks all the time. Perhaps during the height of flu season or if something is going around but not all the time because it does inhibit your job.

I'm an ESOL teacher who pulls small groups all day from kindergarten-2nd grade. I absolutely have kids in every one of those grades cough and sneeze right in my face. I have kindergarten-2nd graders who have snot running down their noses and then wipe it with their hands/arms/sleeves. I sit 5-7 ft away from them at a kidney table.

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You are literally concerned about something that is not your business. Let me guess, you work from home. Complain to the principal and you will get nowhere. Try to focus on how you can help people in your world. This is so ridiculous to complain about.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and those teachers who wear a mask have survived cancer or have immune issues. They’re not doing it for fun, I can guarantee you. It’s really hard to teach in a mask all day and I’m grateful I don’t have to anymore.

As someone who has survived cancer, this isn't a reason to wear a mask. Actively under treatment? Different story.

You know how many people would need to wear masks if this was a widely disseminated recommendation from oncologists? A lot.

Who are you to decide that for someone else?

People are free to comment on it when it’s thrown out as a reason teachers mask.

Here is my observation. People who have anxiety about Covid come up with all sorts of reasons to say they mask and at least some of them (not all of them) are bullshit and people know it. These are the same people who become really nasty about this issue on anonymous forums.

This is true. For every person with a high risk factor that makes flu, COVID, RSV, etc dangerous, there are multiple other people who’s anxiety turned into a permanent paranoia state and are now afraid of ALL illnesses, COVID and otherwise. We all know someone like this and also know they’re the ones that get hyper reactionary and defensive whenever the topic comes up.

The vast majority of people know this to be true. The posters on these threads ARE the health anxiety types and come out in droves. Whatever, keep it to yourself and I’ll keep my pity to myself.

Nope. You are so off.

I’m a teacher. I don’t mask. I just expect to get sick when my students’ parents send their kids to school with 102 fevers, which happens far more often than it should.

I’m just not a jerk. I work with teachers who mask. One has cancer. One lives with somebody who is severely compromised, and the mask is the way she can reconcile keeping her job so they can pay their bills.

And guess what? The students NEVER care. It’s only the parents, who have decided to weaponize masking. I’ve never, even while teaching through Covid in person, had to tell a child to be a good human. It’s always the parents who need the reminder.

Primarily the Republican parents who try to politicize everything they can with schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would get my child switched to another class. If this was impossible, I’d change schools. Mask religion means there will be other forms of political and moral pushiness in her pedagogy I wouldn’t want my child exposed to everyday.

You are a disgusting person

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Anonymous wrote:Now here comes…the kids don’t care it’s the parents crowd.

Here’s a data point of 1. My kid absolutely hated wearing a mask (and no I didn’t put the idea in her head). She wears glasses and it sucked. And this year unprompted she mentioned one of her teachers was masking early in the year and she said she hoped the teacher wasn’t going to wear it all year because it was hard to tell if she was mad or joking.

You don’t know what all the kids think or feel and neither do I. So stop saying you do.

You can tell no issue. I hate masking but I have no other choice. If people were considerate and stayed home sick and transmission went down maybe I could stop. See how that works. Most people hate it. Try being empathetic and teach your kid empathy. You are fortunate you don’t have to deal with what some of us do. My kid is worried I will die. Be glad your kid doesn’t have that worry.